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Another Person's Poison: A History of Food Allergy
Автор: Smith Matthew Жанр: Wiley Год: 2015 Страниц: 312 Дата загрузки: 10 сентября 20202017-10-27
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To some, food allergies seem like fabricated cries for attention. For others, they pose a dangerous health threat. Food allergies are bound up with so many personal and ideological concerns that it is difficult to determine what is medical and what is myth. This book parses the political, economic, cultural, and genuine health factors of a phenomenon that now dominates our interactions with others and our understanding of ourselves. Surveying the history of food allergy from ancient times to the present, Another Person's Poison also gives readers a clear grasp of new medical findings on allergies and what they say about our environment, our immune system, and the nature of the food we consume. For most of the twentieth century, food allergies were considered a fad or junk science. While many physicians and clinicians argued that certain foods could cause a range of chronic problems, from asthma and eczema to migraines and hyperactivity, others believed that allergies were psychosomatic. Another Person's Poison traces the trajectory of this debate and its effect on public-health policy and the production, manufacture, and consumption of food. Are rising allergy rates purely the result of effective lobbying and a booming industry built on self-diagnosis and expensive remedies? Or should physicians become more flexible in their approach to food allergies and more careful in their diagnoses? Exploring the issue from scientific, political, economic, social, and patient-centered perspectives, this book is the first to engage fully with the history of what is now a major modern affliction, illuminating society's troubled relationship with food, disease, and the creation of medical knowledge.
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Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago
Жанр: Wiley Год: 2009 Страниц: 208 Дата загрузки: 17 сентября 20142013-03-18
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The Arts and Crafts movement in architecture, interior design, and decorative arts reached its peak between 1880 and 1910 in Britain and North America. The movement's emphasis on aesthetic quality and a high level of craftsmanship, promoted as an antidote to the ubiquity and uninspired appearance of machine-produced products, remains much admired today. Arts and Crafts enjoyed special resonance in Chicago, the home of Jane Addams' Hull House, where immigrants and women received training in handicraft skills not only to beautify domestic life but also to provide them with viable, honourable work. Apostles of Beauty presents outstanding examples by the movement's British originators, such as William Morris and Charles Robert Ashbee, as well as its greatest American practitioners, such as Gustav Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright. The volume highlights a wide range of objects, including ceramics, furniture, metalwork, paintings, photographs, and textiles. It focuses on Chicago's absorption and interpretation of the movement, featuring works from the Art Institute, the University of Chicago, the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Crab Tree Farm, and private collections. Contributors to the book explore the complex influences of the Arts and Crafts style and provide a thematic history of the movement, including a section on design and collecting in Chicago.
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Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Energy Efficiency
Автор: Jean-Marc Pierson Жанр: Wiley Год: 2015 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20172019-03-29
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This book discusses energy efficiency in large-scale systems. It provides an overview of current energy-reducing technologies and the energy consumption method, addressing topics such as cloud computing, high-performance computing, networks and more. The book begins with an introduction to energy demands in ICT. It then covers topics like green wired/wireless networks, mobile computing, power modeling, green data centers and high-performance computing, resource allocation and energy efficiency in P2P systems.
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Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
Автор: Lane Nick Жанр: Wiley Год: 2010 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20112012-07-18
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Where does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly reconstructs evolution's history by describing its ten greatest inventions-from sex and warmth to death-resulting in a stunning account of nature's ingenuity.
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Italian Illuminated Manuscripts
Автор: Kren Thomas Жанр: Wiley Год: 2015 Страниц: 112 Дата загрузки: 06 мая 20182017-05-24
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This is a stunning tour through eight centuries of manuscript illumination. Known for their stunning displays of artistry and technique, Italian illuminated manuscripts have long been coveted by collection around the world. The J. Paul Getty Museum holds the most recently formed institutional collection of its kind in the United States, yet it spans more than eight centuries and reflects many of the extraordinary achievements of the Italian tradition. Made up of whole manuscripts as well as leaves and cuttings, the Getty collection of Italian illumination contains nearly sixty works and includes the Montecassino Breviary, the Ferrarese Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, and the Roman gradual illuminated by Antonio da Monza for Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Other important acquisitions are one of the finest Bolognese Bibles of the thirteenth century; three leaves from the Laudario of Sant'Agnese, the most ambitious Florentine manuscript from the first half of the fourteenth century; and a missal once owned by the antipope John XXIII. This beautifully illustrated volume presents many splendid examples of Italian painting and illumination. Some are by noted artists such as Girolamo da Cremona, Pacino de Bonaguida, and Pisanello; others are attributed to artists known only by their works, such as the Master of Gerona, who is credited with one of the finest miniatures in the collection.
