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Broome, Jon.

The Green Self-build Book How to Design and Build Your Own Eco-home. [electronic resource] : - New York : UIT Cambridge Ltd., 2007. - 1 online resource (290 pages)

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. Why self-build, and why build green? -- 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 -- Designing a good house -- How can you encourage others to think green? -- Environmental issues and the site -- Building for longevity -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Why self-build, and why build green? -- 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 -- Designing a good house -- How can you encourage others to think green? -- Environmental issues and the site -- Building for longevity -- Reducing energy in use -- Reducing environmental impacts -- Reducing harmful impacts on health -- Reducing waste -- Reducing water consumption -- Environmentally preferred forms of construction -- Designing a sustainable garden -- Why we should build green for the future -- How to specify green -- Useful links, references and contacts. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

A highly illustrated, practical handbook on eco-friendly self-building.

ISBN: 190744839X (electronic bk.) 9781907448393 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design
Building materials--Environmental aspects.
Building materials--Environmental aspects.
Earth houses.
Ecological houses--Design and construction--Amateurs' manuals.
Ecological houses--Design and construction--Amateurs' manuals.
Ecological houses.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TH4860 .B76 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 690.8047