<p> <b><i>A practical guide to outdoor features and landscaping for the green home. </i></b> </p><p> Following the book Eco House, which concentrated on intelligent solutions for the home interior, this book concentrates on the exterior of the home with solutions and objects demonstrating that a home's new ecological era is not only found inside but can reach every corner of the land on which it is built. </p><p> <b><i>Eco Design Outside</i></b> features dozens of photographs of cutting-edge designs in real-life context with informative captions, house and garden plans, and electrical, water and lighting schematics. Combining ideas with achievability, the book is more than inspiring; it is eminently useful. </p><p> Some of the topics are: </p><ul> <li>Lighting -- Room orientation to the sun, solar tubes to redirect sunlight indoors, home-security lighting automation interfaced with communication needs</li> <li>Water Conservation -- Rainwater collection and recirculation systems, solar showers, efficient watering devices</li> <li>Landscaping -- Living walls, green roofs, natural pools ("biopools"), xeriscaping garden plans and plants</li> <li>Ecological Building Materials -- Furniture, benches, decking and fencing, natural oil treatments, paving and stonework. </li> </ul></p><p> Successful television shows like "World's Greenest Homes" on Discovery's Planet Green TV and "Eco House Challenge" on HGTV prove that people want this information as they undertake greening their home. <b><i>Eco Design Outside</i></b> is a comprehensive source of design inspiration and expert advice that will be of practical use and inspiration for homeowners, designers and students of design. </p>