for alternative homes Minguet, Josep Maria. text xxu monographic mul

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143 p. ill. ;col. ;photo ;plans ; 24cm. Energy efficiency and sustainable green standards have emerged in developed countries, in particular in the united States and canada. This book explains this new direction in the construction of buildings. it has three parts with illustrative examples of several types of homes: prefabricated, rehabilitated, made with natural materials ... The first part (the three Rs in the construction of a home which are recycle, reduce and reuse) explains how we can reduce the amount of waste. The second one is dedicated to the new technologies in the house. The third part deals with ideas for alternative homes (cave houses, new houses on trees, camouflaged ...). The “Three Rs” in the construction of a house -- Las "Tres erres" en la construcción de una vivienda -- Reduce -- Reducir -- Reuse -- Reutilizar -- Recycle -- Reciclar -- HOUSE ON LAKE RUPANCO _ Beals Arquitectos -- Lake Rupanco, Chile -- HOUSE IN BORDEAUX _ Vincent Dugravier -- Bordeaux, France -- VILLA LÅNGBO _ Olavi Koponen -- Långholmen, Finland -- Technology – Tecnología -- Home automation -- El hogar digital o domótico -- The lawnmower -- El cortacésped -- Outdoor heaters -- Estufas para exteriores -- Electromagnetic pollution -- La contaminación electromagnética -- LAKE HOUSE _ UCArchitect -- Marmora, Canada -- MATAJA RESIDENCE _ Belzberg Architects -- Santa Monica, CA, United States -- LOVELY LADIES WEEKENDER _ Marc Dixon -- Walkerville, VIC, Australia -- Alternative ideas for dwellings -- Ideas para hogares alternativos -- Prefab housing -- Viviendas prefabricadas -- Living underground -- Vivir bajo tierra -- Cave houses -- Casas cueva -- Tree houses -- Vivir en un árbol -- Camouflaged homes -- Viviendas camufladas -- ROCHEDALE HOUSE _ Ray Kappe -- Brentwood, CA, United States -- CASA FLOTANTE _ Benjamin Garcia Saxe -- Puntarenas, Costa Rica -- WOOD AND STEEL HOUSE _ Ecosistema Urbano Arquitectos -- Ranón, Asturias, Spain -- STANDARD HOUSE _ KWK Promes -- Pszczyna, Poland -- editor,concept and project director, Josep Maria Minguet Includes index Text in English and Spanish. Architecture Domestic Environmental aspects Architecture and energy conservation Sustainable architecture NA7117.3 M56 2017 728 9788416500369 8416500363 pucpr 180413 20220411215039.0 eng