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Sustainable Retrofit and Facilities Management.

Governments across the globe are setting targets for reducing their carbon emissions. For example, the UK Government has committed to an eighty per cent reduction by 2050, when twenty-eight million buildings that currently exist will still be standing; this represents a challenge to improve the ener...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Appleby, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part 1: Background; 1.1 Introduction and scope; 1.2 Policy and legislation; 1.3 Assessment tools; Part 2: Strategy; 2.1 Reasons to retrofit: refurbishment versus new build; 2.2 Post-occupancy evaluation; 2.3 The cost of sustainable refurbishment and management; 2.4 Carbon reduction strategy; 2.5 Community energy and infrastructure; 2.6 Sustainable facilities management strategy; 2.7 Retrofit as part of sustainable facilities management.
  • Part 3: Sustainable Retrofit3.1 Renovation of building fabric; 3.2 Retrofit of building services and controls; 3.3 Retrofitting renewable technologies; 3.4 Indoor environment and hygiene issues; 3.5 Water-saving measures; 3.6 Measures to reduce and recycle waste; 3.7 Catering for sustainable transport strategies; 3.8 Material impacts in refurbishment; 3.9 Enhancing ecology by refurbishment; Part 4: Sustainable Facilities Management; 4.1 Energy management; 4.2 Water management; 4.3 Waste management; 4.4 Air and environmental quality management; 4.5 Legionellosis prevention and hygiene.
  • 4.6 Reducing vehicle use4.7 Sustainable maintenance; 4.8 Sustainable purchasing and soft facilities management; 4.9 Ecological management; 4.10 Case histories for sustainable facilities management; Notes; Bibliography; Index.