Sustainable Home Refurbishment - The Earthscan Expert Guide to Retrofitting Homes for Efficiency
Author(s): David Thorpe
A retro-fit offers many benefits: cutting electricity and heating bills, increasing the resale value of homes, slashing carbon emissions and creating a healthier place to live. This book is the guide to making it happen. It looks at:
- draught-proofing, insulation and damp
- ventilation, heating and cooling
- electrical efficiency and renewable energy
- water use and re-use
- materials' life cycles and incorporating nature
- protection from climate change impacts - modelling energy flows and embodied energy
- how we can meet the need to cut carbon emissions from dwellings by eighty percent by 2050.
Projects can apply to apartment blocks, recent builds and older, solid-walled properties. Enlivened with helpful diagrams and photographs, plus plenty of pointers for further information, it provides a comprehensive resource handbook for any building professional and contractor, students ¿ or any homeowner serious about efficiency (cash and carbon) savings.
General Information
- :
- : Routledge
- : Routledge
- : 0.703068
- : 30 June 2010
- : books
Other Specifications
- : David Thorpe
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 696
- : 192