Towards a sustainable Northern European housing stock : figures, facts, and future / Laure Itard, Frits Meijer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Itard, Laure.

Contributor:

Meijer, Frits.

Series:

Sustainable urban areas ; 22.

Sustainable urban areas, 1574-6410 ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing--Environmental aspects--Europe.

Housing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : IOS Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on a search and inventory of data on the existing northern-European building stock and related policy developments, this book offers a realistic image of what is really known about the quality of the building stock, the type of renovation activities that are undertaken and the policies being implemented.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Preface; Problem formulation and research approach; Energy use in the residential building stock; Characteristics of the residential building stock; Physical quality of the residential building stock; Developments in the residential building stock; Policies & incentives and barriers & opportunities; Conclusions and recommendations; References; Appendix A Non-residential building stock; Appendix B Modernisation and renovation research; Appendix C Energy; Appendix D Characteristics of the residential building stock

Appendix E Physical quality of the residential building stockAppendix F Developments in the residential building stock; Appendix G Policies & incentives and barriers & opportunities; Sustainable Urban Areas

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-141).

ISBN:

6612454458

1-282-45445-5

9786612454455

1-60750-411-1

OCLC:

491263783