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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465168603321

Autore

Appleby Paul

Titolo

Sustainable retrofit and facilities management / / Paul Appleby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-07573-0

1-299-27960-0

1-135-12177-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (682 p.)

Disciplina

658.2/02

Soggetti

Buildings - Repair and reconstruction

Sustainable buildings

Buildings - Energy conservation

Architecture and energy conservation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Background -- pt. 2. Strategy -- pt. 3. Sustainable retrofit -- pt. 4. Sustainable facilities management.

Sommario/riassunto

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 energy efficiency of more than one building per minute between now and 2050! This is a problem that needs tackling worldwide and is a challenge to both the refurbishment sector of the global construction industry and to those who own and operate existing buildings.Sustainable Retrofit and



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338745103321

Titolo

Journal of King Abdulaziz University Engineering sciences

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jeddah, : Scientific Pub. Centre, King Abdulaziz University

ISSN

1658-4260

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

620/.005

Soggetti

Engineering

Engineering - Saudi Arabia

Periodicals.

Saudi Arabia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed