: Construction methods Buildings are being built using largely local techniques and taking advantage of local skills and labour. These traditional methods are being developed and adapted as necessary to suit the particular form and requirements of the individual buildings. Structures will be timber framed with masonry/mud or woven bamboo/matting infill panels. Roofs are thatched with makuti (coconut palm thatching panels). Jointing methods will generally be non-ferrous (i.e. timber pegs, cord or rope bindings etc).
> example wall, tented camp
: Building Materials and components As far as possible building materials will be locally sourced. They will be chosen to minimise embodied energy (energy used in manufacture or transport) and materials involving unsustainably harvested timber or other plant species will be avoided. Where possible and appropriate recycled and recyclable materials will be used.
Imported materials and components (piping, plumbing appliances, ironmongery, wiring, solar generators etc) will be kept to a minimum and chosen for low embodied energy and efficient energy use. Wherever possible components will be chosen that are long-life and locally maintainable and reparable.
