While we here at Green 3D Home strive to provide a bountiful amount of information about how to create an energy saving, green home, there is just far too much information out there.

We wonder what you have read that helped you in your experiences of creating a green home.

Give us a list or just review one book.

It may not be all about green residences, but Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart opened my eyes to the way we as consumers drive the markets and the means of production.

I am certain that some of the ideas in this book can be applied to an approach to greening a home. Our homes are indeed a product, albeit a longer term investment than the disposable products that this book emphasizes.

All in all a good read and I would recommend it to anyone who is starting to think about sustainability.

I completely agree about C2C. I loved the book and feel that the attitude and approach to living, producing and consuming discussed are the key points that can be applied to the green home.

On another note:

I just picked up Green Building Products: The GreenSpec Guide to Residential Building Materials.

Its not a great read, but it is a wonderful resource for all things green residential. From framing to solar panels, this book has a bit of everything. I know from reading certain sections that it isn't a all inclusive list of all the manufacturers and products on the market, but it does provide a great starting point for anyone looking for the resources they need to green their home.

The foreword is even by Sarah Susanka, of The Not So Big House and Home by Design fame. I will write a small review of those books in another topic.

The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design

While not specifically geared to the home market, this is sort of the bible of how to design sustainably. HOK is an industry leader when it comes to sustainable design and LEED.

Green By Design by Angela M. Dean

This book has some good case studies of green homes and how the owner, architects and builders approached the project.

The Passive Solar House by James Kachadorian

This book was a wonderful help when I decided to build a new house about 7 years ago. I think it was in an earlier edition then, but in concert with a contractor who really knew his stuff and taught me much about PV grid-tie systems, this book has saved me hundreds if not thousands of dollars of the years.

A must read for anyone building new and wanting to make those decisions that seem trivial before the house is built but will be those that make a house an energy efficient machine.

pd, I know you brought this up, but I thought I would elaborate.

Sarah Susanka, has a series of books that are very informative about how to approach the design and construction of a new home. Her books (listed below) aren't full of technical information or talk about eco-technology, but instead, she talks about the strategies of creating a home that fits the individual and not the market. Creating a home for the inhabitants rather than the resale value.

All must reads in my opinion (note - list may not be inclusive, these are just the books I have in my collection.

Home by Design
The Not So Big House
Creating the Not So Big house
Inside the Not So Big House
Not So Big Solutions for Your Home

Thinking of going green by using renewable energy sources in your home? You should check out this book.

The Renewable Energy Handbook; A Guide to Rural Energy Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living. by William H. Kemp

Don't let the name fool you, there is information in here for urban, suburban and rural dwellers.

Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House; Bringing your Home into Harmony with Nature. by Carol Venolia and Kelly Lerner.

Full of sketches, photographs, graphs and diagrams as well as a substantial amount of informative text, this is a great book for those thinking about taking the home they have and going green.

I just finished flipping through a book for about the tenth time now.

Your Green Home by Alex Wilson.

Its a great book for those looking to build their new green home and more importantly a great resource for professionals in the industry to better communicate with clients.

arch, isn't that the guy who started BuildingGreen Inc?

Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman. I definitely recommend this to anyone who cares about where our world, our species and our way of life is headed.

Useful green building manual http://ebookbrowse.com/e/ecobeam-manual