Green Up! [electronic resource] : Sustainable Design Solutions for Healthier Work and Living Environments.

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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Author; Introduction; Chapter 1: Apartments, Lofts, Studios-Interior Residential; Introduction; Green Solutions for Interior Residential Greening; Existing Site Conditions; What to Do Next; Questions to Ask about Your Site; Example A-Urban Apartment in the Bronx, NY; The Green Design Can Improve; Example B-Two-Story House That Has Been Converted into Multiple Apartments in Fargo, ND; The Green Design Can Improve; A Few Notes as You Enjoy Your Greening Process

Chapter 2: Offices, Lobbies, Retail Space-Interior CommercialIntroduction; Green Solutions for Interior Commercial Greening; Existing Site Conditions; What to Do Next; Questions to Ask about Your Site; Example A-Urban Office in New York City, NY; Example B-A Typical Car Dealership with an Open Showroom, Service Area, and Open and Private Offices; The Green Design Can Improve; A Few Notes as You Enjoy Your Greening Process; Chapter 3: Houses, Residential Sites-Interiors and Exteriors; Introduction; Green Solutions for Residential Interiors and Exterior Greening; Existing Site Conditions

What to Do NextQuestions to Ask about Your Site; Example A-Two-Story House with an Attic, Basement, and Separate Two-Car Garage in the Suburbs, Fargo, ND; Example B-Two-Story Connected House Which Is at the End of the Structure in the Industrial Town of Wolverton, United Kingdom; The Green Design Can Improve; A Few Notes as You Enjoy Your Greening Process; Chapter 4: Healthcare Facilities; Introduction; Green Solutions for Healthcare Facilities; Existing Site Conditions; What to Do Next; Questions to Ask about Your Site; Example A-Retirement and Assisted Living Facility

The Green Design Can ImproveExample B-Pediatric Office; The Green Design Can Improve; A Few Notes as You Enjoy Your Greening Process; Chapter 5: Buildings in Areas near Airports, Highways, and Train Lines; Introduction; Green Solutions for Buildings near Airports, Highways, and Train Lines; Existing Site Conditions; What to Do Next; Questions to Ask about Your Site; Example A-Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts Located in the Bronx, NY; The Green Design Can Improve; Example B-Two-Story House in a Rural Neighborhood Adjacent to the Freeway in Little Falls, MN

The Green Design Can ImproveA Few Notes as You Enjoy your Greening Process; References; Index

There are unique greening solutions and practices that help create a lifestyle shift, improving the health of living and working spaces for its occupants from a personal, business, environmental, and profitable perspective. Short-term and long-term considerations are important elements when moving forward towards healthy practices in lifestyles, choices, and site designs. This book addresses a myriad of greening practices that can be applied to structures in our urban, suburban, and rural cultures. From the loft to the neighborhood, the office spaces to the public spaces, and the schools to the communities, this book outlines how business owners and residents can integrate scale appropriate green solutions into their lifestyles. Green Up!: Sustainable Design Solutions for Healthier Work and Living Environments includes detailed illustrations and photographs to help you understand design opportunities for your space. Stevie Famulari provides unique insights and inspires business owners, residents, and planners to develop their own green understanding and design solutions. Illustrations and photographs of applied greening are included throughout the book to help inspire your own goals and design, and then transform them to reality. The author breaks down the misconceptions of the complexity of sustainability and green practices. Greening is a lifestyle change, and this step-by-step instruction guide lets you know how easy it is to transition to the green side!

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