Modern Green Homes

We're always looking for new sources on green design, so we're excited to check out this new title. We'll get you a review soon.

In the meantime, whet your appetite for green with this blurb..."New Green Homes" (Hardcover; Collins Design; January 5, 2010) presents the latest innovations in sustainable architecture and design. Projects include “green” houses, apartments, lofts, and cabins, and explore various aspects of environmentally-friendly design from its ecological and economical benefits to the factors that need to be considered when choosing materials, such as the amount of energy that went into manufacturing the product; its sustainability; the life-expectancy of its materials; and the question of if the materials used can be recycled or safely disposed of if they break down over time.

Specific topics covered include climate regulation, drainage systems, and regional planning. Each project contains photographs, floor and aerial plans, as well as detailed drawings that illustrate certain sustainable features revealing how much the parameters of ecological design have expanded in just a few short years.