£5 discount on 2nd Edition of the Environmental Design Pocketbook at EcoBuild 2015 at the RIBA Bookshop stand (S7030)

You can pick up a copy of the nearly 500 paged 2nd edition of The Environmental Design Pocketbook for just £20 during EcoBuild at the Riba Bookshop stand S7030, March 3rd, 4th and 5th. (S7030 (formerly Design Cafe), is in the South wing -  right at the back from entrance S2)

What is new in the second edition? New sections and major updates are clearly marked here. But in brief:

• All content was updated such as 2013 RIBA Plan of Work; updated 2013/2014 building legislation, regulations, standards, research and further reading, as well as some general clarifications and restructuring following reader feedback. 
• New and separate Part L sections for Scotland, England, wales and Northern Ireland.

New material includes:

• ‘form factor’
• the impact of urban form on urban climate
• an extended Retrofit chapter, including Green Deal updates and phased 'step by step' retrofitting
• new BREEAM credits are joined by the new addition of LEED credits. 
• The 'performance gap' 
• background and purge ventilation and addition of MEV (continuous Mechanical Ventilation) are included. 
• an entire new building maintenance section has been added with additional checklists, with a new emphasis in other chapters on commissioning, care and maintenance of buildings with new sections (indicated by a spanner icon)

As in the first edition, the latest in zero-carbon thinking and technological solutions to cope with both climate change mitigation and adaptation are covered, including a zero carbon 'calculator' and a new embodied carbon 'calculator'. Rules of thumb allow you to design and test your designs straightforwardly but without over-simplification.