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Green Innovation in China: China's Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
Автор: Joanna I. Lewis Жанр: Wiley Год: 2015 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 03 августа 20172017-05-15
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As the greatest coal-producing and consuming nation in the world, China would seem an unlikely haven for wind power. Yet the country now boasts a world-class industry that promises to make low-carbon technology more affordable and available to all. Conducting an empirical study of China's remarkable transition and the possibility of replicating their model elsewhere, Joanna I. Lewis adds greater depth to a theoretical understanding of China's technological innovation systems and its current and future role in a globalized economy. Lewis focuses on China's specific methods of international technology transfer, its forms of international cooperation and competition, and its implementation of effective policies promoting the development of a home-grown industry. Just a decade ago, China maintained only a handful of operating wind turbines — all imported from Europe and the United States. Today, the country is the largest wind power market in the world, with turbines made almost exclusively in its own factories. Following this shift reveals how China's political leaders have responded to domestic energy challenges and how they may confront encroaching climate change. The nation's escalation of its wind power use also demonstrates China's ability to leapfrog to cleaner energy technologies — an option equally viable for other developing countries hoping to bypass gradual industrialization and the technological lock-in of hydrocarbon-intensive energy infrastructure. Though setbacks are possible, China could one day come to dominate global wind turbine sales, becoming a hub of technological innovation and a major instigator of low-carbon economic change.
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Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network
Автор: Levine Caroline Жанр: Wiley Год: 2015 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 16 апреля 20192016-12-16
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Forms offers a powerful new answer to one of the most pressing problems facing literary, critical, and cultural studies today — how to connect form to political, social, and historical context. Caroline Levine argues that forms organize not only works of art but also political life — and our attempts to know both art and politics. Inescapable and frequently troubling, forms shape every aspect of our experience. But forms don't impose their order in any simple way. Multiple shapes, patterns, and arrangements, overlapping and colliding, generate complex and unpredictable social landscapes that challenge and unsettle conventional analytic models in literary and cultural studies. Borrowing the concept of affordances from design theory, this book investigates the specific ways that four major forms — wholes, rhythms, hierarchies, and networks — have structured culture, politics, and scholarly knowledge across periods, and it proposes exciting new ways of linking formalism to historicism and literature to politics. Levine rereads both formalist and antiformalist theorists, including Cleanth Brooks, Michel Foucault, Jacques Ranciere, Mary Poovey, and Judith Butler, and she offers engaging accounts of a wide range of objects, from medieval convents and modern theme parks to Sophocles's Antigone and the television series The Wire. The result is a radically new way of thinking about form for the next generation and essential reading for scholars and students across the humanities who must wrestle with the problem of form and context.
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Catalytic Arylation Methods: From the Academic Labto Industrial Processes
Автор: Anthony J. Burke Жанр: Wiley Год: 2015 Страниц: 528 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20182019-03-12
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A current view of the challenging field of catalytic arylation reactions. Clearly structured, the chapters in this one-stop resource are arranged according to the reaction type, and focus on novel, efficient and sustainable processes, rather than the well-known and established cross-coupling methods. The entire contents are written by two authors with academic and industrial expertise to ensure consistent coverage of the latest developments in the field, as well as industrial applications, such as C-H activation, iron and gold-catalyzed coupling reactions, cycloadditions or novel methodologies using arylboron reagents. A cross-section of relevant tried-and-tested experimental protocols is included at the end of each chapter for putting into immediate practice, along with patent literature. Due to its emphasis on efficient, green methods and industrial applications of the products concerned, this interdisciplinary text will be essential reading for synthetic chemists in both academia and industry, especially in medicinal and process chemistry.
