Peak oil and transition towns

Architectural Design

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 72-77

  Hopkins, Rob ^a  

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Author keywords

bere:architects; building miles; climate change; community led solutions; Eddw Vale in Wales; extreme energy price volatility; Gill Seyfang; Jason F McLennan; Justin Bere; Kevin Le Doujet; Larch House; Lime House; local materials; Madeleine Bunting; natural building' movement; near heavy, far light' economy; New Economic Foundation's 'leaky bucket' idea; North Kesteven District Council; Passivhaus; Paul and Ivana Barclay (self builders), natural building, Dartington, Devon; Suffolk Housing Society; the Great Reskilling; The Guardian; the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment; Transition movement (sometimes known as 'Transition Towns' network); World Economic Forum; Yannick Molin (self builder), straw bale external insulation, Saint Berthevin, France, 2008

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864612744     PISSN: 00038504     EISSN: 15542769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ad.1432     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. World Economic Forum, Global Risks 2011, Sixth Edition, Executive Summary, 2011; see www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF-GlobalRisks-ExecutiveSummary-2011- EN.pdf.
2. For example, Tim Jackson, Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet, Earthscan Publications (London), 2009
3. and Peter A Victor, Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster, Edward Elgar (Cheltenham and Northampton, MA), 2008.
4. Associated Press, 'High Oil Prices Threaten Global Economy: IEA Warns Crude has Jumped to $100 a Barrel from $75 in October Amid Signs the US Economy will Likely Avoid a Recession', The Guardian, 14 December 2011; see www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/14/iea-high-oil-prices-global-economy.
5. For more information on Transition see www.transitionnetwork.org.
6. Madeleine Bunting, 'Beyond Westminster's Bankrupted Practices a New Idealism is Emerging: Progressive Politics will Take Root from the Rubble of a Labour Defeat. The Transition Movement is Giving Us a Glimpse Now', The Observer, 31 May 2009; see www. guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/31/reform- transition-a-new-politics.
7. www.pluggingtheleaks.org/index.htm.
8. An excellent overview of English vernacular building can be found in A Clifton-Taylor, The Pattern of English Building, 4th edn, Faber and Faber (London), 1987.
9. Gill Seyfang, 'Community Action for Sustainable Housing: Building a Low-Carbon Future', Energy Policy 38(12), 2010, pp 7624-33.
10. James Hulme and Noah Raford, Sustainable Supply Chains That Support Local Economic Development, Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, 2010; see www. princes-foundation.org/sites/default/files/pfbe-supplychains-paper-2010. pdf.
11. Keven Le Doujet, 'Opportunities for the Large-Scale Implementation of Straw-Based External Insulation as a Retrofit Solution of Existing UK Buildings', MPhil dissertation, University of Cambridge Engineering Centre for Sustainable Development, August 2009; see http://tinyurl.com/6hjqs45.
12. A Passivhaus has been defined as 'a building in which thermal comfort is guaranteed solely by reheating (or recooling) the fresh air that is required for satisfactory air quality'. Natural Building Technologies (NBT), Timber Frame System Passivhaus: the Science of Nature, the Future of Construction, 2009. See www.natural-building.co.uk/PDF/Pavatex/090216-Technical-Manual-PASSIVHAUS.pdf.
13. From an interview with Justin Bere, April 2011. The full interview can be found at http://transitionculture.org/2011/04/11/the- local-passivhaus-an- interview-with-justin-bere.
14. See Rob Hopkins, The Transition Companion: Making Your Community Resilient in Uncertain Times, Green Books (Devon), 2011.
15. Jason F McLennan, 'Local Economies for a Global Future: Yes, We Need to Relocalize - But That Doesn't Mean We're Headed for Provincialism. Anticipating Our Near-Heavy, Far-Light Future', Yes! Magazine, 11 January 2012; see www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/local-economies-for-a-global-future.