LEED Materials: A Resource Guide to Green Building

This book is very well organized and provides an extensive list of a variety of materials that builders can choose from in their developments. It is details and specific and helps one find proper solutions that are inexpensive in building green. Ari Meisel did the work of simplifying LEED solutions into an easy organized simple easy-to-use resource. Whether you're an experienced builder or someone looking to learn how to build, this book is an invaluable guide in helping you do so.

I am a dual degree college student who is about ready to go for my Green Exam, this book was not only helpful for school projects, reports, and documentation, it has helped me study for my exam by knowing how LEED uses these materials and what points are awarded. I cannot say enough great things about this book, I encourage anyone who is remotely interested in Green building materials or LEED to buy this book.

I purchased this book two weeks ago and I feel it demonstrates, better than any other resource book I have read, the new technologies that can help make one's home or other structure more energy efficient and earth friendly. And the author did a great job presenting the information in a non-intimidating manner.

As people learn about re-cycling and up-cycling the massive amount of "stuff" we've created, this book helps consumers make smarter decisions on their material and textile choices

This book came out at just the right time for our family. We are working on a building project and really wanted to use as much green materials as we could find. This guide is so complete, we feel like we should start all over again and use everything in the book. The descriptions are clear, the format is clean and the resources are easy to contact. Must have been like getting the Sears Catalog a hundred years ago!

Being a lanlord and owning a house in Connecticut that is over 100 years old having tenants always trying to keep things nice to keep a quality tenant make things different and cost effective. I found this book helpful,innovative and great for anyone either living in a tiny apartment or in a big house. Recycling the trash and making it a treasure is my favorite part. If only everyone was that creative. Great...Great... book!It will save you time and moneyTammy K. Jozwick

To be honest, the following comment is based SOLELY on the information on this book provided by Amazon. I HAVE NOT READ THIS BOOK. With that said, one of the images of the book's content includes a manufacturer of Artificial Turf. I cannot tell you how angry that it appears as if the US Green Building Council (which created and operates the LEED series of programs) is giving a number of credits for projects that install artificial turf. I agree that plastic lawn covering eliminates pesticide application, and perhaps less irrigation is used, but has the downside of plastic lawn covering been totally ignored? 1) Because photosynthesis is absent, the cooling effect of natural ground cover is eliminated which adds to the urban heat island effect. Some residential owners of plastic lawn covering water their plastic to cool the stuff off! 2) Plastic produces zero oxygen and absorbs zero carbon dioxide. 3) Plastic lawn covering requires a higher amount of energy to produce, deliver, install and maintain over decades than a natural lawn. 4) Natural lawns are friendlier to a more balanced ecological system promoting cycles of life in various natural systems. 5) The life expectancy of plastic lawn covering is 8-10 years according to the manufacturer of FieldTurf sport field installations. What happens to old plastic lawn covering? 6) The Consumer Product Safety Commission says that the danger of children ingesting lead found in especially older installations of plastic lawn covering is acceptable, the CPSC still recommends children wash their hands after playing on plastic surfaces especially before eating. To be fair, FieldTurf products since 2003 contain no lead. So what about the other manufacturers and older installations? I think the only thing that's green regarding plastic lawn covering is the color. Yes this is a rant on one particular entry in this book, but how many more examples of greenwashing are in this book?