Green building
Welcome to our green building section!
In this part of the site, you'll find a huge range of books, ebooks and resources covering green building, that also answer the key questions 'what is green building?' and, for that matter, 'what is a green building'?!
If you're looking to build an eco home on the cheap, look no further than the fascinating $50 and up Underground House Book, and get yourself a copy of our new eBook, Grounds for Hope - Ways to Live Legally on Cheap Land in the UK. If, on the other hand, you're planning your own eco 'Grand Designs' home, then Ecohouse: A Design Guide and The Green Self Build Book should be your companions.
Many of us, of course, already have a home that we are simply looking to turn into an green home. In that case, Eco-Refurbishment - A Guide To Saving & Producing Energy In The Home and Converting to an Eco-friendly Home - The Complete Handbook will be indispensable. Good guides to eco paints and applying finishing touches to your eco home or green building can be found in the form of A Handbook For Eco Paints & Finishes, and Using Natural Finishes - Lime & Earth-based Plasters, Renders & Paints. For those looking for information on DIY off-grid photovoltaics, we can recommend the DIY 12 Volt Solar Power handbook, available in both eBook and printed versions.
If you're looking a build something a little different to the modernist eco house, then grab a copy of Building with Cob, Building with Straw Bales, or The Complete Yurt Handbook.
Finally, if you want some inspiration for building your green home, Ben Law's stunning The Woodland House is a great place to start, as are Shelter and Builders of the Pacific Coast.
Happy green building!
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$50 & Up Underground House Book
£16.50How to design and build a low cost underground house. Learn More -
A Handbook For Eco Paints & Finishes
Regular Price: £9.95
Special Price: £8.00
<p><em>A Handbook for Eco Paints and Fisnishes </em>explores how paints are made, their environmental impact and the problems associated with conventional paints.</p> Learn More -
Builders of the Pacific Coast
£14.99Out of stock
This book is packed with inspirational ideas. It focuses, as the title suggests, on carpenters of the Pacific coast – north of San Francisco up to Vancouver island – a landscape of woodland and coastal waters which inspires creative free form building. Learn More -
Building a Wood-Fired Oven - For Bread & Pizza
£9.99This book focuses on the design and build of a large traditional bread oven, providing detailed plans that can be scaled down. Learn More -
Building With Cob - A Step-by-step Guide
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £23.00
A practical guide to most aspects of building and restoration work with cob. Learn More -
Building with Lime - A Practical Introduction
£22.95A practical and detailed introduction to building with lime. Learn More -
Building With Straw Bales - A Practical Guide For The UK & Ireland
Regular Price: £14.95
Special Price: £12.95
An excellent practical workbook that covers all aspects of straw bale construction. Learn More -
Ceramic Houses & Earth Architecture - How To Build Your Own
£22.50Out of stock
How to build arches, domes, and vaults with earth. Learn More -
Converting to an Eco-friendly Home - The Complete Handbook
£7.99This book shows you how even minor changes to your property can significantly reduce our carbon footprint and lower our energy bills. Learn More -
Cordwood Building - The State Of The Art
Regular Price: £24.99
Special Price: £20.00
A thorough, articulate and knowledgeable explanation of this unique and earth-friendly method of construction. Learn More -
Designing Ecological Habitats - Creating a Sense of Place
Regular Price: £14.95
Special Price: £11.21
<p><em>Designing Ecological Habitats - Creating a Sense of Place</em> is a book of creative, practical solutions. It is an important and eloquent exploration of humanity's limits to growth and addresses the problems arising from climate change, habitat destruction, population growth and resource depletion.</p> Learn More -
Designing Your Natural Home - A Practical Guide
£20.00Out of stock
Photo essays exploring innovative natural houses from all over the world interpersed with practical topics to help you design, build and decorate your own ecological home. Learn More -
Diary of an Eco-builder
£14.95This focuses on the day-to-day challenges of turning the author’s vision of a beautiful, highly energy-efficient and sustainable home into reality. Learn More -
Earth Building - Methods and Materials, Repair and Conservation
£39.95A good reference for architects, students and self-builders. Learn More -
Earthbag Building - The Tools, Tricks and Techniques
Regular Price: £25.50
Special Price: £22.00
The first comprehensive guide to building with bags filled with earth. Learn More -
Earthships - Building A Zero Carbon Future For Homes
£29.95Out of stock
A valuable introduction to the Earthship concept and how it has been successfully adapted for the UK. Learn More -
Eco-Refurbishment - A Guide To Saving & Producing Energy In The Home
£29.99This useful and practical design guide can show you how to cut your home’s energy consumption. Learn More -
Ecocities - Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature
Regular Price: £23.50
Special Price: £22.00
<em>Ecocities</em> is about re-building cities and towns based on ecological principles for the long term sustainability, cultural vitality and health of the Earth's biosphere. Learn More -
Ecohouse - A Design Guide
£31.99Discusses the energy and environmental impacts of building materials, addresses natural ventilation, solar hot water, electric system design and water conservation strategies. Learn More -
Energy Efficient Building - The Best Of Fine Homebuilding
£12.9529 wonderful articles from the <em>American Fine Homebuilding</em> magazine. Learn More -
Green Building Bible Volume 1 - Essential Information to Help You Make Your Home and Buildings Less Harmful to the Environment, the Community and Your Family
£9.95Out of stock
A comprehensive and practical introduction to green building. Learn More -
Home Work
£14.99Home Work contains over 1,000 photos and 300 line drawings, stories of real people building and living in their own homes, plus photos, stories, and feedback gathered over the thirty years since Shelter was first published. Learn More -
Local Sustainable Homes
£14.95Local Sustainable Homes is a timely guide to creating low impact homes in your community. It is packed with inspiring case-studies of low carbon buildings, from retrofitted old houses to new eco-villages. Learn More -
Low-Cost Pole Building Construction - The Complete 'How To' Book
£11.99Whilst it contains a great deal of information, this guide is ideal for the inexperienced or even first time builder and is filled with very clear and precise diagrams which do a great job of bringing life to the text. Learn More
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