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Choosing Green: The Homebuyer's Guide to Good Green Homes
I find Choosing Green incredibly insightful and chock full of insider's experience. This is the kind of book that will help homebuyers cut to the chase and leap frog the poseurs towards legitimate green home living.
I think Choosing Green would also be helpful to builders that are trying to green their business. Building green, as Yudelson discusses in the book, is the hottest trend in the building industry, but you have to know how to do so in the best, most effective way. So if you're looking for a thorough guide to good green homes, make sure to pick up a copy of Choosing Green . Reviewed by Preston D K, Jetson Green Energy-efficient, non-toxic, healthy homes are the hottest trend in the building industry. Homebuilders are constructing green homes in astonishing numbers—nearly 200,000 in the United States alone in 2006. How does a home buyer who wants a green home know what to look for, what questions to ask a builder, which green home rating systems to trust, and what homes are on the market? Nationally recognized green-building expert Jerry Yudelson provides answers to some common areas of concern, Drawing from the expertise of dozens of homebuilders, government officials, and green home experts, Choosing Green deftly takes the reader through these considerations with easy-to-use tables, charts, maps, score sheets, and checklists. The book includes a glossary of green building terms, an extensive resource section, and a list of homebuilders, green rating programs, and financial incentives. This comprehensive book provides home buyers with every thing they will need to make a successful search for their own green home. Jerry Yudelson is the president of Yudelson Associates, green building consultants. He has trained over 3,000 people in the LEED green building rating system. He chairs Greenbuild, the world’s largest green building conference, and has written six books on green building, including Green Building A to Z (New Society Publishers).
I think Choosing Green would also be helpful to builders that are trying to green their business. Building green, as Yudelson discusses in the book, is the hottest trend in the building industry, but you have to know how to do so in the best, most effective way. So if you're looking for a thorough guide to good green homes, make sure to pick up a copy of Choosing Green . Reviewed by Preston D K, Jetson Green Energy-efficient, non-toxic, healthy homes are the hottest trend in the building industry. Homebuilders are constructing green homes in astonishing numbers—nearly 200,000 in the United States alone in 2006. How does a home buyer who wants a green home know what to look for, what questions to ask a builder, which green home rating systems to trust, and what homes are on the market? Nationally recognized green-building expert Jerry Yudelson provides answers to some common areas of concern, Drawing from the expertise of dozens of homebuilders, government officials, and green home experts, Choosing Green deftly takes the reader through these considerations with easy-to-use tables, charts, maps, score sheets, and checklists. The book includes a glossary of green building terms, an extensive resource section, and a list of homebuilders, green rating programs, and financial incentives. This comprehensive book provides home buyers with every thing they will need to make a successful search for their own green home. Jerry Yudelson is the president of Yudelson Associates, green building consultants. He has trained over 3,000 people in the LEED green building rating system. He chairs Greenbuild, the world’s largest green building conference, and has written six books on green building, including Green Building A to Z (New Society Publishers).
256 pages, Paperback
First published January 28, 2004
About the author
Jerry Yudelson
22 books6 followersSocial activist, environmentalist, engineer, spiritual seeker - some of the many hats Jerry Yudelson wore during an extensive career chronicled in his deliciously detailed, emotionally revealing, and spiritually insightful environmental memoir, The Godfather of Green: An Eco-Spiritual Odyssey.
After organizing for the first Earth Day, Jerry dropped out of grad school, pursued spiritual development and encountered the renowned Indian master Swami Muktananda, who initiated him into a powerful meditation practice, giving him experiences that upended his life.
Author of 12 books on green building and sustainable development, named a "LEED Fellow" by the U.S. Green Building Council and "The Godfather of Green" by Wired magazine, Jerry followed an unusual career path toward sustainability leadership.
Beginning in the late 1990s, he became a global leader in the green building movement, convincing architects and developers to reduce buildings' ecological footprints with sustainable design.
In the end, Jerry found inner strength, his life's purpose and outward success by combining committed spiritual practices with his life's work to create a better world through environmental activism.
Jerry offers three lessons in environmental leadership for today's climate justice activists:
1. Always demand more than you think you need and hold people accountable for delivering.
2. Offer your work as selfless service to the planet and its people, coming from a place of love and respect.
3. Make a place for everyone in this movement, because you're going to need participation from many different fields: poets, politicians, priests, scientists and business leaders.
