| | |  | Sustainable Housing | Home » » Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building | | | | | | | Description: | | Green building is the fastest-growing trend to hit since the Internet, bringing with it an enormous range of new products, systems, and technologies. Green Building A to Z is an informative, technically accurate, and highly visual guide to green building, for both decision-makers and interested citizens. It begins with an introduction to the importance of green buildings and a brief history of the green building movement, outlines the benefits and costs of green buildings, and shows how you can influence the spread of green buildings. The book touches on key issues, such as enhancing water conservation, reducing energy use, and creating a conservation economy. The book examines all aspects of green buildings, including: - Architecture 2030
- Locally sourced materials
- Natural ventilation
- Solar energy
- Zero-net-energy buildings
More than just a reference, this book emphasizes the importance of green buildings and green developments for a sustainable future. It will be an invaluable resource for businesspeople, homeowners, product manufacturers, developers, building industry professionals, and government officials. Jerry Yudelson is a professional engineer with an MBA. He has trained three thousand people in the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, and has chaired Greenbuild, the world’s largest green building conference, for the past four years. The founder of a green building consulting firm, he is the author of three books on green building marketing and an advisor to manufacturers, venture capital firms, design firms, and developers.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Jerry Yudelson | | Paperback:
| 240 pages | | Publisher:
| New Society Publishers | | Publication Date:
| October 01, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0865715726 | | Product Length:
| 9.05 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.12 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.57 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.87 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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23 of 23 found the following review helpful:
Absolute ZealotDec 28, 2007
By Jane Talkington
"TheGreenTalk.com"
I've always respected Jerry Yudelson. He is a fixture at USGBC and an active proponent of intelligent green building. Jerry has done the industry a service by writing his book.
This book provides one page on each term so people new to the industry can follow conversations about sustainable architecture and urban planning. It decodes green building terminology. I recommend it for first year architect students or any old AIA dog trying to learn new tricks.
It is even a good title for people who think they know it all, just to make sure they didn't miss anything.
Sometimes we tend to know concepts so well that we can't explain the simplest of terms, A to Z saves the day.
The appendix provides a great list of books and websites. For anyone wanting to shorten their learning curve (like the Regents of Higher Education perhaps?? or city commissioners??) this book is an easy one to flip through and is comprehensive enough to save hours and hours of fumbling around on Google. It is sort of like an abbreviated wikipedia of green building terms.
-Jane Talkington
PhD Student of Sustainability at OSU
www.Trifecta-Consulting.com
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
A good introductionSep 30, 2008
By Sara E. Davies
"cat_in_former_life"
This would be a great book for non-technical people who have reason to work with building industry professionals on green projects. It provides an easy-to-understand overview of multiple aspects of green building, and explains what makes a building green, including various certification processes such as LEED.
 basic, readableApr 19, 2010
By Jane77
This was a good overview of basic terms. It didn't have much technical detail. What it can give a reader is some familiarity with the terms. It included some pretty cheesy items, like feng shui and other new age-y stuff. An easy read you can get through in an afternoon.
Good "green" standards referenceFeb 11, 2010
By Woottons
"R. Wootton"
Good reference book of LEED terms and concepts. I will keep this as a good reference guide.
Helped me enter the Green WorkforceMay 20, 2009
By Drew Depalma
"HomeGrown"
I consider myself to be pretty green and I bought this book before I started my job at a sustainable design engineering firm. It definately laid down some basics and was a good precurser to studying for the LEED exam, which I recently passed!
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