Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature (Natural Home & Garden)

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To have a home that’s more in touch with the earth, you don’t have to start from the ground up! It’s possible—and more environmentally friendly—to go green by renovating an existing home. With the help of Carol Venolia, an award-winning architect and bestselling author, and Kelly Lerner, a world-famous innovator in the field of sustainable development, even the least mechanically inclined person can make a difference in his or her dwelling…and to the planet. The two have produced a remarkable book—packed with information and photos, and the first ever in full color to cover the subject. It’s lush and exquisite to look at, filled with motivational case studies and informative graphics, and completely user-friendly.

“Some of us would like to become more Earth-Friendly, but we don’t have 10,00 acres in Montana or the passive solar ATM machine to get us the cash to buy the above. Breathe! Center! There is help. Groundbreaking architects, Kelly Lerner and Carol Venolia have just completed a book (to help you). There are plenty of checklists and resource guides to go with all the glossy photos.” -- Kevin Taylor, The Pacific Northwest Inlander

“You don't have to build a new home to have a green home. The book builds on the construction wisdom our forebears used to design homes that capitalized on nature's light, warmth, coolness and other benefits. Venolia and Lerner cover everything from simple changes to complex systems that make a home more ecologically sensitive, comfortable and livable. The book is dense with ideas and information for homeowners considering renovations.” --Akron Beacon Journal

Kelly Lerner is an innovative architect who spearheaded a project responsible for building more than 600 passive-solar-heated straw-bale houses in China. Her designs have been featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, The Straw Bale House, and Green by Design.

Carol Venolia specializes in the field of eco-healthy building. Her first book, Healing Environments, has enjoyed international success, and her home designs have been featured in The Natural House Catalog, Earth to Spirit, The Healthy House, and Environ magazine. Carol currently writes the "Design for Life" column for Natural Home & Garden magazine.

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good ideas.......2007-10-01

There were many good ideas in this book. Some more expensive than the average person could afford. I read Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs; By: Clarke Snell (Author), Tim Callahan (Author). Which was very comprehensive and enjoyable. While Snell and Callahan focus on building from scratch I was more interested at this moment in remodeling. I wouldn't dismiss this book, but I would identify what your needs are first.

Go get it! You will love it!.......2007-09-10

And I am glad I did! I am even gladder to know that more people are waking up to the idea of natural remodeling. I am not sure whether it alone will save our earth but it's a good start. If enough people do it, it will certainly raise the level of our appreciation of nature to a higher level.

We're in the process of buying a house. Having been brainwashed by the mainstream culture and the media, I had grand dreams of huge expansion with piles of the latest and the biggest "goods" we're all programmed to consume - things like an all powerful over sized profession stainless oven even though I would never use it. But I now have a completely different mind set after reading this book.

We've decided to go small and practical and recycle, reuse as much as possible. Let mother Nature live so that we can too!

PERFECTION!.......2007-07-06

I could not put this book down. It answers all of my questions and concerns as I begin to contemplate the large undertaking of creating a healthy, eco-friendly home for our family. Very thorough, creative and well-written... I only wish I could hire these women directly. Just enough information to cover all of the key considerations, with plenty of guidance on how to dig deeper if necessary. Should be required reading for every builder on the planet!

Unconventional remodeling.......2007-06-27

If you are prepared to surround your house with hay bales and hire an expert plasterer from Germany to cover it all up, this may be the book for you. I found it amusing. It is a bit short on the details of how to do more conventional modifications. However, it has a refreshing focus on houses of modest size and provides guidance in rethinking the use of your existing space to get more out of it. There is a lot of attention to the relation of the house to the surrounding environment, sun at various times of day and times of year, and views and so on.
The book did explain what type of new window to buy if you want to continue to benefit from passive solar heat in the winter -- information that may be worth the price of the book to me.

