Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings Baker NickPaperback / softback
Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings Baker NickPaperback / softback The refurbishment of existing buildings is a crucial yet often neglected subject within sustainable…
Specifikacia Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings Baker NickPaperback / softback
Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings Baker NickPaperback / softback
The refurbishment of existing buildings is a crucial yet often neglected subject within sustainable architecture; attention is usually focused on new buildings. Demolition is an option but the refurbishment alternative is increasingly seen as more sustainable in terms of architectural value, materials use, neighbourhood disruption and waste disposal. Many old buildings waste large amounts of energy and provide poor internal conditions for occupants through poor lighting, poor ventilation, solar penetration and glare, and poor control of heating and cooling.
The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings offers In addition, the potential impact of low energy refurbishment is much greater than that for new build since there are many more buildings already in existence than will be built in the next 10 - 20 years, the period over which many CO2 emission targets apply.