“In The Eco-Home Design Guide, Christopher Day makes the technical simple even for non-scientific readers. With gentle humour, this most gifted of architects shares his vision of a living architecture, demonstrating that eco-design CAN be supremely nourishing for the soul.”
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Susan Swire, Author of Secrets of the Feel-Good Home "You could hardly find a better man to lead you through the challenging process of creating an eco home from scratch, or of renovating an existing building to meet eco criteria."
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Angela Neustatter, journalist and author of A Home for the Heart “Christopher Day is one of Britain’s most outstanding holistic and ecological architects and this book is a timely gift when freeing ourselves from the dependence on fossil fuel has become an urgent imperative."
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Satish Kumar, Editor-in-Chief, Resurgence & Ecologist magazine “This book is an ideal guide for those who wish to explore to the greatest depth the possibilities for designing their own eco-homes.”
- Professor Chris Tweed, Welsh School of Architecture
“Christopher is the UK’s foremost practitioner of soulful architecture and place-making. I would urge anyone considering building a new house to read his latest gem, The Eco-Home Design Guide.”
- Peter Stirling, Managing Director, Stirling Developments Ltd
“The generous use of illustrations and side notes makes this an easy to use guide, and it is a must-have reference for every architect, homeowner, and developer in the operation and construction of homes, retail, and office buildings."
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Richard Erganian, developer “A delightfully accessible reach-for book. I find so many people blundering and wandering in circles on their eco house creation journey, this is just the thing they were missing.”
- Vicky Moller, Welsh Assembly election candidate for Plaid Cymru, Party of Wales
“A unique text in the study of the elements which constitutes effective, sustainable architectural de-sign for healthy living.”
- Lino Bianco, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty for the Built Environment, University of Malta
"Besides widening the eco-design debate beyond simplistic energy-conservation, this book describes complicated issues clearly enough for the most non-technical reader to understand."
- Prof. Dr Justyn Ochocki, Medical University of Lodz
"This book is informative, and builders, designers or anyone planning a self-build
project will find much useful information and advice."
- David Phythian