Sustainable Home Refurbishment
Sustainable Home Refurbishment
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Author(s): Thorpe, Dave
ISBN No.: 9780367787530
Pages: 192
Year: 202103
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 58.81
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (On Demand)

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


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