Books

Several of these publications are available for purchase from Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

Getting to Energy Star or Equivalent Ratings in Affordable Housing

This is a guide, for developers, architects, engineers, and affordable housing providers, used to identify the problems in existing affordable housing. The research conducted was supported by the New York City Partnership, U.S. Department of Energy – National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings. This guide also informs on how to meet or exceed Energy Star or Equivalent Standards. Order from Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

Green Building Guidelines
Meeting the Demand for Low-Energy, Resource-Efficient Homes
This book provides research conducted by Building America teams with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy, State and Community Programs, the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council, (SBIC) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The research is intended to improve the quality and performance of today’s home and provide valuable information for homes of the future. Building America supports the development of innovative home designs, building methods, and technologies that achieve significant energy and cost savings. This book is available at www.sbicouncil.org

Energy-Efficient Design and Construction for Commercial Buildings

This book examines a selection of innovative, yet proven energy efficiency strategies, focusing on practical applications for typical designs. Applications are demonstrated with the help of illustrations, case studies, and lists of practical considerations. It also highlights several established but underutilized techniques to reduce energy use. This book is available at www.Amazon.com

Home Rehab Handbook

This volume updates the popular nine-volume resource guide on residential rehabilitation SWA completed as a research assignment for HUD. In this revised version, SWA included more illustrations, and supplemented and updated the information that was created for HUD, for a new edition. The publication is part of SWA’s technology transfer efforts to reach a larger audience, based on the firm's extensive expertise in cutting edge technology, accessibility, energy conservation, new materials, building systems, and access to source information. This book is available at McGraw Hill and www.Amazon.com amongst other book websites.

A Basic Guide to Fair Housing Accessibility

Drawing on the firm’s extensive knowledge of the Fair Housing Act, HUD Accessibility Guidelines, and the principles of Universal Design, SWA has prepared several publications on accessibility. Homes for Everyone is a HUD publication; Accessible Housing by Design, is published by McGraw Hill; and A Basic Guide to Fair Housing Accessibility is published by John Wiley & Sons. These books complement SWA’s many activities to communicate complex technical issues to an audience of builders, architects, and other building professionals, helping them comply with the law and improve our built environment at the same time. This book is available at www.Amazon.com.

The Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook

This book is an update of a popular book authored by SWA and published by Rodale Press in the mid-1980's. With a growing public interest in sustainability, Wiley agreed to publish an updated version. Changes are built on the firm’s accumulated knowledge in energy-efficient design and construction, passive solar techniques, and sustainable construction, and include updated material. This book is available at www.Amazon.com.

High Performance School Buildings
Resource and Strategy Guide

This Guide offers basic information to anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of high-performance school design. The Guide is published by the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council. It introduces the Process Guide, which is designed to address the key building blocks used to create any high performance school. The book also includes case studies of high performance schools, photographs, resources and weblinks to consider when commissioning a new school or improve an older one. The CD Rom is available at www.sbicouncil.org

The Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG)

The Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) www.WBDG.org is a complete Internet resource that provides government and industry practitioners with one-stop access to up-to-date information on a wide range of building-related guidance, criteria and technology from a “whole buildings” perspective. First produced for the U.S. Navy’s Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) to simplify access to sustainable design criteria and standards, the WBDG was developed by an advisory committee coordinated by the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC), managed by SWA. Currently, the WBDG is hosted and managed by the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) with SWA as the secretariat as well as coordinator for developing the site’s content. This guide is available at www.sbicouncil.org