The Sustainable Building Technical Manual: Green Building Design, Construction, and Operations is one of the most Comprehensive publications now available to help architects, developers, building owners, government officials, and others implement sustainable development practices. It contains more than 300 pages of practical, step-by-step advice on sustainable buildings written by some of the foremost experts in the field.Among the issues the book addresses are the economics of green building; pre-design strategies; passive solar design; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; electricity; plumbing; indoor air quality, acoustics; selection of building and landscape materials; and housekeeping.
