What colour is your building? : measuring and reducing the energy and carbon footprint of buildings

Clark, David H. (David Halford) (author.).

Summary: Defining and reducing the carbon footprint of a new or refurbished building can be a daunting task. There are lots of tools to measure the environmental impact of buildings, but they all measure energy and CO2 in different ways, and they do not measure the whole carbon footprint. What Colour is your Building? provides practical and pragmatic guidance on how to calculate and then compare the whole carbon footprint of buildings using one simple method looking at operating, embodied and transport energy. It will equip designers, building owners, occupiers, planners and policy makers with the tools and knowledge that they will need to make decisions early on about where the big impacts will be in terms of reducing the carbon footprint of the building, including: A new, simple approach to understanding the whole carbon impact of buildings. Benchmarking data for operating energy performance. A clear, transparent method of separating landlord energy performance from tenant energy performance. Simple diagrams and numbers to put renewable energy into perspective.

Record details

ISBN: 1859464475
ISBN: 9781859464472
ISBN: 1000706796
ISBN: 9781000706796
ISBN: 1000706303
ISBN: 9781000706307
ISBN: 1000705811
ISBN: 9781000705812
ISBN: 0429347731
ISBN: 9780429347733
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 264 pages) : color illustrations
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Publisher: London : RIBA, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Energy and carbon in buildings -- How much energy do buildings use? -- Embodied carbon -- Transport carbon -- Whole carbon footprint -- Ten steps to reducing energy consumption -- Renewable energy -- Lower carbon materials -- Green travel -- Making the business case -- In conclusion.
Biographical or Historical Data:	David Clark
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.