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"Yes, it made me want to live in a straw bale house. Yes, it made me wish I lived in a village, with a stream and a wind turbine and a composting toilet. But it also makes me want to pull my socks up in the unloved airport town where I find myself, and make thinks better here." Make Wealth History "Chris Bird's greatest strength is to infuse you with a sense that such projects are achievable and indeed practical." SelfBuild Extend & Renovate "Setting it apart from other green building titles, the book focuses on how people are transforming homes in the context of sustainable communities." Postive News - Autumn 2010 "Don't be pu off by the title. This is one ace book that pulls together years of research and philosophy on the future of housing." Salford Star - 16 December 2010 "It is a beautifully produced and inteligently designed, integrating images, case studies and main text in a way that keeps you interested as well as informed. If you want to get to grips with what community-oriented housing projects are about, to get a feel for what sustainability means in practice beyond the technicalities...you should buy it." Empty Homes Network Online - 6 January 2011
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While the government talks about sustainable housing thousands of individuals, groups and organisations are busy turning their buildings and homes into low carbon exemplars, pushing the boundaries to cut carbon emissions far beyond government targets. Where are these examples we should all be learning from and how are they bringing sustainable housing closer in our communities? What are the obstacles to making sustainable housing the 'norm' rather than the rare exception? Which housing associations are building Passivhaus homes for the elderly and retrofitting existing houses with ground source heat pumps? Local Sustainable Homes answers these questions and features inspiring examples of communities making housing more sustainable, offering advice for those wanting to follow in their footsteps. Covering everything from building a roundhouse in the woods to refurbishing council flats in Sheffield, developing an eco-cluster in rural Dorset and overcoming the psychological barriers to change, the book includes town profiles showing what has been achieved in Totnes, Stroud, Brighton and Sheffield.
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'Local Sustainable Homes - how to make them happen in your community' is the next handbook from the Transition Towns stable, following 'Local Food' and 'Local Money'. It introduces and defines sustainable housing, and then explores various approaches, from new buildings to retrofitting. Chapters are full of great examples and real life buildings, with town-wide case studies as well as individual homes or developments.
It's an important topic. 30% of the UK's energy use is at the household level, making it the front line of our response to climate change. And since household gas bills rose by 100% in the last decade, even those unconvinced of climate change should be taking energy efficiency seriously.
'Local Sustainable Homes' has plenty of ways to make it happen, from glamorous new-build eco-homes to retrofitting and refurbishing, natural building and local materials. One in four of the homes we'll be living in come 2050 have already been built, so getting existing houses ship-shape is vital. Alongside the earthships and Passivhauses, Chris Bird profiles much more everyday projects like retrofitted 1930s terraces.
Among the community ideas for raising awareness are 'open house' tours, thermal imaging, 'green doctors' who can come around and do an energy audit on your house, and lots more. There are large scale solutions for the government or local councils, and things that you and I could do on our own streets, making this an accessible and inspiring book for those who want to get stuck in. There are loads of links and sideboxes and organisations to look up as well, making it a useful reference book on sustainable building.
I should just add that if you're looking to fix up your own property, there are other books of strategies and tips and you won't find any 'how to' sections here. Once you've done it and you want to tell the neighbours, that's where this one comes into its own.
It's an important topic. 30% of the UK's energy use is at the household level, making it the front line of our response to climate change. And since household gas bills rose by 100% in the last decade, even those unconvinced of climate change should be taking energy efficiency seriously.
'Local Sustainable Homes' has plenty of ways to make it happen, from glamorous new-build eco-homes to retrofitting and refurbishing, natural building and local materials. One in four of the homes we'll be living in come 2050 have already been built, so getting existing houses ship-shape is vital. Alongside the earthships and Passivhauses, Chris Bird profiles much more everyday projects like retrofitted 1930s terraces.
Among the community ideas for raising awareness are 'open house' tours, thermal imaging, 'green doctors' who can come around and do an energy audit on your house, and lots more. There are large scale solutions for the government or local councils, and things that you and I could do on our own streets, making this an accessible and inspiring book for those who want to get stuck in. There are loads of links and sideboxes and organisations to look up as well, making it a useful reference book on sustainable building.
I should just add that if you're looking to fix up your own property, there are other books of strategies and tips and you won't find any 'how to' sections here. Once you've done it and you want to tell the neighbours, that's where this one comes into its own.
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