Some good stuff - Some questionable.......2007-06-26

Some of the stuff in this book is good. Much of it is a no brainer such as trees etc. If you are brand new it'll give you some ideas. Some of it is questionable. I've worked on a lot of houses in a variety of jobs. I'm very skeptical about new types of building, for example hay bales. Contractors build homes a certain way because they are tried and true and proven to work WITHOUT GIANT HEADACHES. Hay bales make me nervous. Take it for what it is but then think it out.

Listening to Earth: A Reader (A Longman Topics Reader) (Longman Topics Series)

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Listening to Earth: A Reader (A Longman Topics Reader) (Longman Topics Series)
Christopher Hallowell , and Walter Levy
Manufacturer: Longman
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0321195159

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“Longman Topics” are brief, attractive readers on a single complex, but compelling, topic. Featuring about 30 full-length selections, these volumes are generally half the size and half the cost of standard composition readers.

Selections are from a variety of periods, genres, and points of view and cover a broad range of topics - from the perils of toxic waste to the threat posed by the neighborhood cat. Readings probe the contradictions surrounding environmental issues in the United States today and presents arguments for using, conserving, preserving, and finding pleasure, beauty, and spirituality in land. Readings represent a variety of stances, from eco-terrorist to corporate defenders, from spiritual to pragmatic.

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Kids will learn about dozens of endangered and rare animals, and draw their own--dot to dot! They use their imagination to color in the skin and fur with the color hints provided, and find out how big or small each animal is, its habitat, where it is endangered, and more. 38 animals are included, from the bald eagle to the white rhinoceros.

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great workbook for ages 7 and up.......2001-06-05

As a school based occupational therapist working with students, I found this workbook very helpful in several areas, including increasing visual attention and fine motor control of the pencil stroke, and improving ocular motor skills used in reading called saccades, where the eyes jump from one spot to the next. Children from ages 7 and up are very interested in these animals, and enjoy choosing which one they want to do. The numbered dots range from the 70s to over 110. Children are also able to read a biography of the animal on the opposite page of the picture, making it an overall interesting activity for the child and the adult!

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Lit Environment
Derek Phillips
Manufacturer: Architectural Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0750648899

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Building on the success of his previous two books in this series, 'The Lit Environment' sees Derek Phillips approaching the topic of exterior lighting. This book addresses the issues raised by the perception of light experienced by people who are outside buildings. It is not simply about floodlighting buildings, but takes a more embracing approach to deal with light for the whole external environment.

Covers a comprehensive range of buildings, through 30 international case studies, including buildings in Britain, France, Germany, Denmark, Israel, Egypt and the United States. The book represents a strong fusion of science and quantity with light and vision. Visually inclined designers should understand how science can improve their vision and engineers with a strong science basis should understand how they can come to terms with visual affects. This book illustrates the essence of how to light buildings well.

* Benefit from the experience and knowledge of a top architect and lighting engineer
* Gain an understanding of the design principles involved with this comprehensive overview of exterior lighting
* International case studies from Lyon to Tel Aviv as well as the United States show theory in practice

Estimating depth of daylight zone and PSALI for side lit office spaces using the CIE Standard General Sky [An article from: Building and Environment]

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Estimating depth of daylight zone and PSALI for side lit office spaces using the CIE Standard General Sky [An article from: Building and Environment]
A.N.M. Shahriar , and M.A. Mohit
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000PDYR56

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This digital document is a journal article from Building and Environment, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The use of daylight has energy saving implications. But to harness daylight in buildings requires detailed analysis into its penetration. The paper predicts the depth of daylight zone and Permanent Supplementary Artificial Lighting of Interiors (PSALI) in a generalized high-rise office space in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Using CIE Standard General Skies, two experiments are conducted to find the probable upper and lower limits of daylight penetration throughout the year. As CIE Standard General Skies are not widely incorporated into simulation software, therefore, a combination of Daylight Coefficient method and Waldram Diagrams is used for daylight calculation. The lowest daylight penetration is taken as the depth of daylight zone while the difference between the lowest and highest daylight penetration is considered for the depth of PSALI zone.

