Green buildings pay
Green buildings a designed specifically to reduce the level of resources consumed, whether energy, raw materials or water. In the process of using less finite resources and more natural renewable ones development becomes healthier and more user-friendly. Green buildings pay exam…
Are you looking for creative ways to lower your energy costs, generate more of your own power, or become less reliant on the grid? This title offers practical solutions for adapting solar, wind, wood gasification, biogas, and micro hydro power systems for home use.
This Third edition has been updated with the latest in green building technologies, design concepts, standards, and costs. The chapters, case studies, and resources give readers practical guidance on green building, including the latest on green building approaches, materials, r…
Written for students and practitioners in the fields of architecture and interior design, our new Architecture Brief Sustainable Design provides a concise overview of all the techniques available for reducing the energy footprint of structures and spaces. With clear, simple lang…
Solar energy is free, abundant and sustainable, with many methods existing to harness it. This guide is the essential introduction to the subject, explaining how the technologies work, how best they should be employed, and the costs and benefits of using them. It provides detail…
This handbook provides a clear introduction to solar radiation, before proceeding to cover electrical basics and PV cells and modules, inverters, design of grid-connected PV systems, system installation and commissioning, maintenance and trouble shooting, health and safety, and …