Assessing the sustainability merits of retrofitting existing homes

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 197-207

  Bernier, Philippe ^a   Fenner, Richard ^b   Ainger, Charles ^b  

^a Continuum Network ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Codes of practice standards; Energy; Structures design

Indexed keywords

BRITAIN; CODES OF PRACTICE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENERGY; ENERGY AND WATER SYSTEMS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; EXISTING BUILDING; FUTURE CLIMATE; HOUSING STOCK; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RATING SYSTEM; RETROFIT BUILDINGS; WATER EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING CODES; ECOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HOUSING; RATING; RETROFITTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 79951471928     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.2010.163.4.197     Document Type: Article

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