{"product_id":"eco-design-outside-lorena-farras-perez-9781770851306","title":"Eco Design Outside: Green Outside the House","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA practical guide to outdoor features and landscaping for the green home. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEco Design Outside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Some of the topics are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLighting -- Room orientation to the sun, solar tubes to redirect sunlight indoors, home-security lighting automation interfaced with communication needs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWater Conservation -- Rainwater collection and recirculation systems, solar showers, efficient watering devices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLandscaping -- Living walls, green roofs, natural pools (\"biopools\"), xeriscaping garden plans and plants\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEcological Building Materials -- Furniture, benches, decking and fencing, natural oil treatments, paving and stonework. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEco Design Outside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorena Farras Perez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770851305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770851306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Firefly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 7.45w x 0.41d","brand":"Lorena Farras Perez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447975391487,"sku":"9781770851306","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5b3c0eb-5fca-4036-9942-4c7d45bff046.jpg?v=1777236066","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eco-design-outside-lorena-farras-perez-9781770851306","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}