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New eco homes : new ideas for sustainable living / by Gutiérrez, Manel Couto,author.(CARDINAL)620245;
New eco homes showcases the latest innovations in sustainable architecture and design, profiling twenty-two homes from around the world that use contemporary ecological solutions for home construction that cause much less environmental impact than conventionally built structures.
Subjects: Ecological houses; Sustainable architecture.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Making better buildings : a comparative guide to sustainable construction for homeowners and contractors / by Magwood, Chris,author.(CARDINAL)673318;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Discusses sustainable building from the foundation to completion, providing the pros and cons of the latest green and natural materials and technologies.
Subjects: Sustainable construction.; Sustainable buildings; Building; Materials;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Homesteading / by Gehring, Abigail R.(CARDINAL)483715;
The home garden -- Pantry -- Crafts -- Structures -- Energy -- Well-being.
Subjects: Home economics; Sustainable living;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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High-impact, low-carbon gardening : 1001 ways to garden sustainably / by Bowe, Alice.(CARDINAL)593742;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Improving your garden's ecological credentials -- Managing essential resources: water and compost -- Picking materials for paths and paving -- Covering ground with decks and lawns -- Choosing materials for boundaries and structures -- Basic principles of sustainable planting design -- Preparing soil and planting -- Selecting plants for challenging conditions -- Substituting new alternatives for classic favourites -- Gardening with wildlife in mind -- Growing your own food and cut flowers -- Maintaining the greener garden -- Incorporating advanced features and ideas.
Subjects: Gardening.; Sustainable agriculture.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Building country comforts : wisdom on living a sustainable, back-to-basics life / by Inwood, Robert,1948-; Bruyère, Christian.(CARDINAL)517555;
Plant shelters, gardening & outbuilding -- Water -- Animal shelters -- Stone structures & blacksmithing -- Heating structures & root cellars."...focuses on the lives of people who built homes and secondary structures in harmony with their natural surroundings. These intrepid individuals used timeless building techniques that are doable by nonprofessionals, from framing walls and windows, to setting floor joints and building roofs. The stories reveal the successes, mistakes, and even later renovations, as well as the personal dreams of those who experience this back-to-nature process..."--P. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Sustainable buildings.; House construction;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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How is a building like a termite mound? : structures imitating nature / by Brody, Walt,1978-author.(CARDINAL)823287;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Animals build unique and beautiful homes. So do humans. But sometimes human-made buildings harm the environment. Learn how architects use biomimicry to design eco-friendly buildings.Ages 6-9.Grades 2-3.670L
Subjects: Architecture and biology; Biomimicry; Sustainable architecture;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Homesteading : the complete guide to self-sufficiency : growing, planting, livestock, structures, and more / by Pezza, Kim,author.(CARDINAL)606548;
History of homesteading -- Homestead basics -- Homesteading: a job or lifestyle? -- Urban farm, rural homestead or somewhere in between -- Location selection -- Deciding what to raise -- Preserving and selling your produce -- Homesteading with absolutely no experience.
Subjects: Urban homesteading.; Self-reliant living.; Organic farming.; Urban agriculture.; Sustainable living.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Guidebook for incorporating sustainability into traditional airport projects / by United States.Federal Aviation Administration.(CARDINAL)139906; Airport Cooperative Research Program.(CARDINAL)307624; Landrum & Brown.(CARDINAL)312430; National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board.(CARDINAL)141287;
Includes glossary of terms and definitions (page A-1), and 9 unnumbered pages of bibliographical references (Appendix C).This report describes sustainability, its benefits, and identifies different applications in traditional airport construction and everyday maintenance projects. An accompanying CD-ROM, CRP-CD-125, provides an Airport Sustainability Assessment Tool (ASAT) that complements the guidebook and can be used to: assist the user in identifying sustainability initiatives that might be most applicable to an airport project, given certain criteria that the user sets; obtain more information about specific strategies; and learn about sustainability initiatives that have been implemented at other airports through case studies. The guidebook and the CD-ROM will be useful to environmental managers, planners, and consultants interested in adopting sustainability strategies and initiatives into their next airport project.Sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Technical reports.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Green restorations : sustainable building and historic homes / by Lubeck, Aaron.(CARDINAL)590862;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-274) and index.Movements. Sustainability ; Preservation ; Dollars and sense -- Green rooms. Bathrooms ; Kitchens ; Living spaces ; Attics ; Exterior -- Green systems. Structural ; Envelope ; Windows ; Plumbing ; HVAC ; Electrical.
Subjects: Dwellings; Sustainable buildings.; Dwellings; Historic buildings; Habitations; Constructions durables.; Habitations; Maisons historiques;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Sea basing and alternatives for deploying and sustaining ground combat forces. by United States.Congressional Budget Office.(CARDINAL)139854;
Includes bibliographical references.Expeditionary ground forces. The evolution of U.S. expeditionary capabilities ; Operational capabilities desired for a sea base ; Equipment plans for the MPF(F) sea base ; Employment concept for the MPF(F) sea base ; Other means of employing expeditionary ground forces -- Description of access-insensitive systems for employing and sustaining ground forces. Structuring access-insensitive systems to employ and sustain ground forces ; Alternative systems examined by CBO -- Comparison of access-insensitive systems for employing and sustaining ground forces. Sensitivity to access limitations ; Geographic reach ; Strategic responsiveness ; Capability to sustain a ground force."A centerpiece of the Department of Defense's (DoD's) transformation efforts in recent years has been the move toward making ground forces less reliant on access to foreign-controlled facilities such as harbors, airports, or logistics bases on the ground in their area of operations." "The United States Marine Corps and Army have long maintained expeditionary forces organized and equipped to be rapidly moved and inserted into combat with little reliance on access to local bases or infrastructure. Recognizing the vulnerability of forces that are dependent on local access (as U.S. forces have been in Afghanistan and Iraq), the Department of Defense (DoD) is improving its expeditionary capabilities across all of the military services. Prominent among those efforts is the Navy's plan to field a 14-ship squadro--the Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future), or MPF(F--that would be capable of deploying, employing, and sustaining a Marine expeditionary brigade with little or no need for access to local bases or other infrastructure. This study ... looks at the capabilities and costs associated with MPF(F) and sea basing in general as well as other approaches that DoD might take to improve its expeditionary capabilities."--Preface.
Subjects: Military planning.; Naval strategy.; Sea-power.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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