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- Complete guide to reducing energy costs. by Consumer Reports (Firm)(CARDINAL)532620;
20 free ways to save energy -- Plugging the leaks -- Replacing windows and doors -- Insulation and ventilation -- Energy-efficient appliances -- Improving home heating and cooling -- Fuel-efficient driving.- Subjects: Architecture and energy consumption.; Automobiles; Dwellings; Energy conservation.; Energy consumption.;
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- Energy-efficient schools : policies and opportunities / by Rewey, Christie.(CARDINAL)265922; Brown, Matthew H.(CARDINAL)264801;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-49).- Subjects: School buildings; Energy conservation.; School buildings; Architecture and energy conservation.;
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- Green illusions : the dirty secrets of clean energy and the future of environmentalism / by Zehner, Ozzie.(CARDINAL)398860;
Includes bibliographical references and index.I: Seductive futures -- Solar cells and other fairy tales -- Wind power's flurry of limitations -- Biofuels and the politics of big corn -- The nuclear-military-industrial risk complex -- The hydrogen zombie -- Conjuring clean coal -- Hydropower, hybrids, and other hydras -- II: From here to there -- The alternative-energy fetish -- The first step -- III: The future of environmentalism -- Women's rights -- Improving consumption -- The architecture of community -- Efficiency culture -- Asking questions -- Epilogue: A grander narrative?We don't have an energy crisis. We have a consumption crisis. And this book, which takes aim at cherished assumptions regarding energy, offers refreshingly straight talk about what's wrong with the way we think and talk about the problem.- Subjects: Renewable energy sources; Environmentalism;
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- Design for the environment / by Mackenzie, Dorothy.(CARDINAL)203956;
Includes bibliographical references (page 170) and index.Introduction (The role and responsibilty of the designer ; The commercial imperative ; New legislative frameworks ; Employee pressure ; Market demand ; What about the cost? ; The rise of the green consumer) -- The background to environment issues (The greenhouse effect, or global warming ; The ozone layer ; Tropical deforestation ; Waste ; Water pollution ; Resource consumption ; Noise ; The cradle-to-grave approach) -- Architecture and interior design (Energy efficiency ; Material specification ; Town planning and countryside protection ; Re-use of existing buildings ; A holistic approach ; Case studies) -- Product design (Product life ; Material selection ; Minimum use of material ; Use of energy and water ; Minimizing pollution ; Case studies)Packaging design (Avoiding over-packaging ; Re-use and refill ; Material choice ; Reducing the number of containers ; Secondary uses for packaging ; Packaging and letter ; Case studies) -- Print and graphic design (Raw material cultivation and extraction ; Milling ; Virgin or recycled? ; Inks and solvents ; Resource consumption ; Case studies) -- Textile design (Fiber and yarn production ; Textile manufacture ; Industrial production or craft? ; Use and disposal ; Fashion ; Case studies) -- The changing face of design (The changing design process ; Technology: friend or foe? ; Future design themes and styles ; The social context of design ; Training and education for design).- Subjects: Architecture;
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- Windows & skylights / by Spence, William P.(William Perkins),1925-2016.(CARDINAL)724010;
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- Subjects: Windows; Skylights;
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- Green gone wrong : how our economy is undermining the environmental revolution / by Rogers, Heather,1970-(CARDINAL)276802;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-246) and index.Green dreams -- pt. 1. Food -- Close to home : local organic -- All the world's a garden : global organic -- pt. 2. Shelter -- The greenhouse effect : eco-architecture -- pt. 3. Transportation -- The fuel of forests : biodiesel -- Green machines : ecological automobiles -- The price of air : carbon offsets.In Green Gone Wrong environmental writer Heather Rogers blasts through the marketing buzz of big corporations and asks a simple question: Do today's much-touted "green" producers - carbon offsets, organic, food, biofuels, and eco-friendly cars and homes - really work? Implicit in efforts to go green is the promise that global warming can be stopped by swapping out dirty goods for "clean" ones. But can earth-friendly products really save the planet? This narrative explores how the most readily available solutions to environmental crisis may be disastrously off the mark. Rogers travels the world tracking how the conversion from a "perro" to a "green" society affects the most fundamental aspects of life - food, shelter, and transportation. Reporting from some of the most remote places on earth, Rogers uncovers shocking results that include massive clear-cutting, destruction of native ecosystems, and grinding poverty. Relying simply on market forces, people with good intentions wanting to just "do something" to help the planet are left feeling confused and powerless. Green Gone Wrong reveals a fuller story, taking the reader into forests, fields, factories, and boardrooms around the world to draw out the unintended consequences, inherent obstacles, and successes of eco-friendly consumption. What do the labels "USDA Certified Organic" and "Fair Trade" really mean on a vast South American export-driven organic farm? A superlow-energy "eco-village" in Germany's Black Forest demonstrates that green homes dramatically shrink energy use, so why aren't we using this technology in America? The decisions made in Detroit's executive suites have kept Americans driving gas-guzzling automobiles for decades, even as U.S. automakers have European models that clock twice the mpg. This expose pieces together a global picture of what's happening in the name of today's environmentalism. Rogers casts a sober eye on what's working and what's not.--Book jacket.- Subjects: Environmental economics.; Green products.;
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