Environmental impacts during the operational phase of residential buildings / Inge Blom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blom, Inge.

Series:

Sustainable urban areas.

Sustainable urban areas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable construction.

House construction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To date, the focus in the field of sustainable building has been on new building design. However, existing residential buildings inflict great environmental burden through three causes: continuous energy consumption, regular building maintenance and replacements. This publication analyses and compares these three causes of environmental burden and shows that material resources needed for replacements generally have a limited potential to reduce environmental impact. Reducing energy consumption for climate control and electrical appliances is much more effective. According to the author, sustain

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Environmental impact of dwellings in use: maintenance of facade components; LCA-based environmental assessment of the use and maintenance of heating and ventilation systems in Dutch dwellings; Environmental impact of building-related and user-related energy consumption in dwellings; Total environmental impact of maintenance, replacement and energy consumption in Dutch dwellings; Discussion, conclusions and recommendations; Summary; Samenvatting (Dutch summary); Appendix 1. Environmental impact categories; Appendix 2. Results Chapter 2

Appendix 3. Results Chapter 3 Appendix 4. Results Chapter 4; Appendix 5. Results Chapter 5; Curriculum vitae

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

6612956321

1-282-95632-9

9786612956324

1-60750-674-2

OCLC:

695981975