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Divided into four broad areas, tightly focused thematic chapters look at 20 topics such as live/work; adaptable housing; prefabrication; water efficiency; green roofs; innovative landscaping. Each chapter includes an overview that lays out principles, methods, and practices, and a close look at houses that embrace these.

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Existing buildings are responsible for over 40% of the world’s total primary energy consumption. An impressive amount of energy could be saved simply by applying energy-efficient technologies. Yet, various market barriers inhibit energy efficiency improvements in existing buildings and result in energy savings that are significantly lower than potentials.  This publication provides illustrations of policies and measures implemented in five IEA member countries and the European Union. Each case includes relevant background and contextual information, as well as a detailed evaluation of each policy according to five pre-defined criteria: relevance, effectiveness, flexibility, clarity and sustainability.  

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"House Rating Schemes" provides information to students, architects and researchers in the field of the built environment. It reviews current House Rating Schemes (HRS) used in different countries and investigates how these schemes assess the thermal performance of a house. It challenges the way that these schemes assess building energy efficiency and their inability to evaluate free running buildings which do not need an energy load for heating and cooling indoor environments. Finally, the book proposes a new index and method for HRS in which the efficiency of a house design can be evaluated with reference to its thermal performance in both free running and conditioned operation modes. The book deals with various approaches and methods for rating buildings on the basis of different indexes, with implications for both energy efficiency and thermal comfort. It also guides readers through a computer simulation program for developing a rating system that evaluates and ranks building energy efficiency.

Dwellings -- Energy conservation. --- Dwellings -- Heating and ventilation. --- Dwellings --- Renewable energy sources --- Sustainable development --- Mechanical Engineering --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Electrical & Computer Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Civil Engineering --- Electrical Engineering --- Energy conservation --- Energy consumption --- Renewable energy sources. --- Sustainable development. --- Engineering. --- Renewable energy resources. --- Buildings. --- Electric power production. --- Building --- Construction industry --- Construction superintendence. --- Alternate energy sources. --- Green energy industries. --- Energy Technology. --- Building Types and Functions. --- Sustainable Development. --- Construction Management. --- Renewable and Green Energy. --- Superintendence. --- Management. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Green energy industries --- Energy industries --- Building superintendence --- Construction superintendence --- Construction superintending --- Electric power generation --- Electricity generation --- Power production, Electric --- Electric power systems --- Electrification --- Edifices --- Halls --- Structures --- Architecture --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Environmental aspects --- Management --- Architecture. --- Energy Systems. --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Design and construction --- Energy systems. --- Building—Superintendence. --- Construction industry—Management. --- Built environment