Old House Eco Handbook (eBook)

A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

Roger Hunt, Marianne Suhr (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
192 Seiten
White Lion Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7112-4716-1 (ISBN)

Infos

How can we make old houses energy efficient without devaluing future sustainability? And how can we do so without compromising their appeal and character? This practical and essential guideto retrofitting for energy efficiency seeks to provide answers to this and other questions homeowners of old houses are asking. Whether your house is medieval and timber-framedor aGeorgian, Victorian or Edwardian terrace, it can be made more energy efficient and sustainable. This practical, comprehensive and fully illustrated handbook will show you how.Revised and updated throughout, and with a foreword by Kevin McCloud,Old House Eco Handbook includes chapters on the building envelope; roofs and ceilings; windows and doors; walls; floors; paints; energy,airandwater; plus a brandnew chapter on retrofit materials. In association with The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, this is a must have for owners of old houses looking to make their homes more energy efficient and sustainable.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.9.2019
• Vorwort: Kevin McCloud
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Hausbau / Einrichten / Renovieren
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Schlagworte: 2022 • Architecture • At home • breathability • care for your old house • caring for edwardian homes • caring for edwardian houses • caring for georgian homes • caring for georgian houses • caring for terrace homes • caring for victorian homes • caring for victorian houses • damp • DIY • DIY energy solutions • Earth Day • Eco • eco-friendly • Eco friendly • eco renovation • eco renovations • edwardian buildings • edwardian homes • edwardian houses • edwardian terrace • energy efficiency • energy efficiency retrofit • energy efficient • energy efficient home • energy efficient home solutions • energy efficient house • energy efficient old building • energy efficient old house • Energy Efficient Solutions • Environment • environmental • environmentally friendly • georgian • georgian buildings • georgian home • georgian homes • georgian houses • grand designs • Green • Home • Home Improvement • home repair • House • house DIY • hydro-power • Improvement • Indoor • insulation for old buildings • insulation for old homes • insulation for old houses • Kevin mccloud • looking after old buildings • looking after old houses • make your home energy efficient • new home book • new home ideas • new house • new year new home • old building restoration • Old Buildings • old home care • old homes • old house • old house care • old house made new • old house new home • old house renovation • old houses • Projects • renovating old houses • renovating terrace home • Renovation • repairing edwardian buildings • repairing edwardian homes • repairing edwardian houses • repairing georgian buildings • repairing georgian homes • repairing georgian houses • repairing terrace homes • repairing victorian homes • repairing victorian houses • Solar Panels • sustainability • Sustainable • Sustainable Architecture • Sustainable design • sustainable DIY • sustainable home • sustainablehome • Sustainable living • terraced home • timber • victorian buildings • victorian homes • victorian houses • victorian terrace • Water Efficiency • world environment day
• ISBN-10: 0-7112-4716-1 / 0711247161
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-4716-1 / 9780711247161