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 | Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies
Retail Price: $21.99
Want to build responsibly, reduce waste, and help preserve the environment? Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your friendly, step-by-step guide to every facet of this Earth-friendly method of construction. Building a home—even a green home—uses plenty of resources and energy. This practical, hands-on book shows you how to build or remodel conscientiously, whether your dream home is a simple remodel or a brand-new multimillion-dollar mansion. You’ll start by identifying green materials and sizing up potential systems and construction sites. You’ll weigh the pros and cons of popular green building methods and identify opportunities for saving money in the long run. Need to find some green professionals to assist you in your venture? We’ll help you do that, too.
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 | The Green Energy Management Book
By Leo Meyer
Using energy management to create green buildings. Use this easy-to-use guide to become a specialist in the green movement. Learn how to market and sell energy management services, conduct Walk-through Surveys and Energy Audits, master energy bills and calculate savings, and target retrofit work. Retail Price: $65.00
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 | Newest Addition: Green Building Square Foot Costbook 2010 $49.95
This new book contains square foot prices for more than 50 different types of green buildings, broken down by CSI division. You'll also find articles on the cost of LEED certification, green roof design, and the goals of other LEED certified builders throughout the U.S. All of the costs in the book have been carefully adjusted for 2010. Included are government projects, commercial buildings, schools and libraries, medical facilities, residential buildings and recreational facilities, reflecting the vast array of "green" materials and technologies being used in construction today.
For each building, the book provides a detailed narrative describing its major features and the steps taken to minimize environmental impact -- both in its construction and its operation. There are large pictures of the finished buildings, the cost breakdown for each project, broken out on a cost-per-square-foot basis and by CSI MasterFormat section, along with the primary specifications and full details about the construction team.
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 | Sustainable Practice for the Facilities Manager
$85.00
Sustainable Practice for the Facilities Manager fills a the gap between the policy-level sustainability books and the detailed technical documents by focusing on the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of planning and implementing sound environmental management practices in the context of FM operations.
It covers policy and trends on global, European and UK levels affecting businesses; compliance requirements for organisations - including some sector-specific areas; and best practice, with good and bad case studies showing the business benefits of incorporating sustainable practice into day-to-day activities. The book is for facilities management professionals |
 | NEW - Green Guide to Specification, 4th Edition - $147.95
Like its predecessors, this fourth edition of The Green Guide to Specification provides designers and specifiers with easy-to-use guidance on how to make the best environmental choices when selecting construction materials and components. It is more comprehensive than its predecessors; it contains more than 1200 specifications used in six types of building: Commercial buildings, such as offices; Healthcare buildings, such as hospitals; Retail; Residential; and Industrial. CLICK HERE for full product description. |
| NEW - Green Guide to Specification, 4th Edition - $147.95
Like its predecessors, this fourth edition of The Green Guide to Specification provides designers and specifiers with easy-to-use guidance on how to make the best environmental choices when selecting construction materials and components. It is more comprehensive than its predecessors; it contains more than 1200 specifications used in six types of building: Commercial buildings, such as offices; Healthcare buildings, such as hospitals; Retail; Residential; and Industrial.
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 | FACILITY MANAGER'S HANDBOOK
The "bricks and mortar" issues of facility management – HVAC,
lighting, electrical, plumbing, space allocation, security and grounds
maintenance – continue to be at the core the facility manager's role. However,
the processes involved in addressing these areas have become more complex. The
proliferation of regulatory mandates, worker compensation issues, increased
employee litigation, and violence in the workplace have redefined the role of
the facility manager beyond "gatekeeper" to that of full-scale
operations manager. Today's corporations, organizations, and business
partnerships invest heavily in their physical plants. It naturally follows that
they expect to maximize the return on their investment. Facility managers are
seen as the catalysts for ensuring that optimal return. The Facility Manager's
Handbook address all of these issues, and provides a multitude of tested ideas,
procedures and examples for successfully and cost-effectively managing facility
operations. Written in a plain-language, reader-friendly style, it provides a
panoramic view of the process by isolating the key areas the facility manager
must address, including real estate, space and change management, indoor air
quality, emergency preparedness and response planning, communications systems,
regulatory mandates and more. A wealth of illustrations, tables and graphs are
included to facilitate a clear understanding. $88.00 |
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