An overview of natural conditioning that explains how to use passive solar techniques to heat and cool homes and offers tips for choosing a cost-effective, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly backup heating system.
Presents a comprehensive guide to the techniques and technologies involved in creating healthier, less costly living spaces and includes information on energy-efficient designs, solar heating and cooling, environmental landscaping, and nontoxic building materials.
Includes such topics as computer-aided design, new methods of building, new ways to use glass, green buildings, building for leisure and pleasure, floating worlds, and cities for the next century.
