Alternative methods of construction?

[Katymac]

I know I have whinged about this before but I am really looking for a very cheap way to make a temporary building to house my nursery in.

I know I can buy an off the peg portacabin - but I do worry about the "greeness" of it - transport costs of the finished item; transport costs of the raw & processed materials; whether the materials are sustainable.

Any way I am after a building 9m by 20m (this has changed from last time) and I need it as highly insulated as possible.

It also needs to look 'nice'

Any suggestions?

TIA

Bump

imo if you can afford to 'go green' the world is your oyster

How?

I don't think straw bales are the way to go.....but convince me?

I'd try a specialist organisation, someone like the Centre for Alternative Technology or similar, they can probably pint you in the right direction.

I don't use a nursery but if there was one in a yurt I might be tempted! (Don't know what Ofsted would make of it though...)

OK so maybe I'm a very pale shade of green

I just want a log burner/solar power and a low electric bill

Def. try the CAT then, they are the people for solar power etc.

I keep coming back to timber construstion but can't afford it