Distance Learning Textbooks

Course

 Book Title

 Author
MSGB301 The Green Building Revolution Jerry Yudelson & S. Richard Fedrizzi
MSGB302 Green Building Through Integrated Design Jerry Yudelson
MSGB303 Design for Sustainability: A Sourcebook of Integrated, Ecological Solutions Janis Birkeland
MSGB304 Site Analysis: A Contextual Approach to Sustainable Land Planning and Site Design James A. LaGro
MSGB305 Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Clarke Snell & Tim Callahan
MSGB305 Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods Cassandra Adams
MSGB306 Ecology of Building Materials Bjorn Berge & Filip Henley
MSGB307 Design for Human Ecosystems: Landscape, Land Use, and Natural Resources John Lyle & Joan Woodward
MSGB308 Staying Well in a Toxic World: Understanding Environmental Illness, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Chemical Injuries, and Sick Building Syndrome Lynn Lawson
MSGB308 My Office is Killing Me!: The Sick Building Survival Guide Jeffrey C. May
MSGB309 Power From the Sun:  A Practical Guide to Solar Electricity Daniel D. Chiras
MSGB310 Retrofitting for Energy Conservation William H. Clark
MSGB310 Greening Existing Buildings Jerry Yudelson
MSGB311 Indoor Environmental Quality Thad Godish
MSGB312 Concepts and Practice of Architectural Daylighting Fuller Moore
MSGB312 Daylighting, Architecture and Health: Building Design Strategies Mohamed Boubekri
MSGB313 The Green Building Bottom Line, The Real Cost of Sustainable Building Martin Melaver & Phyllis Mueller
MSGB314 Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate Alex Wilson, et al
MSGB315 Marketing Green Building Services: Strategies for Success Jerry Yudelson
MSGB316 Student Thesis: Green Building Consulting & Design Practice (Thesis work requires a 15-30 page working plan for your future work in this field.)
GMBA301 Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution Paul Hawken, et al
GMBA301 Greed to Green David Gottfried
GMBA301 The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift Andres R. Edwards & David Orr
GMBA302 Global Climate Change & U.S. Law Michael B. Gerrard
GMBA302 An Inconvenient Truth (any edition) Al Gore
GMBA303 The Green Building Revolution Jerry Yudelson
GMBA303 The ASHRAE GreenGuide: The Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable Buildings ASHRAE Press
GMBA304 Global Climate Change & U.S. Law Michael B. Gerrard
GMBA304 Harvard Business Review on Green Business Strategy Harvard Business School Press
GMBA305 Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas James L. Adams
GMBA305 Creativity and Successful Innovation Larry R. Marshall Ph.D.
GMBA305 Strategic Renaissance: New Thinking and Innovative Tools to Create Great Corporate Strategies Using Insights from History and Science Evan Matthew Dudik
GMBA306 The Elements of Style Illustrated William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, Maira Kalman
GMBA306 Plain English at Work: A Guide to Writing and Speaking Edward P. Bailey
GMBA307 Time Management: Increase Your Personal Productivity and Effectiveness Harvard Business Essentials
GMBA308 Leadership: Theory and Practice Peter G. Northouse
GMBA309 The Definitive Business Plan: The Fast Track to Intelligent Business Planning for Executives and Entrepeneurs Richard Stutely
GMBA309 Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage Daniel C. Etsy & Andrew S. Winston
GMBA310 Basic Marketing (with student CD)(Avoid the high-priced textbook version.) William D. Perreault, et al
GMBA310 The Green Marketing Manifesto John Grant
GMBA310 The Insider’s Guide to Marketing Green Buildings Jerry Yudelson
GMBA311 Basic Economics, 2nd Ed: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy, Revised and Expanded Edition Thomas Sowell
GMBA311 Basic Economics, 4th Ed: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy Thomas Sowell
GMBA311 Economics: A Self Teaching Guide Steve Slavin
GMBA312 Financial Management (Barron’s Business Library) Jae K. Shim, Ph.D. & Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D.
GMBA312 Schaum’s Easy Outline Bookkeeping and Accounting Joel L. Lerner
GMBA313 Green Business: A Five-part Model for Creating an Environmentally Responsible Company Amy K. Townsend
GMBA314 A Brief History of the Future: How Visionary Thinkers Change the World and Tomorrow’s Trends are ‘Made’ and Marketed Oona Strathern
GMBA314 Creating the Innovation Culture: Leveraging Visionaries, Dissenters & Other Useful Troublemakers Frances Horibe
GMBA315 Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition Kimberly Elam
GMBA316 Green Marketing: Opportunities for Innovation Jacquelyn A. Ottoman
GMBA316 Visionary Business: An Entrepeneur’s Guide to Success Marc Allen
GMBA316 Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities: Design Strategies for the Post Carbon World Patrick M. Condon
GMBA316 Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate Alex Wilson et al
A101 Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas James L. Adams
A102 A World History of Architecture Marian Moffett et al
A103 Architecture: Form, Space, and Order Frank D.K. Ching and Francis D. Ching
A104 The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Betty Edwards
A104 New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook Betty Edwards
A105 Architectural Graphics (chapters 1-3) Francis D. Ching
A105 A Manual of Construction Documentation: An Illustrated Guide to Preparing Construction Drawings Glen Wiggens
