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Delivering sustainable buildings /
"Mike Malina is founder and Director of Energy Solutions Associates -a Building Services Engineering Practice in the field of Sustainable Engineering, Energy Management and Training. He has 30 years' related experience working at the start of his career in the offshore oil industry, then w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK :
Blackwell Pub.,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Sustainability in the wider context. Making the right choices
- the sustainability dilemma ; Planning ahead
- the role of planning authorities ; Legislative overview and meeting your legal obligations ; Paying for it
- the finance question
- Delivering sustainable buildings. Delivering an energy-efficient and sustainable building ; Managing energy and reducing its use ; Water
- a forgotten issue ; Putting it together
- the contractor's role ; Main plant and building services
- HVAC systems ; Getting and keeping control
- building energy management systems ; Commissioning and handover for energy efficiency ; Keeping it all going
- the importance of maintenance to sustainability
- The human element. The skills challenge ; Changing behaviours ; Putting my own house in order ; Sharing our technology and expertise with the developed and developing world
- Conclusion
- some big challenges ahead
- Index.