Format:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781906093259
,
9781907643378
Content:
Buildings have a long lifetime, and so they are a major target for any structural changes in consumption patterns. Conversely, long lifetimes come with associated strong inertia. This book examines the opportunities to influence energy consumption in housing and buildings, and provides options for implementation at a macro, meso and micro level
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Energy use in houses and buildings and sustainable consumption -- 3 An innovative approach to designing zero-energy residential buildings in Boston: enhancing and monitoring learning -- 4 S-House: sustainable building utilising renewable resources& -- #x2014 -- Factor 10 building with innovative solutions -- 5 Rolf Disch's Solarsiedlung am Schlierberg: a solar housing estate in Freiburg -- from architectural vision to entrepreneurial reality -- 6 Delivering affordable and sustainable energy: the results of innovative approaches by Woking Borough Council, UK -- 7 Energy-saving performance contracting for federally owned public buildings: success factors from the Austrian perspective -- 8 Building Investment Decision Support (BIDS™) for green building technologies -- 9 Consumer feedback: a helpful tool for stimulating electricity conservation? A review of experience -- 10 Lifestyle dynamics as a means toward the sustainability transition -- 11 Conclusions: steps towards more sustainable energy use in housing -- About the contributors -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Lahlou, Saadi System Innovation for Sustainability 4 Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2011 ISBN 9781906093259
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
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