A106 Design With Nature Ian McHarg
A107 The Natural House Frank Lloyd Wright
A108 Form, Function and Design Paul Jacques Grillo
A109 Building Construction Illustrated Francis D. Ching & Cassandra Adams
A110 Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture Mario G. Salvadori
A111 Big & Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century David Gissen
A112 The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice Joseph A. Demkin
A201 Creativity: Beyond the Myth of Genius Robert Weisberg
A201 Creative Problem Solving: An Introduction Donald Treffinger, S. Isaksen, K. Brian
A202 Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism Rudolph Wittkower
A202 The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design Nikolaus Pevsner
A203 Drawing & Designing with Confidence: A Step-by-Step Guide Mike W. Lin
A204 Drawing As a Means To Architecture William Kirby Lockard
A205 Architectural Working Drawings: Residential & Commerical Buildings William P. Spence
A206 Site Analysis: A Contextual Approach to Sustainable Land Planning and Site Design James A. LaGro
A207 Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian Houses: The Case for Organic Architecture John Sergeant
A208 A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction Christopher Alexander et al
A209 The Science and Technology of Building Materials Henry Cowan & Peter R. Smith
A210 Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail Matthys Levy
A211 Green Building Materials: A Guide to Product Selection and Specification Ross Spiegel and Dru Meadows
A212 Managing the Building Design Process Gavin Tunstall
A301 Evolutionary Architecture: Nature as a Basis for Design Eugene Tsui
A302 New Organic Architecture: The Breaking Wave David Pearson
A303 Marker Magic: The Rendering Problem Solver for Designers Richard M. McGarry
A304 Architectural Models: Construction Techniques Wolfgang Knoll & Martin Hechinger
A305 Uniform Drawing Format Manual: New CADD and Drafting Standards for Building Design and Working Drawings Fred Stitt
A306 Sustainable Urban Design: An Environmental Aproach Randall Thomas
A307 Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer William Pena & Steven Parshall
A308 Architectural Programming: Creative Techniques for Design Professionals Robert R. Kumlin
A309 Alternative Construction:  Contemporary Natural Building Methods Lynne Elizabeth
A310 Buckminster Fuller’s Universe: His Life & Work Lloyd Steven Sieden
A311 Ecological Planning: A Comparative and Historical Synthesis Forster Ndubisi
A312 Architect As Developer John Portman
A312 Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate Rocky Mountain Institute
PMGT301 The Principles of Project Management Meri Williams
PMGT302 Project Management Accounting: Budgeting, Tracking, & Reporting Costs and Profitability Kevin Callahan, Gary Stetz, Lynne M. Brooks
PMGT303 Project Management for Business & Engineering, Principles and Practice John M. Nicholas
PMGT304 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management David A. DeCenzo
PMGT305 Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management Scott Berkun
PMGT306 Indentifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential tools for Failure Proofing Your Project Tom Kendrick
PMGT307 Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas James L. Adams
PMGT307 Project Management Case Studies Harold Kerzner
PMGT308 Time Management on the Job Guidelines architecture publishing affiliate of SFIA
PMGT308 Total Time Management Guidelines architecture publishing affiliate of SFIA
PMGT309 Project Management for Design Professionals William Ramroth
PMGT309 Preparing for Project Management: A Guide for the New Architectural or Engineering Project Manager in Private Practice David J. Williams
PMGT310 Contractor’s Guide to Green Building Construction Thomas E. Glavinich
PMGT311 Global Project Management Handbook: Planning, Organizing and Controlling International Projects David Cleland and Roland Gareis
PMGT312 Liability Management and Prevention Guidelines
PMGT312 Causes and Prevention of Building Failures Guidelines
PMGT313 Architect’s Guide to Real Estate Development Guidelines
PMGT314 Leading Project Teams: An Introduction to the Basics of Project Management and Project Team leadership Anthony T. Cobb
PMGT315 Errors & Omissions in Working Drawings Guidelines
PMGT315 Construction Project Management: A Practical Guide to Field Construction Management S. Keoki Sears, Glenn A. Sears, Richard H. Clough
PMGT315 Total Construction Project Management George J. Ritz
E101 The Ecological Design Handbook Fred Stitt
E102 Design Outlaws on the Ecological Frontier Chris Zelov
E103 Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods Lynne Elizabeth
E103 The New Natural House Book David Pearson
E104 Solar Power:The Evolution of Sustainable Power Sophia Behling, et al
E105 Sun, Wind and Light G.Z. Brown
E106 Real Goods Solar Living Soure Book John Schaeffer
E107 Introduction to Permaculture B.C. Mollison
E108 Energy-Efficient and Environmental Landscaping Anne Simon Moffat & Marc Schiler
E109 The Self Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature Philip Ball
E110 Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature Janine Benyus
E110 Cradle to Cradle William McDonough Michael Braungart
E110 Design With Nature Ian McHarg
E110 Natural Capitalism:

