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The Hannover Principles
By: W. McDonough, M Braungart, et al.
Nearly a decade ago, the City of Hannover, Germany, asked McDonough & Braungart to develop a set of design principles for the 2000 World's Fair. The result was a manifesto for sustainable design.
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Hot Air
BY M. Jaccard, N. Rivers, and J. simpson
This book starts with an alarming description of how Canadians have been betrayed by their politicians, their industrialists, and their environmentalists, and then lays out the few simple policies that Canada must adopt…
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Silent Spring
By Rachel Carson
First Published in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water.…
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Natural Capitalism
By P. Hawken, A.B. Lovins, and L.H. Lovins
On its first publication 10 years ago, Natural Capitalism rocked the world of business with its innovative new approach - an approach that fused ecological integrity with business acumen.
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The Ecology of Commerce
By P. hawken
Hawken's impassioned argument—that business both causes the most egregious abuses of the environment and, crucially, holds the most potential for solving our sustainability problems—is more relevant and resonant than ever.
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An Inconvenient Truth
by a. gore
Gore’s groundbreaking, battle cry of a follow-up to the bestselling Earth in the Balance—was published to tie in with the documentary film of the same name. …
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Sustainability in Built Form
The Sustainble Urban Development Reader
Edited by S.M. Wheeler, T. Beatley
This reader brings together classic readings from a wide variety of sources to investigate how our cities and towns can become more sustainable. 61 selections cover issues from land use planning to urban design and economic development
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Cradle to Cradle
By w. McDonough, M. braungart
A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not consider its abundance wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective; hence, "waste equals food" is the first principle the book sets forth.
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HOK Green Design Guide
BY S. MENDLER, W. ODELL AND M.A. LAZARUS
A practical reference guide on the integration of sustainable, high performance design covers major sustainability issues on an introductory level. Newly updated, this edition emphasizes the project process, cost implications, case studies, and lessons learned.
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Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature
By D. Farr
An urgent call to action and a comprehensive introduction to "sustainable urbanism"--the emerging and growing design reform movement that combines the creation and enhancement of walkable and diverse places with the need to build high-performance infrastructure and buildings.
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Journal of Green Building
Periodical
Journal of Green Building offers a coverage of green building topics, applications, techniques, and processes. An excellent resource!
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Energy Efficiency in Buidings
The Passive Solar Energy Book
By E. Mazria
Provides comprehensive information on the design and application of passive solar-energy systems and assesses twenty-seven design patterns that offset a variety of factors influencing the effectiveness of solar heating.
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Low Energy Buildings & District Energy Systems
By: L.D. Danny Harvey
Bringing together a wealth of information on energy use and energy efficiency in buildings at a level that can be easily digested and applied, Harvey offers a comprehensive, objective, and critical sourcebook on low-energy buildings.
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Energy and the New Reality
By L.D. Danny Harvey
Reducing and managing humanity's demand for energy is a fundamental part of the effort to mitigate climate change. The most comprehensive textbook ever written on the subject, it lays out the theory and practice of how things must change.
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2009 Ashrae Handbook: Fundamentals
By Ashrae
This edition includes a new chapter (35), Sustainability, which defines this concept for HVAC&R and describes the principles, design considerations, and detailed evaluations needed in designing sustainable HVAC&R systems.
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