Insulation

natural insulation

As part of the current discussion of insulation materials there is a downloadable PDF file from the Energy Saving Trust called 'Advanced Insulation in Housing Refurbishment'

There are many other interesting things on the EST website pages for building professionals at http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk

The Association for Environment Conscious Building - AECB - currently has many threads on its discussion forum - one of which is a comparison of man made insulation and sheepswool. Check it out at http://www.aecb.net/

GreenSpec is the UK construction industry's guide to 'green' building design, products, specification and construction. Here are 2 links that discuss insulation http://www.greenspec.co.uk/html/materials/insulation.html discusses general issues and then http://www.greenspec.co.uk/html/products/list681a.html lists a large range of insulation materials for different uses and rates them under several criteria - click the internal links to get lots more info

Code for Sustainable Homes

go to the Cohousing Resource page