Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment : Housing.

Cover -- Handbook of sustainable refurbishment : housing -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgement -- Preface -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- 1. Outline of Sustainable Housing Refurbishment -- Technical Areas -- Improving the insulation of all external elements -- Ventilation that is adequate and efficient -- Providing efficient space heating -- Providing domestic hot water (DHW) by efficient means and controlling its use -- Avoiding overheating that could require active cooling -- Utilizing daylighting, efficient lighting and control systems -- Installing efficient appliances and controls -- Installing equipment to minimize water use -- Reusing existing components and using new sustainable materials -- The risks of sustainable refurbishment -- Non-Technical Aspects -- Designing for the occupiers -- Supporting the refurbishment process -- Comprehensive and partial refurbishment -- Occupation and feedback -- 2. Occupier Information and Behaviour Change -- Occupant Behaviour -- Exploring Occupant Needs and Behaviour -- Designing to Suit Occupant Lifestyle -- Avoiding Complicated Control Systems -- ProvidingTailored Information -- Installing and Setting Up a Smart Metering System Providing Information on Energy Use to Occupants -- Setting Up a Communal Information Exchange and Problem-Solving System -- Behaviour Change -- 3. Strategies to Get Action for Sustainable Housing -- How Sustainable Refurbishment Happens -- Comprehensive refurbishment -- Opportunistic approach -- New purchase or new tenancy -- The green owner -- Area improvements -- Drivers and Enablers -- Legislation -- Financial support -- A whole-house sustainability plan -- Designers and tradespeople -- Show houses -- 4. Good and Best Practice in Single-Family Houses -- Case Study 4.1. France: Caluire, Rhone.

Case Study 4.2. France: Bourg-en-Bresse -- Case Study 4.3.UK: Hereford -- Case Study 4.4.UK: Culford Road, London -- Case Study 4.5.UK: Carshalton Grove, London -- Case Study 4.6.UK: Chester Road, London -- Case Study 4.7.UK: Bristol -- Case Study 4.8.UK: Manchester -- Case Study 4.9. Portugal: Western Algarve -- Case Study 4.10.US: Oakland, California -- Case Study 4.11.Germany: Cologne -- Case Study 4.12.Germany: Oldenburg -- Case Study 4.13.Germany: Eichstetten -- Case Study 4.14.Germany: Constance -- Case Study 4.15.UK: London (Kings Cross) -- 5. Good and Best Practice in Apartment Blocks and Social Housing -- Case Study 5.1.Germany: Leipzig -- Case Study 5.2.Germany: Ahrensburg -- Case Study 5.3.Germany: Mannheim -- Case Study 5.4. Germany: Hopferau -- Case Study 5.5.UK: St Albans -- Case Study 5.6.UK: Smethwick -- Case Study 5.7.Austria: Sankt Florian -- Case Study 5.8. Bulgaria: Sofia, Zaharna Fabrika -- Case Study 5.9. Slovenia: Ljubljana -- Case Study 5.10. Sweden:Alingsås -- Case Study 5.11.The Netherlands: Raamsdonk -- 6. Practical Details and Choosing the Best -- Improving the Insulation of all External Elements -- Insulation types and standards -- Insulation: Environmental considerations -- Insulating walls -- Insulating ground and exposed floors -- Insulating roofs and exposed ceilings -- Insulated windows and doors -- Avoiding cold bridging at junctions and balconies -- Ventilation that Is Adequate and Efficient -- Improving the airtightness of the structure -- Draught-stripping windows and doors -- Providing adequate and controllable ventilation -- Increasing Solar Gain -- Efficient Space Heating -- Linking to a communal heating scheme -- Gas and oil boilers, including controls -- Heat pumps -- Biomass systems -- MicroCHP systems -- Providing Domestic HotWater (DHW) by Efficient Means -- Solar water systems.

Linking to a communal heating scheme -- Gas and oil boilers -- Heat pumps -- Direct electric heating -- Storage cylinders -- Reducing hot water use -- Avoiding Overheating that Could Require Active Cooling -- Internal heat gains -- External heat gains -- Planting and vegetation -- Internal thermal mass -- Ventilation for cooling -- Providing Efficient Lighting -- Optimizing daylighting -- Efficient lamps and luminaires -- Switching -- Installing Efficient Appliances -- Installing Equipment to MinimizeWater Use -- Reusing Existing Components and Using New Sustainable Materials -- Summary of the Risks and How to AvoidThem -- 7. Design Tools, Testing, Monitoring and Smart Metering -- Energy CalculationTools -- Whole Life-Cycle Assessment -- Overall Environmental Assessment Schemes -- On-Site Monitoring andTesting -- Energy-Use Monitoring -- 8. Adaptation to Climate Change -- The Scale and Locations of the Problem -- Not a New Problem: Learning from Hotter Regions -- Using the Advantages of the Existing Housing Stock -- Advanced Action to Avoid Overheating -- The importance of a green environment -- Ground cooling -- Behavioural changes -- 9. Towards Zero Carbon in the Existing Housing Stock -- Demand Reduction -- Local and National Renewable Energy and Delivery Methods -- Building Integrated Renewables -- Local Renewables and Delivery Networks -- Achieving a Sustainable Future -- Index.

This book is aimed at those who work in local authorities, housing departments and social housing organizations. It discusses the basic aims of sustainable refurbishment and describes how to incorporate the most effective energy saving measures in the existing housing stock.

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