I’ve just finished watching the “Your Home” DVD that I mentioned last week.

The video is split into a number of sections - an intro to sustainable design, interviews, case studies and other materials.

Having read the last two Sanctuary magazines, and being an avid reader of ReNew and a bunch of sustainability-focused blogs, I found the intro section a bit light on - yet it didn’t seem to have enough detail for someone just starting to get their head around the issues of sustainable design to really get an idea of what the basic principles are - lots of simple statements about complex issues like thermal mass and orientation.

The case studies were also a bit disappointing - basically text screens with very limited graphics and no video, which was a real lost opportunity in my view because I would have loved to have seen video footage of the various features talked about in the text.

The winning section, to my mind, is the interviews section which went a long way to doing what I expected the case studies to do. They were very insightful - and a real inspiration. Got me thinking again about what I can do with my apartment!

Overall, I’d recommend the DVD for someone who is interested in sustainable design principles - but I’d also recommend reading Sanctuary as a companion to get a bit more detail about the issues covered in the DVD.

But of course, that’s just my opinion… Has anyone else seen the DVD? What did you think?