Building Today's Green Home: Practical, Cost-Effective and Eco-Responsible Homebuilding (Popular Woodworking)

Make Your Green Home a Reality!

Building the right-sized green home involves making eco-smart decisions. In Building Today's Green Home, you will learn:

• How to choose the correct location of your building lot and what is the optimum placement of your house to take advantage of solar energy
  
  
• How to design the right-sized home for your needs now and in the future
  
  
• What are the best sustainable construction materials to use for building your home
  
  
• About the newest insulation materials and techniques
  
  
• What HVAC units are the most efficient and are the best at saving energy
  
  
• How to grade the building lot for natural sustainability

The decisions you make today will have a huge impact on your future and the future of your children. And, building the right-sized energy-efficient home will free up investment capital for your retirement years.