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Detecting Deception: Current Challenges and Cognitive Approaches
Автор: Par-Anders Granhag Жанр: Wiley Год: 2015 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20182018-02-29
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Detecting Deception offers a state-of-the-art guide to the detection of deception with a focus on the ways in which new cognitive psychology-based approaches can improve practice and results in the field. Includes comprehensive coverage of the latest scientific developments in the detection of deception and their implications for real-world practice Examines current challenges in the field — such as counter-interrogation strategies, lying networks, cross-cultural deception, and discriminating between true and false intentions Reveals a host of new approaches based on cognitive psychology with the potential to improve practice and results, including the strategic use of evidence, imposing cognitive load, response times, and covert lie detection Features contributions from internationally renowned experts.
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Elementary Linear Algebra with Supplemental Applications
Автор: Anton Howard Жанр: Wiley Год: 2010 Страниц: 792 Дата загрузки: 22 марта 20132014-03-24
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When it comes to learning linear algebra, engineers trust Anton. The tenth edition presents the key concepts and topics along with engaging and contemporary applications. The chapters have been reorganized to bring up some of the more abstract topics and make the material more accessible. More theoretical exercises at all levels of difficulty are integrated throughout the pages, including true/false questions that address conceptual ideas. New marginal notes provide a fuller explanation when new methods and complex logical steps are included in proofs. Small-scale applications also show how concepts are applied to help engineers develop their mathematical reasoning.
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Energy Management and Efficiency for the Process Industries
Жанр: Wiley Год: 2015 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 17 сентября 20202017-10-23
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«This book is a «go-to» source for industrial energy management programs. It addresses the needs of engineers and managers who are designing and implementing policies and programs for energy management and energy efficiency. It introduces a framework for an industrial energy management program, provides illustrations, and discusses the basic principles of the component elements of the program. The book is divided into two sections. The first section addresses organizational and human interaction aspects, including practical advice for avoiding common missteps. Chapters focus on program goal setting, benchmarking, strategies, priorities, and roles of site personnel, as well as discussions on implementing selected energy initiatives, experiences from multiple companies and plant sites, and ideas for engaging and motivating personnel. The second section deals with the more technical aspects of energy management and energy efficiency — things that you might consider traditional chemical engineering. Chapters focus on the plant systems and equipment most important to process energy savings, with guidance on data gathering, evaluation and analysis, together with proven options for achieving improvements in energy efficiency.»
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Exploring and Mapping Alaska: The Russian America Era, 1741-1867
Автор: Postnikov Alexey Жанр: Wiley Год: 2015 Страниц: 450 Дата загрузки: 11 августа 20172018-09-30
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Russia first encountered Alaska in 1741 as part of the most ambitious and expensive expedition of the entire 18th century. During the next 126 years the struggle to develop and refine geographic knowledge of the vast region comprising northeastern Asia, the North Pacific, and Alaska met with many obstacles, including inclement weather, the chain of supply over great distances, the need to train expert navigators and cartographers, and false leads due to spurious voyage accounts. For much of this era, critical geographic knowledge was kept as a state secret in Russia and not shared, even with the very navigators and cartographers who were developing much needed maps and navigational aids. Despite this, a rich cartographic heritage developed to be carried forward into the American era. The traditional Russian cartographic methods were applied to new discoveries in Siberia and beyond. Early fur traders and explorers utilized this system which for a time co-existed with the new cartographic methodology utilized in Europe and adopted for use by the Russia of Peter the Great. It became an age of scientific exploration. Great Britain, France, Spain, but especially Russia, sent expeditions. An increasingly complete knowledge of the coasts of North America, with forays into the interior, emerged. Postnikov describes the explorations and richly illustrates how the resulting maps evolved and contributed to the world's knowledge of one of the last great regions of the world to be explored.
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Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013
Автор: Holland Louisa Жанр: Wiley Год: 2012 Страниц: 1104 Дата загрузки: 02 сентября 20172014-10-27
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A complete tutorial and reference for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Autodesk's Civil 3D is the leading civil engineering software, and this reliable training guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to offer a fresh perspective on this powerful engineering package. Filled with illustrative examples, new datasets, and new tutorials, this book shows how elements of the dynamic engineering program work together and discusses the best methods for creating, editing, displaying, and labeling all of a civil engineering project's elements. The book's straightforward explanations, real-world examples, and practical tutorials focus squarely on teaching vital Civil 3D tips, tricks, and techniques. The authors' extensive real-world experience and Civil 3D expertise allows them to focus on how the software is used in real-world professional environments and present topics and techniques that are not documented elsewhere.
