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The refurbishment of existing buildings is a crucial yet often
neglected subject within sustainable architecture; attention is
usually focused on new buildings. 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.
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.
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.
The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings
offers architects, engineers and a wide range of building
professionals practical advice, illustrated by real examples. It
moves from principles of sustainable refurbishment to specific
design and engineering guidance for a variety of circumstances. It
emphasises the need for an integrated approach by showing how
refurbishment measures interact with one another and with the
occupants, and how performance is ultimately influenced by this
interaction.
The refurbishment of existing buildings is a crucial yet often
neglected subject within sustainable architecture; attention is
usually focused on new buildings. 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.
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.
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.
The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings
offers architects, engineers and a wide range of building
professionals practical advice, illustrated by real examples. It
moves from principles of sustainable refurbishment to specific
design and engineering guidance for a variety of circumstances. It
emphasises the need for an integrated approach by showing how
refurbishment measures interact with one another and with the
occupants, and how performance is ultimately influenced by this
interaction.
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