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Advance praise for Green Building A to Z...
  • “...A valuable resource for those who want to know more about the full range of issues tackled by the green building movement.”
    Kevin Hydes
    Chair of the World Green Building Council

Jerry Yudelson has written more green building books than anyone. Each book presents case studies, anecdotes and concrete facts that offer inspiration and encouragement for any green building initiatives. Jerry’s first three books virtually invented the field of green building marketing, and the next five continue to expand the reach of the green building message.

From developers and government officials to corporate decision-makers and educational leaders, each of the titles below addresses a specific needs in the green building industry. Please use the links below to learn more, and when you find the best green building book for you, click on the link to find the best place to order it.

Green Building Books

Green Building Trends: Europe

Green Building Through Integrated Design

Choosing Green: The Home Buyers Guide to Good Green Homes

Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building

The Green Building Revolution

Marketing Green Building Services: Strategies for Success

Developing Green: Strategies For Success

Marketing Green Buildings: Guide for Engineering, Construction & Architecture

The Insider's Guide to Marketing Green Buildings

Free Resources

Green Building Incentives That Work

ICSC Report: Letting the Sun Shine on the Retail Sector

ICSC Report: LEEDing the Retail Sector Green

White Paper: The GIST Toolkit




Green Building Books

Coming in 2009
Green Building Trends: Europe

In clear, jargon-free prose, Yudelson provides profiles of progress in the journey towards sustainability, describes the current regulatory and business climates, and predicts what the near future may bring. He also provides a primer on new technologies, systems, and regulatory approaches in Western Europe that can be adopted in North America. These systems and approaches include building-integrated solar technologies, radiant heating and cooling systems, dynamic façades that provide natural ventilation, zero-net-energy homes built like Thermos bottles, and strict government timetables for achieving zero-carbon buildings.


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Green Building Through Integrated Design

Written by one of the foremost experts in the green building community, this November 2008 book provides a detailed overview of how to organize the entire green building process—from concept, design, and construction through certification and operations, to deliver high-performance green buildings on conventional budgets.
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Choosing Green: The Home Buyers Guide to Good Green Homes

Drawing from the expertise of dozens of homebuilders, homebuyers, government officials and green home experts, Choosing Green deftly helps you consider everything you’d want to know to buy a new green home, with easy-to-use tables, charts, maps, score sheets and checklists.
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Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building

The first book for anyone interested in understanding green buildings and technology. Entertaining and concise definitions of 108 key terms.
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The Green Building Revolution

The first chronicle and spirited manifesto of the green building movement that is changing the practices of architecture, engineering, development and building management.
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Marketing Green Buildings Services: Strategies for Success

A complete reference for principals, senior associates and marketing directors at architectural, engineering and construction firms.
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Developing Green:
Strategies For Success

A primer for developers on making the business case for green buildings, with a focus on commercial office and mixed-use projects. Includes CD of case studies.
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Marketing Green Buildings:
Guide for Engineering, Construction & Architecture

This resource updates and expands the subject of green building marketing to cover Energy Star projects and the LEED-EB and LEED-CI rating systems.
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The Insider's Guide
to Marketing Green Buildings

The strategies, data, tools and techniques you need to succeed at marketing green buildings, products, and sustainable design and construction services.
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Free Resources

Green Building Incentives That Work: A Look at How Local Governments Are Incentivizing Green Development

The NAIOP Yudelson Associates fall 2007 report provides a complete look at local incentives for green development. This is one of our most requested reports. Free.
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ICSC Report: Letting the Sun Shine on the Retail Sector

More Retailers Explore Solar Power

ICSCMore retailers are getting aboard the solar-power train. With the advent of third-party financing partnerships, putting solar power on a building roof allows companies to buy renewable electricity without incurring the upfront capital costs. This article explores what some retailers are doing today and presents the current economics of solar power.
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ICSC Report: LEEDing the Retail Sector Green

Exploring the Progress and Possibilities of Sustainable Development

ICSCGreen buildings have come of age. Cumulative project registrations under the US Green Building Council's "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design," or LEED, rating and certification system increased 50% in 2006 compared with 2005, and finished project certifications increased 67%. However, the retail sector has been slow to participate in this "green building revolution." This research report presents the business case for green buildings in the retail sector, presents some representative cost data, and profiles some of the innovative projects that are convincing other retailers to use green building features and ratings.
Click here to download this report (PDF 142KB).

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White Paper: The GIST Toolkit

GISTYudelson Associates has developed a special expertise in higher education for sustainability programming and planning. In 2006, we introduced the GIST Toolkit to higher education at the first annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The GIST Toolkit is a family of methods and methodologies that help colleges and universities Gain Impact and Save Time in sustainability efforts. Please contact us for further information and to see how you might use this advanced sustainability planning tool in your institution, or click here to download our free white paper which outlines the GIST Toolkit (PDF 600KB).

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