Dorset Rural Skills

Info:  Dorset Centre for Rural Skills (DCRS) is an established, not for profit, training centre based in the north Dorset between Blandford and Shaftesbury. It runs specialist courses in traditional renovation of buildings and the use of cob, lime and timber. DCRS has pioneered modern bale building techniques and runs courses in straw bale building and understanding renewable energy. Courses in rural skills include blacksmithing, hurdle making and glassblowing.

Co-located with the Dorset Centre for Rural Skills, the Sustainable Building Resource Centre provides a one-stop shop for advice, information and products. It is based in a straw bale house at DCRS and showcases low impact, energy efficient building practice. Lime products are always in stock and larger quantities can be ordered by the tonne and half tonne and delivered to site. Other sustainable and natural building materials can be purchased through the website and delivered direct to your home or to site. We also give general advice about sustainable building, from constructing your home to powering it.

Ecomerchant

Info:  As the UK's leading environmental builders' merchant, Ecomerchant prides itself in the range of environmentally-friendly products available to buy online and from their Kent-based shop. If you can't find what you are looking for online, call them on 01795 530130.

ecora

Info:  Are London based suppliers of new and reclaimed hardwood flooring and eco-friendly paints. All our paint and floor products are from sustainable sources, with an emphasis on beauty and quality.

Wood Flooring -- Exceptional natural wooden floors, supplied from sustainable and well managed forests.

Paints and Oils -- Our high performance, natural paints and oils provide the healthiest living environment for your family, while offering great style and colour selection.

Ecos Organic Paints

Info:  Conventional gloss paints and emulsion paints contain solvents which can cause irritation and serious health problems. ECOS - the world's only range of solvent free paints and varnishes - literally a breath of fresh air!

Ecoscreed

Info:  Provides high performance flowing screeds, levelling compounds and tile adhesives to the UK construction industry. The company can offer a total “green” specification for any flooring contract. The “ECOSCREEDS” incorporate 100% replacement of natural sand by a recycled bottle and container glass sand.

EnviroVent

Info:  Is Britain’s leading manufacturer of low energy, sustainable domestic ventilation equipment. With over 20 years experience, we design, manufacture, supply and install the world’s most innovative ventilation solutions, whilst ensuring minimum impact on the environment. As the company evolved, its mission to produce energy-efficient, innovative and recyclable products boosted its reputation as a ‘champion’ of good air quality. A strategic plan to reduce the UK’s carbon footprint has resulted in an increasing product portfolio, backed up by a dedicated programme to educate target markets on the benefits of specifying domestic ventilation products with long life-spans.

Heightened concerns about landfill space, which is due to run out in less than ten years, prompted EnviroVent to draw on the breadth and depth of its growing team’s expertise in design, manufacture, sales, maintenance and exchange. This has revolutionised extractor fan technology and now every 6 minutes an EnviroVent ventilation product is installed across the UK to improve indoor air quality and promote healthy living environments, free from streaming windows, condensation and mould problems.

Everest

Info:  Everest -- improving British homes for 40 years. Solar water heating systems can reduce your fuel costs and give you 50 - 70% of your yearly hot water requirement free and increase the value of your home.

Glaster

Info:  Is a blend of lime (binder) and recycled glass (aggregate), to make plasters, renders and mortars which are suitable for old buildings, ecological new builds or for those wanting to add a surface finish with a difference.

Why Lime? Because it has been successfully used in building for over 4000 years; helps to control condensation and damp, thus creating a healthier building; enables other susutainable building materials to be used such as wood, straw, woodfibre boards, clay and earth; can be recycled at the end of its useful life and will allow other building components to potentially be reclaimed and reused; is less damaging to the environment compared to its modern counterparts.

Green Building Store

Info:  Their commitment is to supply building products which promote energy-efficient, sustainable and healthy homes. Their hope is that whatever you want to do to your home, from redecorating to refurbishing, or even building a new home, their products can help you do it safely and sustainably.

GreenSteps

Info:  Was established in 2006 to simplify the 'green' marketplace for everyone. A small family run business, GreenSteps supplies eco-friendly products directly to your door through their online shop. GreenSteps can also provide technical support for eco-friendly property development and has a complete eco-refurbishment service available in the London area.