"SOD IT" endeavours to deal with the whole concept of earth sheltering within England and Wales and ranges from the first steps of selecting a site to planning and the practical application of the building processes needed to make earth sheltering a successful gentler alternative to the "tile and tarmac" syndrome. (147 pages)

Subjects covered include the Interaction with the Planning System, Energy considerations, Walls and Roofs, Lighting and Waterproofing. Some case studies together with useful names and addresses go to make this an excellent information base from which anyone wishing to know about earth sheltering will find answers to some if not all of their questions.

This book, the first on the subject in the UK, has been published by the School of the Built Environment, Coventry University under the "Pickup Project".

The Pickup Project was a direct result of the Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro in 1992 at which the British Government committed itself to producing a National Sustainability Plan.

Earth sheltered development - or geotecture - has a head start over other disciplines with its huge inherent capacity for energy saving and freedom from structural maintenance.

"SOD IT"
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