Low impact building : housing using renewable materials /

Woolley, Tom,

Low impact building : housing using renewable materials / Tom Woolley. - xviii, 234 p. : col. ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

(What are) renewable and non-renewable materials -- Case studies, the 12 projects in the renewable house programme -- The Renewable House Programme: a strange procurement! -- Analysis of issues arising from the case studies -- Attitudes to renewable materials, energy issues and the policy context -- Building physics, natural materials and policy issues -- Other solutions for low energy housing -- The future of renewable materials?

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Ecological houses.
Building materials--Environmental aspects.
Green products.
Recycled products.