Sustainable Home Refurbishment: The Earthscan Expert Guide to Retrofitting Homes for Efficiency - David Thorpe

Descriere Sustainable Home Refurbishment: The Earthscan Expert Guide to Retrofitting Homes for Efficiency - David Thorpe

\n \nA 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: \n \n \n \n \n \n- draught-proofing, insulation and damp \n \n \n- ventilation, heating and cooling \n \n \n- electrical efficiency and renewable energy \n \n \n- water use and re-use \n \n \n- materials' life cycles and incorporating nature \n \n \n- protection from climate change impacts - modelling energy flows and embodied energy \n \n \n- how we can meet the need to cut carbon emissions from dwellings by eighty percent by 2050. \n \n \nProjects 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. \n

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