ABSTRACT
Despite recent improvements in energy efficiency being made in new build, it is important that the existing commercial building sector also take action to meet emission reduction targets. The objectives and challenges of such action will reduce the risk of the sector becoming obsolete due to high energy use and poor environmental performance.
This book presents a theory-based, practice-support methodology to deal with sustainable retrofitting opportunities for existing commercial buildings in warm climates using bioclimatic design as the basis. The book has four main parts, focusing on eco-design and renovation, bioclimatic retrofitting, technological and behavioural change and case studies of retrofitting exemplars. In the first part, the context of climate change effects on design and renovation at the city scale is discussed. The second part looks at bioclimatic retrofitting as a 'design guide' for existing buildings, highlighting the significance of architectural design and engineering systems for energy performance. The technological and behavioural contexts of the existing building sector – policies, modelling, monitoring and trend analysis in respect to energy and environmental performance – are covered in part three. The final part gives some case studies showing the effectiveness of strategies suggested for effective environmental performance. This book is a must-have guide for all involved in the design and engineering of retrofitting projects in warm climates.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|42 pages
Eco-Design and Renovation
chapter 1.2|9 pages
Strategies for Designing Our Green Built Environment
chapter 1.3|28 pages
Eco-Design for Retrofitting
part II|100 pages
Bioclimatic Retrofitting
chapter 2.3|18 pages
An Evidence-Based Design (EBD) Approach to Select Retrofitting Strategies
chapter 2.5|19 pages
The Economic Case for Retrofitting Using Bioclimatic Principles
part III|179 pages
Technological and Behaviour Change for Performance Improvements
chapter 3.2|17 pages
Evaluating Typologies of Commercial Architecture for Retrofitting
chapter 3.3|8 pages
Retrofitting Comfort and Indoor Environmental Quality
chapter 3.4|17 pages
Reviewing Benchmarking Systems for Retrofitting
chapter 3.5|13 pages
Energy Performance Rating Systems
chapter 3.6|14 pages
Performance Modelling Tools
chapter 3.7|13 pages
Monitoring Building Performance
chapter 3.8|13 pages
A Diagnostic Toolkit for Multi-Dimensional Testing of Built Internal Environments
chapter 3.9|15 pages
Reducing Embodied Energy Through Retrofit
chapter 3.10|16 pages
A Checklist for Peak Energy Reduction Strategies in Buildings
chapter 3.11|9 pages
Penalty–Reward–Pinch (PRP) Design for Improving the Sustainability of Existing Commercial Buildings
chapter 3.13|22 pages
A Bioclimatic Design Approach to Retrofitting Commercial Office Buildings
part IV|135 pages
Retrofitting Exemplars