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just bought this book.......2003-02-03

I just bought this book by mail at a closeout. I haven't tried any of the patterns, but the designs disappointed me. They look like they are from the 1970's. There is not one box in the book that inspired me enough to read the whole description or even consider going to the trouble of making it. I'm glad it was only five bucks.

Confidence Building Directions, Inspiring Work.......2000-02-04

Excellent woodworking comes from doing things in the proper sequence with the proper materials and tools. Andrew Crawford creates boxes of incredible perfection and beauty. These jem-quality pieces are inspiring, especially when he deconstructs his methods and makes them understandable. Step-by-step books can be tiresome and limiting but Crawford's brief, yet complete, directions accompanied by good photographs and clear drawings build confidence in the reader.

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A Great Book For Anyone in the Product Business.......2005-07-14

This outstanding book is said to be aimed at design students, professionals, or anyone else who could benefit from af uller appreciation of the design process. And yes, I have to agree, it is.

More important to me however is the presentation in this book of the essence of what design is all about. This is the kind of book that the financial people behind a new big hotel should read. It is the book that a product development engineer should read before he starts working with his industrial designer. This is the book that nearly any business manager from marketing, to engineering, to sales, should read.

The first time I travelled to Scandinavia I was struck with the simple elements of design that they do so much better than we do in this country. Simple things like the design of hotel doors, no more expensive than what we do here, just better.

And the sub-title, 'why there are no locks on the bathrobe doors in the Hotel Louis XIV' -that's a great story, it makes such eminent sense. A special problem, a great design, see page 179.

Great introduction to the meaningful aspects of Design.......1998-11-27

A must have for all Designers interested in understanding how products are ultimately judged within their context-by thier effectiveness and usefulness.The six levels of Design Caplan outlines is a great measuring stick for all disciplines of Design and Engineering.

By Design: Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis Xiv, and Other Object Lessons

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By Design: Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis Xiv, and Other Object Lessons
Ralph Caplan
Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OSZNG4

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John Muir, Aldo Leopold, Bob Marshall, Rachel Carson, Edward Abbey, Marjory Stoneman Douglas ... these are the voices of a wild America. Sharing pages with the glorious works of National Geographic photographers, the voices of these important conservationists are immortalized in Visions of a Wild America. In this book, award-winning author Kim Heacox weaves the incredible adventures, epiphanies, and successes of these visionaries along with their own quotes to help round out their stories:

"It is not enough to understand the natural world; the point is to defend and preserve it."--Edward Abbey
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts."--Rachel Carson
"The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?'... To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering."--Aldo Leopold
"Mountain parks ... are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life."--John Muir

Juxtaposed against photos of camas flowers coated in frost, sandhill cranes' migrating silhouettes, autumn fog in a Maine spruce bog, astonishing waterfalls, moss curtains, and owl's eyes, these stories of determination and preservation have an especially powerful impact. --Kathryn True

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This book is a study of seven autobiographies by women who defied the domestic ideology of nineteenth-century America by serving as itinerant preachers. Literally and culturally homeless, all of them used their autobiographies to construct, from an array of materials, plausible identities as women and Christians in an age that found them hard to understand.

Some Wild Visions: Autobiographies by Female Itinerant Evangelists in Nineteenth-Century America.(Book Review): An article from: Church History

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Some Wild Visions: Autobiographies by Female Itinerant Evangelists in Nineteenth-Century America.(Book Review): An article from: Church History
Priscilla Pope-Levison
Manufacturer: American Society of Church History
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Church History, published by American Society of Church History on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 999 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Some Wild Visions: Autobiographies by Female Itinerant Evangelists in Nineteenth-Century America.(Book Review)
Author: Priscilla Pope-Levison
Publication: Church History (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: American Society of Church History
Volume: 73 Issue: 1 Page: 230(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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Visions of a Wild America

Manufacturer: National Geographic Society
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GTNFNY

Some Wild Visions : Autobiographies by Female Itinerant Preachers in 19th-Century America

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Some Wild Visions : Autobiographies by Female Itinerant Preachers in 19th-Century America
Elizabeth Elkin Grammer
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKKTAW

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