Green restorations sustainable building and historic homes
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- ISBN: 9781550924527 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1550924524 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (xvi, 287 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. port. - Publisher: Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-274) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Movements. Sustainability ; Preservation ; Dollars and sense -- Green rooms. Bathrooms ; Kitchens ; Living spaces ; Attics ; Exterior -- Green systems. Structural ; Envelope ; Windows ; Plumbing ; HVAC ; Electrical. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Genre: | Electronic books. |
Electronic resources
- Baker & Taylor
Shows how to incorporate sustainable materials into historic home restorations, describing the conflicts between the two concepts, the issue of affordability, and specific techniques to use for each room. - Lightning Source, Inc. Ebooks
Some 40 percent of North Americans live in homes built prior to 1940, and when it comes time to remodel or restore our older homes, homeowners and contractors can find themselves lost in a morass of wildly divergent information and opinion. With Green Restorations , author Aaron Lubeck brings his expertise as a restoration contractor and preservation consultant to this first-of-its-kind guide, leading the reader through the steps for restoring historic building using sustainable practices and green building techniques.
In a readily accessible room-by-room and system-by-system format, Green Restorations covers rehabilitation and remodelling questions applicable to old homes, focusing on the core techniques and debates often seen in practice. Here you'll find the answers to restoration questions, such as:- Is sealing my old crawl space a good idea?
- Should I replace or rehabilitate my windows?
- Are there historic aspects of my home I need to preserve and what can I change?
- What are the cultural, environmental and financial implications of my proposed changes?
- Do residential historic tax credits apply to my home and how can I access them?
- Perseus PublishingGreen restorations for historic homes.