The Best Sustainable Home Books For Learning About Eco Friendly Houses

Green home books are a valuable resource if you're interested in building, remodeling, or buying green. You can use books to gain ideas, create conversation with your designer or architect and use them to make important decisions during the building or remodeling process. However, if you've never browsed green home books it can be overwhelming; there are so many choices out there. Following are some of the most helpful green home and green building books on the market today.
 

INSPIRATION FOR GREENER & SIMPLE HOMES:

• How to See: A Guide to Reading Our Man-Made Environment by George Nelson - hard to find but worth a look
• The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough (American Institute Architects) by Sarah Nettleton
• Good Green Homes by Jennifer Roberts
• Miller/Hull: Architects of the Pacific Northwest by Sheri Olson
• The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture by Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne
• Off The Grid: Modern Homes + Alternative Energy by Lori Ryker
• Off The Grid Homes: Case Studies for Sustainable Living by Lori Ryker and Audrey Hall
• Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities by Shay Salomon, Nigel Valdez, and Frances Moore Lappe
• Compact Houses: Architecture for the Environment by Cristina del Valle
• A Home for the Soul: A Guide for Dwelling with Spirit and Imagination by Anthony Lawlor
• Ten Houses: Ace Architects by Oscar Riera Ojeda
• Mini House by Alejandro Bahamon
• The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough (American Institute Architects) by Sarah Nettleton
• Mini House Now by Agata Losantos
• The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live (Susanka) by Sarah Susanka and Kira Obolensky
• Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities by Shay Salomon, Nigel Valdez, and Frances Moore Lappe
• Bark House Style by Chris McCurry and Nan Chase
  
• Redux: Designs that Reveal, Recycle, and Redefine by Jennifer Roberts
  

HOW-TO GUIDES:
 

• The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit by Stephen & Rebekah Hren
• Real Goods Solar Living Source Book-Special 30th Anniversary Edition: Your Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living (Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook) by John Schaeffer
• The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes by Daniel D. Chiras
• The Big Book of Small House Designs: 75 Award-Winning Plans for Your Dream House, All 1,250 Square Feet or Less by Don Metz, Catherine Tredway, Lawrence Von Banford, and Kenneth R. Tremblay
• Building With Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home DVD and Guidebook by Ted Owens
• The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar Living Book by Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, Linda Smiley, and Deanne Bednar
• The Self-Sufficiency Handbook: A Complete Guide to Greener Living by Alan Bridgewater and Gill Bridgewater
  

FUN GREEN HOMES:
 

• The Treehouse Book by Peter Nelson and David Larkin
• Abode a la Mode: 44 Projects for Hip Home Decor by Jeanee Ledoux (fun reuse projects for interior)

GREEN INTERIORS:
 

• Minimalist Interiors by Quim Rossell
• Green Living by Design: The Practical Guide for Eco-Friendly Remodeling and Decorating by From the Experts at pointclickhome