The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings

by Nick V. Baker

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844074862
• ISBN13: 9781844074860
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.7"