| Details | | Publication Date: | 1989-04-01 |
Industry Reviews Bower (Healthy House Building, Healthy House Inst., 1997) is an environmentally aware builder and designer whose search began in the early 1980s, when his wife needed a home that would not make her ill, particularly with respect to respiration. Not finding one, he set out to study the alternatives, finally producing this book in its first edition (Lyle Stuart, 1989). The current edition comprehensively expands and completely revises the earlier edition. Bower nicely details the whys, whats, and hows, even including analysis of three finished healthy homes. Resource material and notes are extensive and nicely organized. The index is well done, but two problems persist throughout: the text is very dense and thus not well suited to browsing, which limits access; and the notes are intrusive. Overall, however, this is a continuing fine effort offering a message that needs to be sent and more widely received. Alexander Hartmann, INFOPHILE, Williamsport, PA Donovan
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