Resources
We will be updating this page ongoing with useful resources for you: (this will include books, websites and suppliers)
Green Guide to Specification
The Green Guide aims to provide a simple accredited environmental rating scheme of the environmental impacts of building materials which is easy-to-use and soundly based on numerical data.
Other Projects: Inspirational stories and details of other ‘Eco building Projects’:
Lammas
Describes a planned low-impact eco-village near Glandwr. Profile, proposal and how to become involved
No Mans Heath Passive House
This blog follows the build of the UK's first pair of Passive Houses which have been designed to meet the requirements of social housing market, both in design and cost.
Passivhaus Refurb
This blog is about a refurbishment of a 1970s house with a difference. It will be one of the first refurbishments of a UK building to certified Passivhaus standards.
The Cropthorne Autonomous House
Beyond Passivhaus in the Vale of Evesham.
Unity Gardens
Unity Gardens is a development of 6 earth bunded homes in Long Sutton Lincolnshire, owned by Lincolnshire Rural Housing Association
Suppliers & Installers: Invaluable list of recommended suppliers and Installers of eco technologies or build and refurb of green properties.
My Green Builder
The My Green Builder database is a list of installers, suppliers, advisors and general builders who have carried out energy efficiency retrofit work on some of the houses in the Superhome Network.
Organisations: There are many Organisations which have invaluable free information available that you should make use of. Here are some of the most useful sites we have come across:
Bioregional
BioRegional is an entrepreneurial charity which initiates and delivers practical solutions that help us to live within a fair share of the earth’s resources – what they call one planet living.
Carbon Trust
We provide specialist support to business and the public sector to help cut carbon emissions, save energy and commercialise low carbon technologies.
Energy Saving Trust
If you are looking for easy ways to stop wasting energy and money then this is the right place. The Energy Saving Trust is a non-profit organisation that provides free and impartial advice on how to stop wasting energy.
Great British Refurb
This campaign can help you live in a low energy home that is cheaper to run, more comfortable to live in and massively reduces your carbon emissions.
Green Spec
GreenSpec is a site about green building and sustainable construction. It provides information about green building products, design and specifications.
Renewable Energy Association
The Renewable Energy Association represents renewable energy producers and promotes the use of all forms of renewable energy in the UK.
Sustainable Energy Acacdemy
The Sustainable Energy Academy promotes education and action to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings and communities.
T Zero refurbishment
the comparison site that saves you money and carbon through green home improvements. Compare your options to find the best solution for your home, then locate the companies in your area that can help you with the improvements.
The Sustainable Building Association
The AECB is a network of individuals and companies with a common aim of promoting sustainable building. It brings together builders, architects, designers, manufacturers, housing associations and local authorities, to develop, share and promote best pract
UK Green Building Council
The council's mission is to dramatically improve the sustainability of the built environment, by radically transforming the way it is planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated.
Books: There is many good books to read to gain more information, be inspired or to expand the mind. Here are a few that did just that for us:
EarthScan
The world’s leading publisher on climate change, sustainable development and environmental technology.
House 2.0 Mark Brinkley
The online ramblings of Housebuilder's Bible author Mark Brinkley.
