TY  - BOOK
AU  - Broome,Jon
TI  - The Green Self-build Book: How to Design and Build Your Own Eco-home
SN  - 190744839X (electronic bk.)
AV  - TH4860 .B76 2007 
U1  - 690.8047 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - UIT Cambridge Ltd.
KW  - ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Building materials
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Earth houses
KW  - Ecological houses
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - Amateurs' manuals
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - CHAPTER 12: Environmentally preferred forms of constructionCHAPTER 13: Designing a sustainable garden; CHAPTER 14: Why we should build green for the future; CHAPTER 15: How to specify green; CHAPTER 16: Useful links, references and contacts; Index; Back cover; Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Dedication page; CHAPTER 1: Why self-build, and why build green; CHAPTER 2: Who has successfully built a green self-build house?; CHAPTER 3: Designing a good house; CHAPTER 4: How can you encourage others to think green?; CHAPTER 5: Environmental issues and the site; CHAPTER 6: Building for longevity; CHAPTER 7: Reducing energy in use; CHAPTER 8: Reducing environmental impacts; CHAPTER 9: Reducing potentially harmful impacts on health; CHAPTER 10: Reducing waste; CHAPTER 11: Reducing water consumption; 1; Why self-build, and why build green? --; 2; Who has successfully built a green self-build house? --; Jon builds his second house, using timber poles in South London --; integrated sustainable development in Hockerton: earth-sheltered with passive solar heating --; group of tenants build in the inner city (Islington), using post and beam timber-frame --; three-bedroom eco house for [pound]30,000 in Basildon using timber panel construction --; Super economic super insulation in Herefordshire, using straw bales --; Modern self-built house set in a West London conservation area (Ealing), using steel framing --; architect uses hemp to build an extension in Bury St Edmunds: minimum environmental impact building --; self-builder develops a specialism in earth building: a Devon cob house --; 3; Designing a good house --; 4; How can you encourage others to think green? --; 5; Environmental issues and the site --; 6; Building for longevity --; 7; 1; Why self-build, and why build green? --; 2; Who has successfully built a green self-build house? --; Jon builds his second house, using timber poles in South London --; integrated sustainable development in Hockerton: earth-sheltered with passive solar heating --; group of tenants build in the inner city (Islington), using post and beam timber-frame --; three-bedroom eco house for [pound]30,000 in Basildon using timber panel construction --; Super economic super insulation in Herefordshire, using straw bales --; Modern self-built house set in a West London conservation area (Ealing), using steel framing --; architect uses hemp to build an extension in Bury St Edmunds: minimum environmental impact building --; self-builder develops a specialism in earth building: a Devon cob house --; 3; Designing a good house --; 4; How can you encourage others to think green? --; 5; Environmental issues and the site --; 6; Building for longevity --; 7; Reducing energy in use --; 8; Reducing environmental impacts --; 9; Reducing harmful impacts on health --; 10; Reducing waste --; 11; Reducing water consumption --; 12; Environmentally preferred forms of construction --; 13; Designing a sustainable garden --; 14; Why we should build green for the future --; 15; How to specify green --; 16; Useful links, references and contacts
N2  - A highly illustrated, practical handbook on eco-friendly self-building
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