Eco Home

Name: Eco Home
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780143771531
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Smart Ideas for Sustainable New Zealand Homes

By Melinda Williams

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Eco Home is a practical guide to building, renovating, and living sustainably in New Zealand today. Discover everything you need to know to build, renovate, or simply live in an eco-friendly and sustainable way. This book is packed with practical and accessible information, complemented by loads... Read More

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Eco Home

Description

Eco Home is a practical guide to building, renovating, and living sustainably in New Zealand today.

Discover everything you need to know to build, renovate, or simply live in an eco-friendly and sustainable way. This book is packed with practical and accessible information, complemented by loads of inspirational photographs of New Zealand homes.

Explore the modern home as the book takes you from room to room, focusing on structural materials, furnishings, and general life hacks to enhance your personal green-star rating. In addition to exploring the living spaces such as the kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms, office, living area, utility rooms, and outdoor areas, it delves into broader questions—why create an eco home at all?

Additional topics covered include principles of sustainable building, choosing a property, building a team of professionals, foundations and floors, and the structure and shell.

Presented in a compact and colourful package, this book is both entertaining and informative. It is a must-have for all individuals with an eco-conscious mindset.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143771531

Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 September 2018

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Penguin Group (NZ)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 186.0mm

Height: 258.0mm

Weight: 730g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Home & Garden Melinda Williams New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Published Non-Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Melinda Williams is a New Zealand writer and editor specialising in architecture and design. Since her first job out of journalism school shooting home and interiors images for a suburban real estate paper, she has been interested in how people build and live in their homes. As former editor of architecture magazine Urbis, she established an annual 'Green issue', and has contributed articles about eco-design, living, art and culture to many local and international publications, including Metro, Dish, Sunday, Canvas, Home New Zealand, Dwell Asia, Surface Asia, Vogue Australia, and Monument. She is currently design editor for the New Zealand Herald's weekly Viva magazine.