"A well-done memoir that holds far more insight and meaning than an exploration of one man's singular life." - Midwest Book Review
After organizing for the first Earth Day, Jerry dropped out of grad school, pursued spiritual development and encountered the renowned Indian master Swami Muktananda, who initiated him into a powerful meditation practice, giving him experiences that upended his life.
Author of 12 books on green building and sustainable development, named a "LEED Fellow" by the U.S. Green Building Council and "The Godfather of Green" by Wired magazine, Jerry followed an unusual career path toward sustainability leadership.
Beginning in the late 1990s, he became a global leader in the green building movement, convincing architects and developers to reduce buildings' ecological footprints with sustainable design.
In the end, Jerry found inner strength, his life's purpose and outward success by combining committed spiritual practices with his life's work to create a better world through environmental activism.
Jerry offers three lessons in environmental leadership for today's climate justice activists:
1. Always demand more than you think you need and hold people accountable for delivering.
2. Offer your work as selfless service to the planet and its people, coming from a place of love and respect.
3. Make a place for everyone in this movement, because you're going to need participation from many different fields: poets, politicians, priests, scientists and business leaders.
"A well-done memoir that holds far more insight and meaning than an exploration of one man's singular life." - Midwest Book Review
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May 12, 2016
Even if I'm not working in architecture, I'm interested in green homes, the minimalistic concept and in the sustainable development. We should all be concerned about it if we want to preserve a quality of life on this planet.
This book is a great exploration into the architecture revolution and about going green. Not just to follow a trend but because we want to have a civic engagement and to live in a better environment.
Through quotes, pictures and very interesting studies, the author show you the economical, politcal aspects of the approach.
A real great read!
Lucie
http://newbooksonmyselves.blogspot.fr...
This book is a great exploration into the architecture revolution and about going green. Not just to follow a trend but because we want to have a civic engagement and to live in a better environment.
Through quotes, pictures and very interesting studies, the author show you the economical, politcal aspects of the approach.
A real great read!
Lucie
http://newbooksonmyselves.blogspot.fr...
May 6, 2020
The classic book on green building, from 2007.
July 3, 2011
Overview-he goes through water consumption, types of water (blue, brown, black, grey), and finally how we can conserve water, both as a society and as individuals.
This book is really more of a handbook than anything. It's divided up into short chapters that cover each topic, and usually have a few case studies mixed in to show what has been working in various places.
He focuses predominantly on places that have water problems, but also includes some areas like the Pacific Northwest and Florida that have started to put water conservation practices into place.
I recommend this book to anyone who is confused by industry terms (he lays them all out nicely), wants to conserve water in their own lives, lives in an arid area, or is just interested in the topic. It's the most concise book on water conservation I've seen, and has a great mix of definitions and case studies. I also recommend it to anyone in the industry, consultants, agencies, etc. He has great charts, illustrations, and plenty of data.
This book is really more of a handbook than anything. It's divided up into short chapters that cover each topic, and usually have a few case studies mixed in to show what has been working in various places.
He focuses predominantly on places that have water problems, but also includes some areas like the Pacific Northwest and Florida that have started to put water conservation practices into place.
I recommend this book to anyone who is confused by industry terms (he lays them all out nicely), wants to conserve water in their own lives, lives in an arid area, or is just interested in the topic. It's the most concise book on water conservation I've seen, and has a great mix of definitions and case studies. I also recommend it to anyone in the industry, consultants, agencies, etc. He has great charts, illustrations, and plenty of data.
December 1, 2009
This book is an easy, straightforward, and concise explanation of what makes up Green Building. Not only does it include a brief history of Green Building, but it is also a mini "dictionary" of sorts, for people who are just beginning to venture into the sustainable design world and have no idea what things like Volatile Organic Compounds, Permeable Pavement, Urban Heat Island Effect, and Life Cycle Assessment are.
Definitely a good place to start brushing up on the lingo of "green" design and a must have for every architect and designer.
Definitely a good place to start brushing up on the lingo of "green" design and a must have for every architect and designer.
January 10, 2011
Well presented case of forthcoming water shortages in many areas and what van be done to mitigate the problem. Well written and easily read.
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