Acknowledgements

Introduction to third edition

Introduction to second edition

Introduction to first edition

The form of the house: the building as an analogy

The environmental impact of building materials

Pushing the building envelope

Building-in soul

Ventilation

Health and happiness in the home

Passive solar design

Photovoltaics

Solar hot water system

Using water wisely

Small-scale wind systems

Hydro power

Ground source heat pumps (GSHP)

Lime and low-energy masonry

Case study introduction: towards the new vernacular

Tools for understanding the case studies

The ecological footprint of households

The Nicol graph

30 case studies including -

1. Sue Roaf’s Oxford Ecohouse
2. Harper Ecohouse, Oxford, UK
3. Reusable Building, Marnardal, Norway
4. Ecohouse Wiberg, Lund, Sweden
5. Monama, Hyderabad, India

Glossary

References and further reading

Conversion factors