Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building

by Jerry Yudelson

Book Overview

Green building has failed - why and how we need to reinvent green building to cut global carbon emissions. Buildings and their associated systems are the largest source of greenhouse gases in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865715726
• ISBN13: 9780865715721
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good source for the sustainable design

This book provides you with basic knowledge of green building standards and sustainable design. This book is written in a very simple language and it good reference guide for anyone to get familiar with different designs and materials for the green building design.

Going "Green" Is In

Good book alot of informaion and very easy to read. It goes into detail and is a very helpful book if your thinking about doing some remodeling to green.

A good introduction

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.

An indispensable and accurate guide for green building!

As a national trainer and a former national board member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Jerry Yudelson is a nationally recognized leader and expert in green building. He summarized his many years of professional experience with green building design and renewable energy systems in "Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building." "Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building" covers the history, importance, benefits and costs of green building. It also covers some key elements of the LEED building rating system in plain English, such as water conservation, reducing energy use, solar energy, locally sourced materials, natural ventilation, zero-net-energy buildings and creating a conservation economy, etc. "Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building" has 240 pages packed with useful information. It is an indispensable and accurate guide for anyone who is interested in green building! Gang Chen, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Author of "LEED GA Exam Guide," "Architectural Practice Simplified," "Planting Design Illustrated," and other books on various LEED exams, architecture, and landscape architecture

Absolute Zealot

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