Sustainable building conservation : theory and practice of responsive design in the heritage environment

Summary: "Principles of conservation and sustainability are easily married but often at odds for architects under increasing pressure to navigate the energy needs of older buildings. By incorporating UK and international case studies together with more theoretical essays the book seeks to identify overlaps in the interests of energy and building conservation. The varied expertise of the contributors--architects, surveyors, consultants and academics--demonstrates the use of qualitative and quantitative frames of reference. The second part of the book showcases sustainable domestic and non-domestic heritage projects, translating the challenges of the preceding research into varied methods that practitioners can use to question and review their everyday work."--Page 4 of cover

Record details

ISBN: 1859465420
ISBN: 9781859465424
ISBN: 1000702693
ISBN: 9781000702699
ISBN: 1000702472
ISBN: 9781000702477
ISBN: 1000702588
ISBN: 9781000702583
ISBN: 0429346905
ISBN: 9780429346903
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : illustrations, plans
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Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : RIBA Publishing, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction / Oriel Prizeman -- Part 1 : evaluations -- theories -- 1. The English climate and enduring principles of environmental design / Dean Hawkes -- 2. The energy context of domestic traditional buildings for the UK / Simon Lannon, Heledd Iorwerth, Xiaojun Li and Diana Waldron -- 3. Retrofitting heritage buildings / Peter Cox -- 4. Containing the questions / Douglas D. Kent -- Part 2 : responses -- practices -- 5. An integrated approach to heritage and sustainability : four academic building projects in the US / Tom Hotaling -- 6. New Court, Trinity College, Cambridge : continuing a legacy of inhabitation / Oliver Smith -- 7. Four case studies demonstrating the impacts of energy conservation in traditional domestic buildings / Oriel Prizeman -- 8. Sustaining heating in places of worship : physical, social, organisational and commercial factors as determinants of strategic decision-making and practical outcomes / Bruce Induni -- Part 3 : conclusions.
Biographical or Historical Data:	Oriel Prizeman is a RIBA Accredited Conservation Architect trained at Cambridge and the Architectural Association. She ran her own practice focusing on work to listed houses in the Cambridge area from 1996-2012 and has established a new MSc in Sustainable Building Conservation at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff in September 2013.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.