Sustainable Retrofitting of Commercial Buildings (eBook, ePUB)

Cool Climates
Redaktion: Burton, Simon

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Authoritative volume on issues and solutions for retrofitting of commercial buildings in cool climates

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317658740
• Artikelnr.: 41784737

Autorenporträt

Simon Burton has worked in the field of energy conservation in buildings and urban areas for more than 20 years. He was a Director of ECD Energy and Environment and subsequently a Regional Director with AECOM in London. He has been responsible for several UK Government research projects.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Designing for New Uses, Standards and Requirements in the
Twenty-first Century 2. Value as a Driver for Sustainable Refurbishment of
Commercial Buildings - A European Perspective 3. Resilience to a Changing
Climate 4. Making Sustainable Refurbishment of Existing Buildings
Financially Viable 5. The Current Energy Performance of Commercial
Buildings in Northern Climates - Europe 6. Effecting Design Processes and
Practices for Sustainable Refurbishment 7. Retrofitting for Comfort and
Indoor Environmental Quality 8. Energy Efficient Principles and
Technologies for Retrofitting 9. The Importance of Facade Design 10.
Environmental Assessment Rating Schemes 11. Energy and Comfort Modelling
Tools 12. Water, Waste, Materials and Landscape 13. On-site Construction
14. Integrating Design and Use - the 'Soft Landings' Philosophy 15. Case
Studies