Creating the Next Industrial Revolution

 Paul Hawken
E201 Design for Sustainability: A Sourcebook of Integrated, Eco-logical Solutions Janis Birkeland
E202 Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century David Gissen
E202 Green by Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living Angela Dean
E203 The Alternative Building Sourcebook: Traditional, Natural and Sustainable Building Products and Services Steve K. Chappell et al
E203 Buildings of Earth and Straw: Structural Design for Rammed Earth and Straw Bale Architecture Bruce King
E204 Power with Nature: Solar and Wind Energy Demystified Rex A. Ewing
E205 Concepts & Practice of Architectural Daylighting Fuller Moore
E206 Indoor Environmental Quality Thad Godish
E207 From Eco-Cities to Living Machines Nancy & Jack Todd
E208 Site Analysis: A Contextual Approach to Sustainable Land Planning and Site Design James A. LaGro
E209 A Testament Frank Lloyd Wright
E209 An American Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright
E210 Gentle Architecture Malcolm Wells
E210 Recovering America: A More Gentle Way to Build Malcolm Wells
E210 Underground Building Design: Commercial and Institutional Structures John Carmody & Raymond Sterling
E211 Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate Alex Wilson et al
E212 Ecology of Building Materials Bjorn Berge & Filip Henley
E213 Bucky Works: Buckminster Fuller’s Ideas for Today J. Baldwin
E214 Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems Paul Gipe and Karen Perenz
E215 Retrofitting Buildings to be Green and Energy Efficient: Optimizing Building Performance, Tenant Satisfaction, and Financial Return Leanne Tobias
E216 Staying Well in a Toxic World: Understanding Environmental Illness, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Chemical Injuries, and Sick Building Syndrome Lynn Lawson
E216 The Healthy House: How to Buy One, How to Build One, How to Cure a Sick One John Bower
E225 Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green Home Carol Venolia & Kelly Lerner
E301 The Timeless Way of Building Christopher Alexander
E302 Environmental Planning for Site Development Anne R. Beer
E303 Native American Architecture Peter Nabokov & Robert Easton
E303 Architecture without Architects: A Short Introduction to Nonpedigree Architecture Bernard Rudofsky
E304 Ecodesign: A Manual for Ecological Design Ken Yeang
E305 Lighting Modern Buildings Derek Philips
E306 Building Energy Management Systems: Application to Low-Energy HVAC and Natural Ventilation Control G.J. Levermore
E307 Cities for a Small Planet Richard Rogers  Philip Gumuchdijan
E308 Design for Human Ecosystems: Landscape, Land Use, and Natural Resources John Tillman Lyle & Joan Woodward
E309 Evolutionary Architecture: Nature as a Basis for Design Eugene Tsui
E309 Architecture as Space: How to Look at Architecture Bruno Zevi
E310 Construction Ecology: Nature as a Basis for Green Buildings Jan Sendizimir, et al
E311 Sustainable Housing: Principles and Practice Brian Edwards and David Turrent
E311 Recreating the World: A Practical Guide to Building Sustainable Communities Michael Bopp and Judie Bopp