Prefabulous and Sustainable: Building and Customizing an Affordable, Energy-Efficient Home

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Prefabulous and Sustainable dispels the negative myths associated with prefab homes and shows the reader how beautiful and remarkably green prefab homes are.
In this guide to prefab home-building author Sheri Koones, demystifies the prefabricated house by using 25 unique homes to showcase how factory-built homes are greener, more efficient, sturdier, and more cost-effective than site-built homes. The book is divided into 3 categories—green, greener, greenest—and the homes featured vary in style, design, type of construction, and size. All of the homes included in Prefabulous and Sustainable have been customized to create a level of sustainability beyond the inherent qualities of prefab.
Written in an easy to understand and approachable style, author Sheri Koones walks the readers through each of the homes, explaining the materials, strategies, and systems used to create a sustainable living environment. Photographs, captions, floor plans, and sidebars illustrate to readers that green living is not as complicated as one might think, and attainable for everyone. Also included is a resource guide, making this book a hand-on guide for homebuilders.
Praise for Prefabulous + Sustainable
“Authoritative and beautiful. Once again, Koones builds her case for pre-fab thoroughly, and presents it in a compelling, well-organized package.”
—Allen Norwood, NAREE Book Competition Head Judge
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harry N. Abrams
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 2010
Edition ‏ : ‎ 3.2.2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0810984830
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0810984837
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.69 pounds
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.75 x 1 x 10.25 inches
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 and up
Best Sellers Rank: #1,146,793 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #300 in Sustainability & Green Design #1,906 in Architectural Buildings
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Customers find the book to be a useful introduction to prefab/modular building, with one customer noting how it presents information without bias for any particular building type. Moreover, they consider it one of the best sustainable building design books, with one review highlighting its comprehensive floor plans. Additionally, customers appreciate the book’s inspirational content, and one review mentions its gorgeous pictures that inspire prefab building.