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Sustainable Retrofitting of Commercial Buildings - Warm Climates (Paperback)
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Despite recent improvements in energy efficiency being made in new
build, it is important that the existing commercial building sector
also take action to meet emission reduction targets. The objectives
and challenges of such action will reduce the risk of the sector
becoming obsolete due to high energy use and poor environmental
performance. This book presents a theory-based, practice-support
methodology to deal with sustainable retrofitting opportunities for
existing commercial buildings in warm climates using bioclimatic
design as the basis. The book has four main parts, focusing on
eco-design and renovation, bioclimatic retrofitting, technological
and behavioural change and case studies of retrofitting exemplars.
In the first part, the context of climate change effects on design
and renovation at the city scale is discussed. The second part
looks at bioclimatic retrofitting as a 'design guide' for existing
buildings, highlighting the significance of architectural design
and engineering systems for energy performance. The technological
and behavioural contexts of the existing building sector -
policies, modelling, monitoring and trend analysis in respect to
energy and environmental performance - are covered in part three.
The final part gives some case studies showing the effectiveness of
strategies suggested for effective environmental performance. This
book is a must-have guide for all involved in the design and
engineering of retrofitting projects in warm climates.
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