The physical upgrading of the existing domestic and industrial
building stock to improve energy performance is an essential part
of a transition to a low carbon society. Successfully retrofitting
buildings to improve energy performance is not simply a
technological challenge, it is a complex socio-technical problem
that needs to be addressed in a co-ordinated way, utilising skills
and knowledge from a range of industrial and academic
backgrounds.
Within both the academic and practitioner communities there is a
growing understanding of the scale and nature of the problem, one
which encompasses issues such as policy and regulation, people and
behaviour, supply chain and process, as well as issues of
technology. Retrofitting the Built Environment discusses the
factors that impact on the retrofit problem, providing a clear
analysis of the main issues that the academic and industrial
communities must engage with to resolve the problems of domestic
energy and retrofit. The book is divided into four broad
sections:
* Understanding the Problem
* Policy and Regulation
* Implementing and Evaluating Retrofit
* People and Communities
Academic and industrial researchers, policy makers and industry
practitioners will find each section covers a mix of policy,
technical and social science issues, presented by both academic and
industry authors, giving a wide and detailed perspective of the
issue.
The Editors
Will Swan is a Senior Lecturer in Buildings Retrofit in
the School of the Built Environment at the University of Salford.
He leads a number of projects in the field of sustainable retrofit,
covering a number of topics including monitoring, behaviour and
retrofit project delivery, as part of Salford’s Applied
Energy and Buildings Research Group. He sits on the Greater
Manchester Buildings Group and also is Chair of the Retrofit
Innovation Group.
Philip Brown is Director and Senior Research Fellow at
the Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) at the
University of Salford. He is the lead academic on end-use energy
demand within the Applied Energy and Buildings Research Group, and
sits on Greater Manchester’s Low Carbon Economic Area group
for Customer Engagement.
Tabella dei contenuti
List of contributors vii
Foreword
Kevin Anderson xv
1 Retrofitting the built environment: An introduction 1
Will Swan and Philip Brown
PART 1 Understanding the problem 5
2 Achieving ‘systemic’ urban retrofit: A framework for
action 7
Tim May, Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin and Beth Perry
3 Openness in household energy use: The new Housing Energy Fact
File 20
Jason Palmer, Ian Cooper and Martin Hughes
4 Retrofit innovation in the UK social housing sector: A
socio-technical perspective 36
Will Swan
PART 2 Policy and regulation 53
5 A roadmap to significant reductions in energy use for existing
buildings: The long view 55
Stephen Morgan
6 Thermal retrofit and building regulations for dwellings in the
UK 67
Stephen Todd
7 Retrofitting existing dwellings: Lessons from the policy
instruments of front-runners 81
Lorraine Murphy
PART 3 Implementing and evaluating retrofit 97
8 Make no assumptions: The selection of domestic retrofit
improvements 99
Charlie Baker, Luke Smith and Will Swan
9 Life cycle assessment of refurbishment strategies for
historical buildings 113
Gianluca Ruggieri, Giovanni Dotelli, Paco Melià and Sergio
Sabbadini
10 Future Fit: Lessons for the Green Deal from a retrofit
large-scale project in UK social housing 128
Alexandra Willey
11 Energy monitoring in retrofit projects: Strategies, tools and
practices 141
Richard Fitton
PART 4 Peoples and communities 155
12 Engaging residents in multifamily building retrofits:
Reducing energy consumption and enhancing resident satisfaction
157
Patricia Gee and Lucrezia Chiappetta
13 Ensuring energy efficiency at the individual level: Getting
psychologically informed 170
Philip Brown
14 Barriers to domestic retrofit: Learning from past home
improvement experiences 184
Becky Mallaband, Victoria Haines and Val Mitchell
15 Low-energy design for non-experts: Usability in whole house
retrofit 200
Marianne Heaslip
Index 225
Circa l’autore
Will Swan is a Senior Lecturer in Buildings Retrofit in
the School of the Built Environment at the University of Salford.
He leads a number of projects in the field of sustainable retrofit,
covering a number of topics including monitoring, behaviour and
retrofit project delivery, as part of Salford’s Applied
Energy and Buildings Research Group. He sits on the Greater
Manchester Buildings Group and also is Chair of the Retrofit
Innovation Group.
Philip Brown is Director and Senior Research Fellow at
the Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) at the
University of Salford. He is the lead academic on end-use energy
demand within the Applied Energy and Buildings Research Group, and
sits on Greater Manchester’s Low Carbon Economic Area group
for Customer Engagement.
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