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The most comprehensive and practical introduction to green building ever!
Subjects covered in detail are: material selection; thermal insulation; buying an eco-home; sourcing sustainable timber; natural paints; heating your eco-home; solar heating; sustainable roofing; air tightness of buildings; healthy homes, finances, reclamation, etc. The book also includes extensive guidance and advice on how to obtain grants for renewable energy installations and other environmental initiatives.
'Technical Reference' is Part 2 of the most comprehensive and practical introduction to green building ever!
Subjects covered in technical detail include: designing energy efficient buildings; calculating thermal insulation; heating an cooling of buildings; renewable energies; solar heating; daylighting; air tightness and sealing of buildings.
The book discusses at length the technical aspects of the best systems and techniques to achieve real green and energy efficient buildings. This book is the technical companion of Volume 1 which will help professionals, tradespeople and the green building enthusiast alike to put the ideas raised in volume 1 into practice.
Always featuring numerous articles on a wide range of eco-building projects from all around the UK. Almost without exception written by the very people that designed or built them. It is the ideal read for architects, builders, developers, self builders and anyone interested in eco-building including interested homeowners.