Eco design outside : green outside the house

Summary: "Following the book Eco House, which concentrated on intelligent solutions for the home interior, this book concentrates on the exterior of the home with solutions and objects demonstrating that a home's new ecological era is not only found inside but can reach every corner of the land on which it is built.Eco Design Outside features dozens of photographs of cutting-edge designs in real-life context with informative captions, house and garden plans, and electrical, water and lighting schematics. Combining ideas with achievability, the book is more than inspiring; it is eminently useful."

Record details

ISBN: 9781770851306 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 1770851305 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
160 p. : col. ill. ; 24 m.
Publisher: Richmond Hill, ON ; Buffalo, NY : Firefly Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Sustainability, the key to the good life -- Practical ideas for a greener garden or terrace -- Natural solutions as an alternative to chemical products -- Trees in the garden -- Alternatives to grass -- When and how to water -- Using rainwater -- Homemade compost -- Urban ecological vegetable gardens -- Green rooftops and living walls -- Garden rooftop -- Green tank rooftop -- Green walls and walls that purify water -- Pools and ponds -- How to save water in pools -- Natural pools -- Wastewater treatment systems -- Bioclimatic housing -- The orientation of a house -- Cross ventilation -- Solar chimney -- Windcatcher -- Ground-coupled heat exchanger -- Interior courtyards -- Trombe wall -- Daylighting -- Shading elements -- Alternative ideas for dwellings -- Prefab housing -- Living underground -- Cave dwellings -- Tree dwellings -- Camouflaged homes -- Energy -- Solar thermal collectors -- Photovoltaic solar panels -- Micro wind turbines -- Geothermal energy -- Biomass -- Insulation -- Properly sealed windows -- Outdoor lighting -- Green materials -- Mud -- Straw -- Wood -- Bamboo -- Stone -- Natural insulators -- Recycled insulators -- Paint -- Technology -- The digital home or home automation -- The lawnmower -- Outdoor heaters -- Electromagnetic pollution -- The three Rs of house construction -- Reduce -- Reuse -- Recycle.