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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814946103321

Autore

Shah Sunil <1974->

Titolo

Sustainable refurbishment / / Sunil Shah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

9786613854902

9781118387863

1118387864

9781283542456

1283542455

9781118387894

1118387899

9781118387917

1118387910

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Disciplina

690.028/6

Soggetti

Sustainable buildings - Design and construction

Buildings - Repair and reconstruction

Green technology

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. Introduction to building refurbishment -- pt. 2. Managing refurbishment as a process -- pt. 3. Low-carbon technologies and materials -- pt. 4. Environmental areas.

Sommario/riassunto

This guide to green 'retro-fitting' for corporate real estate, facility managers and occupiers struggling to reduce their building's carbon footprint will help in the planning and management of a sustainable refurbishment programme. Facilities managers have a key role in improving and maintaining a building's sustainability credentials over its whole life - through benchmarking and developing improvement strategies, energy efficiency measures and installation of low carbon technologies, as well as through waste minimisation and appropriate material use.  The first part of the book gives