The Passivhaus Handbook: A Practical Guide to Constructing and Retrofitting Buildings for Ultra-Low Energy Performance

Janet Cotterell

ISBN 10: 0857840193 / ISBN 13: 9780857840196

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012

Beschreibung

2012. Paperback. The Passivhaus Handbook is an essential guide to realizing a supremely comfortable, healthy and durable home with exceptionally low energy costs. It focuses on getting the building fabric right, to achieve ultra-low energy consumption in the most cost-effective manner. The approach is relevant to a wide range of building types and climates. Series: Sustainable Building. Num Pages: 256 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: TNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 206 x 16. Weight in Grams: 894. . . . . .

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780857840196

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Passivhaus Handbook: A Practical Guide to Constructing and Retrofitting Buildings for Ultra-Low Energy Performance
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0857840193
• ISBN-13: 9780857840196
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

An essential guide to making a supremely comfortable, healthy and durable home with exceptionally low energy costs. Covers both retrofitting and new-build.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Janet Cotterell is a chartered architect with more than 20 years' experience working in sensitive settings (conservation areas, listed buildings, historic parks), so is familiar with the use of traditional and natural materials. Her focus is on the importance of sustainable building practices and low-energy design principles. She is also a Certified Passivhaus Designer and holds an MSc in Architecture: Advanced Environmental & Energy Studies.

Adam Dadeby is one of the UK's leading experts in Passivhaus and residential heat recovery ventilation (MVHR). A Certified Passivhaus Consultant and a member of the AECB (the Sustainable Building Association), Adam also holds a postgraduate diploma in Architecture: Advanced Environmental & Energy Studies from the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), where he became passionate about the ways 'sustainability' and 'resilience' affect building practice. He and his wife Erica ran the UK's first and only Passivhaus bed and breakfast for a number of years. He has presented talks nationally on Passivhaus and MVHR to built-environment professionals and aspiring self-builders.