"A practical guide to outdoor features and landscaping for the
green home. "
Following the book Eco House, which concentrated on intelligent
solutions for the home interior, this book concentrates on the
exterior of the home with solutions and objects demonstrating that
a home's new ecological era is not only found inside but can reach
every corner of the land on which it is built.
"Eco Design Outside" features dozens of photographs of
cutting-edge designs in real-life context with informative
captions, house and garden plans, and electrical, water and
lighting schematics. Combining ideas with achievability, the book
is more than inspiring; it is eminently useful.
Some of the topics are: Lighting -- Room orientation to the sun,
solar tubes to redirect sunlight indoors, home-security lighting
automation interfaced with communication needs Water Conservation
-- Rainwater collection and recirculation systems, solar showers,
efficient watering devices Landscaping -- Living walls, green
roofs, natural pools ("biopools"), xeriscaping garden plans and
plants Ecological Building Materials -- Furniture, benches, decking
and fencing, natural oil treatments, paving and stonework.
Successful television shows like "World's Greenest Homes" on
Discovery's Planet Green TV and "Eco House Challenge" on HGTV prove
that people want this information as they undertake greening their
home. "Eco Design Outside" is a comprehensive source of design
inspiration and expert advice that will be of practical use and
inspiration for homeowners, designers and students of design.
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