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

Build Energy

8 Things to know about the new building regulations

Good Homes Alliance

Online library of best practice resources to facilitate the development of sustainable homes and communities.

Material Cultures

Not-for-profit design, research and action towards a post carbon built environment.

Transition

Network

A movement of communities coming together to re-imagine and rebuild our world.

International Hemp Building Association

Developing, promoting and supporting the production and use of hemp based construction materials and by-products.

Anthropocene Architecture School

Climate literacy educational workshops for architects and built environment professionals, catalysing and championing architectural responses to the Climate Emergency.

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.

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

A national charity sharing knowledge and experience to help people change the way they think and act on energy.

Healthy Materials Lab

Extensively researched materials collections that avoid hazard concerns in the most impactful product categories.

Natural Building Technologies

Leading distributor of thermal performance, moisture, acoustic and overheating control products and solutions.

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.

Building sustainability Podcast

Jeffrey the Natural Builder

The Building sustainability Podcast – Interviews 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.

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

Summer heat protection

with Wood fibre insulation

Ecological Building Systems

Demonstration

ACAN: Building with Hemp

Natural Materials Masterclass

December 2021

Paloma Gormley, Will Stanwix

Sonia Sifflet, Alex Sparrow

Acoustic Benefits of

Wood fibre Insulation

Ecological Building Systems

Demonstration

ACAN: Straw

Natural Materials Masterclass

August 2021

Barbara Jones, Craig White

John Butler, Phil Christopher

Dana Olărescu, Joe Duirwyn

Wood fibre External wall

 Insulation

Ecological Building Systems

Demonstration

Building with Hemp

TEDxCharlottesville 2014

Leed Green Associate Joni Lane is a graduate of Boston Architectural College with a Masters in Sustainable Design Studies.

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.

Further reading:

The Anthropocene Architecture School's 50 must read publications for a new era architecture and design & build society.

Clay & Lime Renders,

Plasters and Paints

by Katy Bryce & 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. “Quite possibly the most valuable book ever published on green building.”