As an architect, Alan Berman is used to advising clients on combining design aspirations with environmental awareness. Now in this user-friendly and comprehensive guide, he presents the facts so that readers can make their own choices. Fully illustrated with photographs, diagrams and easy-to-follow charts, the book deals with all the key issues, starting with a re-assessment of traditional design, moving on to reveal the most environmentally friendly floors and floor coverings, walls and wall coverings, paints, varnishes, stains and other finishes, furniture and fabrics and including chapters on recycled materials, insulation, heating, sound and ventilation.
- ISBN10 0711223823
- ISBN13 9780711223820
- Publish Date 1 September 2004 (first published 5 April 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 October 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English