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Reinvent: A Leader's Playbook for Serial Success
Автор: Hassan Fred Жанр: Wiley Год: 2013 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 12 сентября 20182015-10-30
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Leadership principles from a master of the business turnaround In Reinvent, renowned CEO and business leader Fred Hassan explains how to transform a struggling business into a raging success by reinventing the culture, attitude, and behaviors of organizations and people. Leaders who want to change cultures and individuals need a cool head, a clear vision, and a well-refined ability to inspire that change. Here, Hassan explains how a productive organizational culture leads to real success. The first part of the book focuses on how you, as a leader, can unleash your full powers by learning to be authentic, purposeful, and connected with your organization. The second part of the book focuses on groups, how to lead them, how to be a role model for the effort you expect, and how to keep winning and innovating. Taken together, these principles fuel smarter strategies, more effective execution, and better governance. Features practical, proven guidance appropriate for every business leader in any industry Ideal for corporate executives, managers, team leaders, human resources professionals, board members, and consultants Written by a renowned public speaker and former CEO known for turning around struggling companies Revealing how you can make culture your secret weapon, Reinvent is the perfect tool for business leaders in highly competitive industries.
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Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage
Автор: Scott B. Keller Жанр: Wiley Год: 2011 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 7 октрября 20142016-08-14
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What makes your company great today, however, wont necessarily make it great tomorrow. Evolving is critical to long-term corporate performance and health. Humankinds greatest invention isnt the wheel, it is organization: people working together towards a goal that is beyond what can be achieved by the sum of individuals acting alone. As each generation finds better and better ways of working together, we perform at levels that previous generations could never have imagined. On top of long term trends like cost-free availability of information and deriving differentiation by creating an experience, the world appears to be emerging from the most profound and far-reaching economic crisis since the great depression of the 1930s. And five other factors will continue to drive global change: the historic shift in economic growth from the developed to the developing world; an unprecedented imperative for mature economics to raise productivity to preserve living standards; the rise of new networks of communication and trade; a profound challenge in balancing economic growth and environmental sustainability; and an expanded role for the state in regulating markets. For organizations to not only be excellent but stay excellent, companies need to respond to these challenges with tact and understanding that with the right techniques, change can be driven to a companys advantage. If you are a leader of people who wants to change things for the better, this book is for you. If you want to leave a profound and lasting legacy in your organization and the stakeholder it serves, this book will help you do so.
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Emerging Markets For Dummies
Жанр: Wiley Страниц: 360 Дата загрузки: 16 апреля 20092006-08-27
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In this global economy, it is important to understand the power that other countries possess, and how they can affect the global market and your investment portfolio. Emerging markets represent about 75% of the world's land mass and, with population growth that is 5 times faster than in developed countries, are home to over 80% of the global population. Emerging Markets For Dummies provides you with the information you need to understand Asian, Russian, Indian, Brazilian, and other foreign markets and their place in our local and global economies. You'll get guidance on how to branch out into emerging markets to diversify your portfolio and how to incorporate these growth areas into your business and investment plans.
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eBay For Dummies
Жанр: Wiley Страниц: 408 Дата загрузки: 23 октрября 20092003-07-23
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The unparalleled guide to successfully buying and selling on eBay, fully revised and updated eBay is the world's #1 shopping and selling site, where millions find bargains and make money with their own sales. Marsha Collier is the #1 eBay expert and bestselling author, with more than a million copies of her books in print. And eBay For Dummies has been the bestselling book on eBay since the original edition in 1999. Thoroughly updated to cover all the changes in the eBay site, eBay For Dummies, 7th Edition is an easy-to-follow path for new users to get from registration through making purchases to making sales. Ultimate eBay authority Marsha Collier gets you started with information about signing up, navigating the site, and using the My eBay page to track you activity. She then shows you how to find the best bargains, make a winning bid, and complete your purchase securely. While she guides you into becoming a successful eBay seller, she also shows you how you can pick up extra money in a tight economy with eBay sales. Walks you through listing an item, shoot and post a photo, communicate with bidders, safely ship a sold item, and securely collect your money Shows you how to set up a seller account, list items, offer customer service, ship merchandise, and receive payment securely Highlights expanded guidance on selling on eBay, which is the process that sparks the most demand for outside help Explores eBay's special features, showing you how to work within the rules, use the community, and even set up a charity auction Shares tips for managing multiple auctions, creating a store, troubleshooting, maintaining privacy, and reporting abuses eBay For Dummies, 7th Edition prepares you to save money on your purchases and make money on your sales, all from the comfort of your home.
