Resources
Materials Encyclopedia
By The Endeavour Centre:
The sustainable building school
The most comprehensive encyclopedia of sustainable building materials, sure to answer all your questions.
The BEAM estimator
By Builders for Climate Action
Know the carbon footprint of any building materials.
Available: May 3rd 2022
Building sustainability Podcast
Episode: 44: How buildings are going to save the world:
Jeffrey Hart speaks with
Chris Magwood
Featured
Build Energy
8 must know things about the new building regulations
Material Cultures
Not-for-profit design, research and action towards a post carbon built environment.
Good Homes Alliance
Online library of best practice resources to facilitate the development of sustainable homes and communities.
Organisations
The Green Register
Training construction professionals from all disciplines of the industry to build better, more sustainable buildings.
Future Proof
Helping homeowners and builders in the South West of England to carry out energy saving home improvements and refurbishments with confidence.
Centre for Sustainable Energy
An independent national charity that shares our knowledge and experience to help people change the way they think and act on energy.
Centre for Alternative Technology
Radical action is needed if we are to avoid dangerous climate breakdown. CAT offers practical solutions and hands-on learning to help create a zero carbon world.
International Hemp Building Association
Developing, promoting and supporting the production and use of hemp based construction materials and by-products.
Transition Network
A movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world.
Natural Building Technologies
Leading distributor of thermal performance, moisture, acoustic and overheating control products and solutions.
Eco building materials
Healthy Materials Lab
Extensively researched materials collections that avoid hazard concerns in the most impactful product categories.
ecological Building Systems
Naturally Better: Leading range of ecological building products support healthy, low energy sustainable buildings.
eco merchant
Dedicated to making ethically sourced, sustainable building materials accessible to all at affordable prices.
Podcasts
Building sustainability Podcast
Jeffrey the Natural Builder
Interviewing designers, builders, makers, dreamers and doers. Exploring the wide world of sustainability in the built environment by talking to wonderful people who are doing excellent things.
Trace Material
Healthy Materials Lab
Exploring the intersection of our lives and the lives of the materials that surround us. Each season we dig into a material you might find in your interior environment to discover what it can tell us about our history, our culture, and our bodies.
House Planning Help
Ben Adam Smith
Maybe you have a very clear idea of what you want and how you’re going to get it, but you may find the reality very different. House Planning Help is here so you can make sure you’re exploring all the options.
Video
Building with Hemp
An Incredible Natural Insulation
& Sustainable Material
Anthony of Art du Chanvre
shows how to build with hempcrete, a mix of hemp hurd (fibre), hydraulic lime (binder), and water.
Ukhempcrete
Youtube channel
Channel dedicated to sharing good quality information about the use of hempcrete and other natural building materials by specialist UK company.
ACAN!
Architects Climate
Action Network
Natural Materials Masterclass
Series
ACAN: Building with Hemp
Natural Materials Masterclass
December 2021
Paloma Gormley, Will Stanwix
Sonia Sifflet, Alex Sparrow
ACAN: Straw
Natural Materials Masterclass
August 2021
Barbara Jones, Craig White
John Butler, Phil Christopher
Dana Olărescu, Joe Duirwyn
Building with Hemp
TEDxCharlottesville 2014
Leed Green Associate Joni Lane is a graduate of Boston Architectural College with a Masters in Sustainable Design Studies.
Summer heat protection
with Wood fibre insulation
Ecological Building Systems
Demonstration
Acoustic Benefits of
Wood fibre Insulation
Ecological Building Systems
Demonstration
Wood fibre External wall
Insulation
Ecological Building Systems
Demonstration
Books
The Hempcrete Book
By Will Stanwix & Alex Sparrow
The definitive guide for architects, contractors and self-builders to building with this extraordinary “better-than-zero-carbon” natural construction material.
Clay & Lime Renders,
Plasters and Paints:
A how-to guide to using
natural finishes.
by Katy Bryce and Andrew Weismann
An in-depth guide to the selection, mixing, application and benefits of natural renders and paints.
House builders bible 13
by Mark Brinkley
The go-to title for the UK’s army of selfbuilders and renovators, the Housebuilder’s Bible has been garnering fans for over twenty years.
Building With Straw Bales:
A practical manual for self-builders and architects:
by Barbara Jones
A practical and accessible manual ideal for self-builders as well as architects and construction industry professionals; straw-bale building.
The Environmental Design Pocketbook
by Sofie Pelsmakers
Distilling the most relevant information about sustainable design theory, technology, building science, current legislation and best practice into a simple format that is quick and easy to use.
Making Better Buildings
By Chris Magwood
A comparative guide to sustainable construction for homeowners and contractors. A masterpiece of research and experience.
“Quite possibly the most valuable book ever published on green building.”
Further reading:
The Anthropocene Architecture School's 50 must read publications for a new era architecture and design & build society.
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