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Self build homes account for around 13
percent – over 20,000 of all residential properties
built in the UK each year.
People are starting to embrace green selfbuild as they
see the benefits for the environment and for energy costs.
The methods for green buildings include using sustainable
wood sources, natural energy sources, passive solar design
and increased thermal performance.
Timber frames produced by local sustainable sources are
one of the greenest building materials. Currently just
12% of UK homes are timber framed.
Here are some alternative styles of building:
Earthships - developed in the USA, and
now over here in the UK, earthships use tyres and bottles,
to make amazing buildings.
Strawbale building - this style of building has
become increasingly popular due to cheap and sustainable
building materials.
The Yurt - a more mobile approach to
living, the yurt is becoming a easy build alternative,
either as a temporary or a structured dwelling.
Walter Segal pioneered his wooden kit
form of self build, useful for community groups.
Geodomes - Buckminster Fuller was the
architect who championed the geodome, many 60's and 70's
geodomes are the foundation of selfbuild. |
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