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Excel 2010 Power Programming with VBA
Жанр: Wiley Страниц: 1080 Дата загрузки: 15 августа 20092004-02-16
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«John Walkenbach's name is synonymous with excellence in computer books that decipher complex technical topics. With this comprehensive guide, «Mr. Spreadsheet» shows you how to maximize your Excel experience using professional spreadsheet application development tips from his own personal bookshelf. Featuring a complete introduction to Visual Basic for Applications and fully updated for the new features of Excel 2010, this essential reference includes an analysis of Excel application development and is packed with procedures, tips, and ideas for expanding Excel’s capabilities with VBA. — Offers an analysis of Excel application development and a complete introduction to Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) — Features invaluable advice from «Mr. Spreadsheet» himself (bestselling author John Walkenbach), who demonstrates all the techniques you need to create large and small Excel applications — Provides tips, tricks, and techniques for expanding Excel's capabilities with VBA that you won’t find anywhere else — Includes a CD with templates and worksheets from the book. This power-user's guide is packed with procedures, tips, and ideas for expanding Excel's capabilities with VBA.»
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Business Etiquette For Dummies
Автор: Fox Sue Жанр: Wiley Год: 2008 Страниц: 364 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20112010-05-06
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Make no mistake, etiquette is as important in business as it is in everyday life — it's also a lot more complicated. From email and phone communications to personal interviews to adapting to corporate and international cultural differences, Business Etiquette For Dummies, 2nd Edition, keeps you on your best behavior in any business situation. This friendly, authoritative guide shows you how to develop good etiquette on the job and navigate today's diverse and complex business environment with great success. You'll get savvy tips for dressing the part, making polite conversation, minding your manners at meetings and meals, behaving at off-site events, handling ethical dilemmas, and conducting international business.You'll find out how to behave gracefully during tense negotiations, improve your communication skills, and overcome all sorts of work-related challenges. Discover how to: make a great first impression; meet and greet with ease; be a good company representative; practice proper online etiquette; adapt to the changing rules of etiquette; deal with difficult personalities without losing your cool; become a well-mannered traveler; develop good relationships with your peers, staff, and superiors; give compliments and offer criticism; respect physical, racial, ethnic, and gender differences at work; learn the difference between 'casual Friday' and sloppy Saturday; develop cubicle courtesy; and, avoid conversational faux pas. Business etiquette is as important to your success as doing your job well. Read Business Etiquette For Dummies, 2nd Edition, and make no mistake.
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Green Building and Remodeling For Dummies
Автор: Eric Corey Freed Жанр: Wiley Год: 2007 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 14 марта 20102012-08-31
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Want to build responsibly, reduce waste, and help preserve the environment? Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your friendly, step-by-step guide to every facet of this Earth-friendly method of construction. Building a home — even a green home — uses plenty of resources and energy. This practical, hands-on book shows you how to build or remodel conscientiously, whether your dream home is a simple remodel or a brand-new multimillion-dollar mansion. You'll start by identifying green materials and sizing up potential systems and construction sites. You'll weigh the pros and cons of popular green building methods and identify opportunities for saving money in the long run. Need to find some green professionals to assist you in your venture? We'll help you do that, too.This book will also help you discover how to: understand the lifecycle of building materials; choose the right system for your green building project; put together a green team; work within your budget; use green building methods and sustainable systems; speed construction and reduce energy use and waste; refinish old fixtures and materials; beware of asbestos and lead-paint hazards; and, avoid costly mistakes. Complete with lists of ten green things to do on every project and ten things you can do right now in your home in order to go green, Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your one-stop guide to planning and building the home you've always wanted.
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