On 26/02/2013 08:56, Fred wrote:
Hi,

Some years ago I went to a show about building your own house. I
wasn't in a position to build my own but went out of curiosity. A chap
called Tim Pullen was there talking about sustainable building. Don't
worry, it's not as bad as it sounds - it's not all about windmills

Some of the things he was talking about were insulating with celotex
ground source heat pumps and under floor heating, etc. which don't
seem that daft.

At the time he was pushing his book, "Simply Sustainable Homes" but I
never got round to buying it. Looking at Amazon it was published in
2008, so I think that a lot of it could be out of date now.

Amazon shows another book called "The Sustainable Building Bible" that
he wrote in 2011. Has anyone read either of these? Is the 2011 book a
reworking of the first, is it the second edition under a different
name, or is it very different? I suppose what I am asking is has
anyone read both and is it work reading both or just the latest one?
There are no reviews for the second title on Amazon.

If you go into Waterstones, you can look at the book for yourself. It
would be polite to buy it from them, rather than going home and ordering
it from Amazon - Waterstones do online sales if you prefer that to
carrying the book home yourself.

You might also like to look at The Green Building Bible Volumes 1 and 2
(Fourth Edition) ISBN 978-1-898130-05-5 & 978-1-898130-06-2. The third
edition was a runner up for a RIBA award in 2007. Reviews suggest that
volume 2 is more useful than volume 1.

Colin Bignell