The Eco-home design guide : principles and practice for new-build and retrofit /: principles and practice for new-build and retrofit. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christopher Day with a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales.
• Authors: Day, Christopher
• Contents: Front Cover; Praise for The Eco-Home Design Guide; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Preface; Note on quantities; Brief biography; Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales; 1. Introduction: why, where, how and when to use this book; What is an eco-home? What do you need to know to create one?; How to find what you need in this book; Speed-reading; I. Why Issues; 2. Why have an eco-home?; Overarching reasons; What benefits do you seek?; Eco-purism or pragmatism?; II. Where Issues; 3. Climatic and microclimatic considerations; Local climate basics. Choosing what should be where in the garden: microclimatic landscaping4. New-build: site choice and planning; Location basics; Choosing an area; Choosing a site; Choosing where the house should go; Choosing to group homes; 5. Choosing an old building to eco-upgrade; Old buildings basics; Choosing an old house; III. How Issues; 6. Keeping warm: minimising fabric heat loss; Heat-loss basics; Insulation; Building physics; Insulation materials; Avoiding common insulation failures; 7. Keeping warm: airtightness issues; Airtightness basics; PassivHaus; Dynamic insulation; Airtight construction. Ventilation control8. Keeping warm: heating; Heating basics; Heating; What fuel to use: CO2 and design implications; Thermal mass; Solar heating; 9. Keeping dry; Dampness and dryness basics; Design for dryness; Making an old building dry; 10. Keeping warm and dry: implications for different types of construction; Warm and dry walls; Warm windows; Insulating roofs: different constructions for different types; Warm ground floors; 11. Keeping old buildings warm, cool and dry; Insulating old buildings basics; Insulating old roofs; Insulating old walls; Upgrading old windows. Insulating existing ground floorsOld chimneys: problems or assets?; 12. Keeping cool; Cooling basics; Keeping heat out; Keeping cool indoors; Keeping cool in an old building; Keeping cool outdoors; Keeping homes warm and cool; 13. Keeping healthy: physical aspects; Healthy building: physical/material basics; What we breathe; Physical but non-sensible factors; Making an old building healthy; What we drink; What we eat; 14. Keeping healthy: spirit and soul; Healthy building: supra-physical basics; Daylight and mood; Spatial factors; Sensory nutrition; Soul/spirit factors; Nature connection. 15. Keeping the home safeSecurity basics; Burglar-proofing; Making an old building secure; 16. Whole-life access; Disabled access basics; Physical accessibility; Making an old building accessible; Safety for the visually impaired; IV. What Issues; 17. Minimising hidden environmental impacts; Environmental impacts basics; Materials we build with; Things we use; Things we get rid of; Water recycling; Nutrient recycling; Construction waste reuse; Things we affect: biodiversity; 18. Generating energy; Micro-energy generation basics; Solar energy; Wind energy; Hydropower; Heat pumps.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Green Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 690.8; Ecological houses -- Design and construction; Building materials -- Environmental aspects; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Construction -- General; Building materials -- Environmental aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857843074; 0857843079; 9780857843067; 0857843060
• Related ISBNs: 9780857843050; 0857843052
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.