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1 online resource : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Energy Design Strategies for Retrofitting: Methodology, Technologies and Applications; Copyright Page; About the Authors; Contents; Introduction; 1. Energy conscious design approaches for building renewal and urban development [Andrea Boeri]; 1.1 The increasing importance played by the energy factor in the building sector: social and economic implications; 1.2 European market trends and the role of the existing building stock in the urban development; 1.3 Trends, demands and standards in the housing sector; 1.4 Retrofitting as a tool to improve the quality of the building stock. |
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2. General framework for retrofitting actions on the housing sector in the EU [Danila Longo]2.1 Retrofitting experiences in Europe; 2.2 Lesson learned and open issues in retrofitting design; 2.3 Assessing the results of retrofitting actions; 3. Retrofitting strategies and performance targets [Jacopo Gaspari]; 3.1 Designing service life of interventions; 3.2 Defining intervention strategies; 3.3 Building envelope implementation; 3.4 Volumetric additions; 4. Technical and design options [Ernesto Antonini]; 4.1 Higher performance for building envelopes. |
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4.2 Envelope features and building thermal behaviour: notes about building physics4.3 Common performance deficiencies in existing building envelopes; 4.4 Improving thermal performance of the envelope system; 4.5 Improving summer energy performance; 4.6 Innovative material purposes and constraints; 5. Applications of principals and methodologies for effective retrofitting actions [Jacopo Gaspari]; 5.1 From theory to practice; 5.2 Step-by-step retrofitting scenarios; 5.3 Energy savings and energy investments; 5.4 Optimization of retrofitting strategy; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; H; I; N. |
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| Summary |
Providing a coherent and realistic vision of the implications of the energy issue in the future development of our cities; places emphasis on the links between very specific and technical topics and the most challenging issues concerning energy savings and the transition to a low carbon society. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Dwellings -- Energy conservation -- Europe.
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Dwellings -- Energy conservation. |
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Europe. |
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Dwellings -- Remodeling -- Europe.
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Dwellings -- Maintenance and repair -- Environmental aspects -- Europe.
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Dwellings -- Maintenance and repair. |
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Dwellings -- Remodeling. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Construction -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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Antonini, E. (Ernesto), author.
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Gaspari, Jacopo, author.
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Longo, Danila, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Boeri, Andrea. Energy design strategies for retrofitting. Southampton : WIT Press, [2015] 9781845649982 (DLC) 2014950376 (OCoLC)900827258 |
| ISBN |
9781845649999 (electronic book) |
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1845649990 (electronic book) |
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9781845649982 |
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1845649982 |
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