Many people have contributed towards this book in many ways. I’m grateful to the following for their input, including Innovate UK, Zero Carbon Hub and Good Homes Alliance. A special mention to Rob Pannell and Tessa Hurtswyn who decided to fund and support my idea for a builders book of details, which published with the Zero Carbon Hub in 2015.
Thanks to my colleagues at Pollard Thomas Edwards, who helped to produce graphics and details as well as provide valuable advice along the way: Roger Holdsworth, Charina Coronado, Craig Renton, Ricky Doyle, Matt McColl, Rejash Bhela, Stefanie Bewers, Tim Metcalfe and Becca Troy. Pollard Thomas Edwards has provided generous support of my research activities over the last 3 years, providing technical and graphical input which has greatly enriched the content of the book.Thanks to Chris Hocknell and Yiota Paraskeva from Eight Associates, who spent hours producing psi-value calculations for all the details. Thanks to those who provided construction sites for me to visit and detail drawings/specifications to use: Parsons and Whittley, DCH Construction, Feys Construction, Alex Baines, Kirk Archibald and Gary Nicholls. Thanks to the readers and advisors: Sofie Pelsmakers, Brian Murphy, Brian Edwards, Tessa Hurstwyn and Lynne Sullivan.
Thanks to all the research and project collaborators that have inspired me to write this book: Darren Dancey, Richard Partington, Chris Carr, David Adams, Nicola O’Connor, Michael Black, Barry Turner, Paul Everall, Mike Roberts, Jon Bootland, Emma Davies, Tassos Kougionis, Ross Holleron, Mat Colmer, Richard Hudson, Sarah Downes, Ben Griggs, Dale Saunders, David O’Rorke, Nicola O’Connor, Graham Hazell, Richard Stockholm, Richard Bayliss, Rafael Delimata, Hagop Matossian, Paul McGivern, Graham Perrior, Andrew Orriss, Lee Hargreaves, Mark Elton, Lucy Pedler, Gyorgy Posci, Yves Lambert, Peter Warm, Sally Godber, Will South, Marine Sanchez, Alan Clarke, Bill Butcher, Nick Grant, Mark Siddall, Simon Sturgis, Bertie Dixon, Thomas Lefevre, Tom Lelyveld, Mary Livingstone, Alison Crompton, David Ross, Ian Mawditt, Nicola Lazenby, Chris Parsons, Lucy Pedler, Cath Hassell, Flora Samuel, Robin Nicholson, Chris Twinn, Simon Foxell, Julie Godefroy, Ashley Bateson, Rory Bergin, Clare Murray, Graham Hazell, Richard Bayliss, Tom Kordel, Julian Brookes, Bill Gething, Ben Whitehead, Charlotte Booth, Judit Kimpian, Camille Bobeau, Roger Walker, Chris Pinchin, Silvio Junges, Susie Diamond, Ted Chandler, Toby Cambray, Tom Randall, Will Leech and Will Ray.
Finally, thanks to those at RIBA Publishing who have been so patient during the publication process: Alexander White, Daniel Culver, Michèle Woodger and Phil Handley.
All author royalties are used for further research and development into improving sustainable design within architectural practice. This book is printed and bound in the UK on 100% FSC paper.
Thanks to my colleagues at Pollard Thomas Edwards, who helped to produce graphics and details as well as provide valuable advice along the way: Roger Holdsworth, Charina Coronado, Craig Renton, Ricky Doyle, Matt McColl, Rejash Bhela, Stefanie Bewers, Tim Metcalfe and Becca Troy. Pollard Thomas Edwards has provided generous support of my research activities over the last 3 years, providing technical and graphical input which has greatly enriched the content of the book.Thanks to Chris Hocknell and Yiota Paraskeva from Eight Associates, who spent hours producing psi-value calculations for all the details. Thanks to those who provided construction sites for me to visit and detail drawings/specifications to use: Parsons and Whittley, DCH Construction, Feys Construction, Alex Baines, Kirk Archibald and Gary Nicholls. Thanks to the readers and advisors: Sofie Pelsmakers, Brian Murphy, Brian Edwards, Tessa Hurstwyn and Lynne Sullivan.
Thanks to all the research and project collaborators that have inspired me to write this book: Darren Dancey, Richard Partington, Chris Carr, David Adams, Nicola O’Connor, Michael Black, Barry Turner, Paul Everall, Mike Roberts, Jon Bootland, Emma Davies, Tassos Kougionis, Ross Holleron, Mat Colmer, Richard Hudson, Sarah Downes, Ben Griggs, Dale Saunders, David O’Rorke, Nicola O’Connor, Graham Hazell, Richard Stockholm, Richard Bayliss, Rafael Delimata, Hagop Matossian, Paul McGivern, Graham Perrior, Andrew Orriss, Lee Hargreaves, Mark Elton, Lucy Pedler, Gyorgy Posci, Yves Lambert, Peter Warm, Sally Godber, Will South, Marine Sanchez, Alan Clarke, Bill Butcher, Nick Grant, Mark Siddall, Simon Sturgis, Bertie Dixon, Thomas Lefevre, Tom Lelyveld, Mary Livingstone, Alison Crompton, David Ross, Ian Mawditt, Nicola Lazenby, Chris Parsons, Lucy Pedler, Cath Hassell, Flora Samuel, Robin Nicholson, Chris Twinn, Simon Foxell, Julie Godefroy, Ashley Bateson, Rory Bergin, Clare Murray, Graham Hazell, Richard Bayliss, Tom Kordel, Julian Brookes, Bill Gething, Ben Whitehead, Charlotte Booth, Judit Kimpian, Camille Bobeau, Roger Walker, Chris Pinchin, Silvio Junges, Susie Diamond, Ted Chandler, Toby Cambray, Tom Randall, Will Leech and Will Ray.
Finally, thanks to those at RIBA Publishing who have been so patient during the publication process: Alexander White, Daniel Culver, Michèle Woodger and Phil Handley.
All author royalties are used for further research and development into improving sustainable design within architectural practice. This book is printed and bound in the UK on 100% FSC paper.