Cover Story - is the eco-renovation of an abandoned and dilapidated former water mill, located in a deep wooded valley, one and a half miles from the nearest road, near Hebden Bridge. This landmark project creates the National Trust’s first self-sustaining and autonomous (non mains connected) Grade II listed building. Andrew Yeats, Eric Parks and others who worked on the project report ...

Timberbuild comes to the office- The structural use of timber in office, industrial and commercial building, as part of integrating ecologically sensitive sustainability into the work environment, could go a long way to ‘humanising’ the work-spaces of the future. Oliver Lowenstein looks at three isolated examples in Britain, and asks why are there so few precedents ...

Code for Sustainable Homes- Despite having been anticipated as a significant step towards mainstreaming sustainable buildings, the new Code, as being delivered, is a bitter disappointment to those working in the sustainable development sector. Some suspect it has been devised so that the government can declare vast swathes of new housing in the south east (in particular the Thames Gateway) as being sustainable communities. Jon Broome reports ...

Building on flood risk land - In most cultures people have a natural affinity with water, and consequently often seek to place their dwellings in close proximity to it. This can be seen in the high land values that coastal or riverside property attracts. Unfortunately doing this has some inherent drawbacks, as these areas may not make the most secure places to build our homes. Paul Parker reports ...

Also:
*  sustainable construction in a flood of regulation
*  the trouble with standards!
*  is microgeneration any good?
*  Heat pumps
*  vote blue go green!
and loads more.

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Published date June 10th 2006