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The sustainable renovation of buildings and neighbourhoods / edited by Pilar Mercader-Moyano ; contributors, Alberto Vilches [and thirty-two others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moyano, Pilar Mercader, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable development.
- Sustainable buildings.
- Sustainable construction.
- Sustainable urban development.
- Social responsibility of business.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Shāriqah, United Arab Emirates : Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Sustainable Renovation of Buildings and Neighborhoods is a collection of papers presented at the International Congress of Sustainable Construction and Eco‐efficient Solutions. This event has established itself as a forum for meeting academics from around the word researchers and professionals of the construction sector in which environmental information is shared with a multidisciplinary context and which involves participants from different areas of the construction process. The congress brings together development proposals through a shared vision of environmental sustainability and presents alternative solutions to problems through technical presentations and trainings in order to minimize the environmental impact caused by the construction sector. This monograph celebrates the event’s second international edition and its fourth national edition. The volume contains selected articles written by the participants. Readers will find information about interesting new developments and concepts on • Energy retrofitting in older buildings • Tools to determine and measure environmental impact and sustainability indicators • Economic / cost based revaluation of buildings through the viability of eco‐efficient solutions • Reduction of the consumption of material and energy resources and in CO2 emissions • Sustainability research based on the renovation of urban areas. The studies in this book provide real examples from different countries (Argentina and Spain for example). The Sustainable Renovation of Buildings and Neighborhoods is a useful reference for researchers and professional architects involved in sustainable development environmental rehabilitation and the construction industry.
- Contents:
- ""Cover ""; ""Title ""; ""EUL ""; ""Contents ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Preface ""; ""List of Contributors ""; ""Chapter 01 ""; ""Chapter 02 ""; ""Chapter 03 ""; ""Chapter 04 ""; ""Chapter 05 ""; ""Chapter 06 ""; ""Chapter 07 ""; ""Chapter 08 ""; ""Chapter 09 ""; ""Author Index ""; ""Subject Index ""
- Notes:
- "Bentham eBooks"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 11, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9781681080642
- 1681080648
- OCLC:
- 932319503
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