Retrofit of existing housing in the United Kingdom: The carbon reduction possibilities

PLEA 2011 - Architecture and Sustainable Development, Conference Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 589-594

  Bothwell, Keith ^a   Saich, Mark ^b   Mallion, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Green Building Solutions ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Conker Conservation ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon reductions; Retrofit; Social housing

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY; CARBON REDUCTION; CARBON SAVING; EFFECTIVE LOCATION; EXTERNAL WALLS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RETROFIT; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOLAR THERMAL TECHNOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALL INSULATION;

APARTMENT HOUSES; ARCHITECTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; INSULATION; PLANNING; RETROFITTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON;

EID: 84864152204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Social housing is defined as housing which is owned and maintained by a local (government) authority or by a housing association or other social landlord and which is let on a not-for-profit basis by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs).
2. English Housing Survey, Housing Stock Report 2008, published October 2010, Department for Communities and Local Government. ISBN 978-1-4098-2601-9
3. 2 reduction by 2050, the government also has an intermediate target to reduce the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 34% compared to 1990 levels, by 2020.