Energy efficiency refurbishments

Energy efficiency refurbishments
Author: Clemens Richarz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2013-04-04
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3955531430

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Eco-refurbishment

Eco-refurbishment
Author: Peter Frederick Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0750659734

Buildings are the greatest energy wasters and for those of us concerned about the environment, and household bills, this book presents the key design changes that we can implement to our own homes to remedy energy loss. It includes comprehensive advice and selected case studies.

Integrative Approach to Comprehensive Building Renovations

Integrative Approach to Comprehensive Building Renovations
Author: Vesna Žegarac Leskovar
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2019-03-18
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3030114767

This book presents a new approach to building renovation, combining aspects of various professional disciplines, integrating green building design, structural stability, and energy efficiency. It draws attention to several often-overlooked qualities of buildings that should be comprehensively integrated into the context of building renovation. The book presents an overview of the most important renovation approaches according to their scope, intensity, and priorities. Combining basic theoretical knowledge and the authors’ scientific research it emphasizes the importance of simultaneous consideration of energy efficiency and structural stability in building renovation processes. It simultaneously analyses the effects of various renovation steps related to the required level of energy efficiency, while it also proposes the options of building extension with timber-glass upgrade modules as the solution to a shortage of usable floor areas occurring in large cities. This book offers building designers and decision makers a tool for predicting energy savings in building renovation processes and provides useful guidelines for architects, city developers and students studying architecture and civil engineering. Additionally, it demonstrates how specific innovations, e.g., building extensions with timber-glass modules, can assist building industry companies in the planning and development of their future production. The main aim of the current book is to expose various approaches to the renovation of existing buildings and to combine practical experience with existing research, in order to disseminate knowledge and raise awareness on the importance of integrative and interdisciplinary solutions.

Sustainable Home Refurbishment

Sustainable Home Refurbishment
Author: David Thorpe
Publisher: Earthscan
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2010
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1849776520

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.

Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Housing

Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Housing
Author: Simon Burton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012-03-29
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1136528571

Based on careful analysis and experience in all housing sectors and house types, this handbook explains and demonstrates how to incorporate the most effective energy saving measures in the existing housing stock. It begins by setting out the basic aims of sustainable refurbishment before presenting a large number of illustrated case studies from a range of single- and multi-family dwellings. A practical section then details the specific measures that can be taken to reduce the energy demand of buildings, with extensive references to further resources. Written for architects and building engineers, the book combines technical and managerial solutions demonstrating that a new refurbishment culture needs to be created that radically improves the energy performance of all existing houses whenever any opportunity presents itself and whenever any work is carried out.

Building Refurbishment for Energy Performance

Building Refurbishment for Energy Performance
Author: Anna Magrini
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2014-02-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319030744

In Europe, the building sector accounts for 40% of energy consumption which has a strong influence on greenhouse gas emissions. The book deals with efficient methodologies aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the building sector. This includes analyses of the building envelopes, the heating systems, the use of solar energy and the assessment of the environmental and energy sustainability of the proposed solutions. After a brief introduction to the physical fundamentals involved in the study, results are presented to support cost-effective technical strategies to promote actions for energy saving, in the most critical fields and with the most economic advantage.

Building Renovation

Building Renovation
Author: Manuela Grecchi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2022-01-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3030898369

This book reviews the building renovation process by systematizing the phases of analysis and prior knowledge through a project that not only considers energy savings but also thoroughly examines complex issues, such as defining the correct new functions and answers to new needs. The urgency of climate change and the many problems associated with the excessive use of energy are forcing a reorganization of the renovation process with an interest in reusing existing buildings with a more sustainable approach. The adaptive transformation of old buildings has become a dominant theme in many urban renewal projects. It must necessarily include strategies for energy efficiency, reduced pollutant emissions, improved environmental performance, economic sustainability and cultural identity. The examples selected are intended to provide evidence of good practices in the review and transformation of old buildings.