Good Energy: Renewable Power and the Design of Everyday Life
"There's nothing 'alternative' anymore about clean energy and green design. As this book makes beautifully clear, the future is here"— Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

Smart design can make solar, wind, and geothermal energy beautiful, affordable, and accessible to all.
Thirty-five projects from around the world demonstrate that clean, healthy energy is within reach in every sector and field. Projects include homes at all scales and for all climates, schools, parks, and offices, and even power plants. Harmonizing nature, technology, and space, each project in Good Energy shows how design can improve planetary well-being while producing cost savings and creating green jobs.

A visual and informative guide to renewable energy: Good Energy includes over 200 color photographs showing each project in stunning detail, accompanied by fascinating and informative essays. The book includes a foreword by artist and landscape designer Walter Hood, founder of Hood Design Studio, and an interview with Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University professor of civil and environmental engineering and a cofounder of the Solutions Project.

Projects include:

• Solar Strand, a solar power plant that is also a community mecca, in Buffalo, New York
• Zero Carbon House, one of the world's most sustainable homes, in Birmingham, England
• Avasara Academy, a school that inspires pride among its young women students, in Lavale, India

Readers who are passionate about the environmental and economic health of their homes and communities will find fresh and practical ideas for an inclusive, equitable transition to renewable power in Good Energy.
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Good Energy: Renewable Power and the Design of Everyday Life
"There's nothing 'alternative' anymore about clean energy and green design. As this book makes beautifully clear, the future is here"— Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

Smart design can make solar, wind, and geothermal energy beautiful, affordable, and accessible to all.
Thirty-five projects from around the world demonstrate that clean, healthy energy is within reach in every sector and field. Projects include homes at all scales and for all climates, schools, parks, and offices, and even power plants. Harmonizing nature, technology, and space, each project in Good Energy shows how design can improve planetary well-being while producing cost savings and creating green jobs.

A visual and informative guide to renewable energy: Good Energy includes over 200 color photographs showing each project in stunning detail, accompanied by fascinating and informative essays. The book includes a foreword by artist and landscape designer Walter Hood, founder of Hood Design Studio, and an interview with Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University professor of civil and environmental engineering and a cofounder of the Solutions Project.

Projects include:

• Solar Strand, a solar power plant that is also a community mecca, in Buffalo, New York
• Zero Carbon House, one of the world's most sustainable homes, in Birmingham, England
• Avasara Academy, a school that inspires pride among its young women students, in Lavale, India

Readers who are passionate about the environmental and economic health of their homes and communities will find fresh and practical ideas for an inclusive, equitable transition to renewable power in Good Energy.
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Good Energy: Renewable Power and the Design of Everyday Life

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Good Energy: Renewable Power and the Design of Everyday Life

Good Energy: Renewable Power and the Design of Everyday Life

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Overview

"There's nothing 'alternative' anymore about clean energy and green design. As this book makes beautifully clear, the future is here"— Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

Smart design can make solar, wind, and geothermal energy beautiful, affordable, and accessible to all.
Thirty-five projects from around the world demonstrate that clean, healthy energy is within reach in every sector and field. Projects include homes at all scales and for all climates, schools, parks, and offices, and even power plants. Harmonizing nature, technology, and space, each project in Good Energy shows how design can improve planetary well-being while producing cost savings and creating green jobs.

A visual and informative guide to renewable energy: Good Energy includes over 200 color photographs showing each project in stunning detail, accompanied by fascinating and informative essays. The book includes a foreword by artist and landscape designer Walter Hood, founder of Hood Design Studio, and an interview with Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University professor of civil and environmental engineering and a cofounder of the Solutions Project.

Projects include:

• Solar Strand, a solar power plant that is also a community mecca, in Buffalo, New York
• Zero Carbon House, one of the world's most sustainable homes, in Birmingham, England
• Avasara Academy, a school that inspires pride among its young women students, in Lavale, India

Readers who are passionate about the environmental and economic health of their homes and communities will find fresh and practical ideas for an inclusive, equitable transition to renewable power in Good Energy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781616899097
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publication date: 05/25/2021
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jared Green writes about the essential role of planning and design in solving the climate crisis. Green is the editor of Designed for the Future. He lives in Washington, DC.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Renewable Energy Can't I Separate, Walter Hood 6

Introduction 11

Q&A with Mark Z. Jacobson: The Pat to 100 Percent Renewable Energy 18

1 Power Homes

Houses, Apartment Complexes, and Residential Communities 36

UC Davis West Village 38

Davis, California, United States

Sweetwater Spectrum 44

Sonoma, California, United States

Connecticut Residence 50

Connecticut, United States

Accord Passive House 54

Accord, New York, United States

Ex of In House EO

Rhinebeck, New York, United States

Belfield Townhomes 64

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Paisano Green Community Senior Housing 70

El Paso, Texas, United States

Grow Community 74

Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States

SolarCity Linz-Pichling 78

Linz-Pichling, Austria

Power of IO 82

Örebro, Sweden

Trent Basin 88

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Zero Carbon House 94

Birmingham, United Kingdom

M-KOPA Solar 100

Nairobi, Kenya

SMA x ECO TOWN Harumidai 104

Sakai City, Japan

The Sustainable City 108

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2 Power Community Spaces

Parks, Transportation, and Sports Centers 116

Washington Canal Park 118

Washington, DC, United States

Amager Bakke (CopenHill) 122

Copenhagen, Denmark

Electric Vehicle Charging Station 128

Fredericia, Denmark

Hangzhou Inventronics Electric Vehicle Charging Station 134

Hangzhou, China

The National Stadium 138

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

3 Power Education

Schools and Universities 142

Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability at the University of British Columbia 144

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Solar Strand, University at Buffalo 148

Buffalo, New York, United States

School in Port 154

Port, Switzerland

Avasara Academy 160

Lavale, India

SDE4 at the National University of Singapore 166

Singapore

4 Power Offices

Commercial, Governmental, and Institutional Buildings 174

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation 176

Los Altos, California, United States

Brock Environmental Center 180

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United Stat

Bullitt Center 186

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pearl River Tower 190

Guangzhou, China

Council House 2 194

Melbourne, Australia

5 Power Plants

Geothermal, Solar, and Wind Power Facilities 202

Block Island Wind Farm 204

Block Island, Rhode island, United States

Coyote Ridge Community Solar Farm 210

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Suvilahti Solar Power Plant 214

Helsinki, Finland

Voices from the Field

Landsvirkjun's Renewable Energy Design Policy 218

Iceland by Björk Guðmundsdóttir

Solar Sanctuaries for Pollinators 226

United States (various states) by Rob Davis

Acknowledgments 232

Selected Bibliography 233

Index 234

Image Credits 239

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