Sustainable Home Refurbishment: The Earthscan Expert Guide to Retrofitting Homes for Efficiency (Thorpe David)(Paperback) - diskuze

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
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