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Resilient Building Retrofits
Combating the Climate Crisis
By: Gillian Armstrong (Editor), Sarah Sayce (Editor), Sara Wilkinson (Editor), Samantha Organ (Editor)
Paperback | 20 September 2022
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Buildings contribute very significantly to the output of carbon, particularly in developed countries where the stock is old, but it is neither feasible nor desirable to demolish them all and start again! If existing buildings cannot in be replaced in the short-term by new zero carbon stock, retrofitting and adaptation of the existing building stock is critical and urgent. This book explains why and how the improvement of buildings requires a complex, holistic approach that brings all stakeholders together with respect and understanding. Yet to do this against a limited time frame is challenging. The book analyses what must be done, explores how it could be achieved and sets out a manifesto for action by all those engaged: from policy makers, to educationalists, designers, constructors, investors, funders and occupiers.
By bringing together authors from across the built environment disciplines, the book stimulates debate within policy, practice and education circles which must lead to action if we are to avoid catastrophe. This is a unique addition to the literature on the sustainability of existing buildings and their retrofitting for the benefit of all.
About the Authors
Sarah Sayce was Professor of Sustainable Real Estate at Henley Business School, University of Reading, and Visiting Professor the Royal Agricultural University, UK. For many years she headed the School of Surveying and Planning at Kingston University, UK. She recently worked on two EU funded projects in the field of energy efficiency and property values and is the co-author of Developing Property Sustainably, and co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Real Estate, both published by Routledge.
Sara Wilkinson is a Professor in the School of Built Environment at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her research focuses on sustainability and adaptation in the built environment, user satisfaction, retrofit of green roofs and conceptual understanding of sustainability. Sara is on the editorial board of five international refereed journals and is the co-author of Developing Property Sustainably, and co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Real Estate, both published by Routledge.
Gill Armstrong is a chartered architectural technologist and a UK registered architect. Gill is a post-doctoral researcher at University Technology Sydney. Her research crosses architecture, surveying, and planning disciplines and focuses on building regulation, and sustainable design and management of existing buildings. Gill has also published on built environment pedagogies & crisis narratives in education, having taught university built environment programs in Australia & the UK.
Samantha Organ is a chartered surveyor leading nationally on sustainability for the built estate for Europe's largest conservation charity, the National Trust. She is the MSc Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer in Building Surveying at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Her research focuses primarily on sustainability in the built environment. Sam has written numerous publications for a range of audiences and is a reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed academic journals. She won the RICS Matrics Young Building Surveyor of the Year in 2020.
Industry Reviews
"We have needed this book for many years but the Climate Emergency and the growing popular unrest among students and young professionals makes this comprehensive approach a must-read book for the whole industry." - Robin Nicholson CBE, RIBA, Hon FIStructE, Hon FCIBSE, Convenor of the Edge and a long-standing Partner of Cullinan Studio
"Across the globe, climate emergency declarations cover more than 1bn people in 2000 jurisdictions and local governments. Many of these overlay our urban areas where the built environment is an important contributor to carbon emissions. Retrofitting the 70% of buildings that will still be here in 2050 is crucial to tackling the climate emergency, creating a resilient built environment, and bending the curve to keep temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees. This impressive, international, multi-scale and interdisciplinary-based book shows how the many and varied buildings that make up the built environment can be made more energy, waste, and water efficient and tackles vitally important questions: the 'how', the 'what', and the 'why' of retrofitting. The authors have written an eloquent and authoritative guide to these fundamental issues, and this is underpinned by a passionate manifesto, or call to arms, for professionals of all disciplines to tackle these issues right now and at scale. Finally, the book is an especially poignant testament to the late Sarah Sayce's excellent and well-respected work in this field." - Professor Timothy J. Dixon, School of the Built Environment, University of Reading
"We have needed this book for many years but the Climate Emergency and the growing popular unrest among students and young professionals makes this comprehensive approach a must-read book for the whole industry." - Robin Nicholson CBE, RIBA, Hon FIStructE, Hon FCIBSE, Convenor of the Edge and a long-standing Partner of Cullinan Studio
"Across the globe, climate emergency declarations cover more than 1 billion people in 2000 jurisdictions and local governments. Many of these overlay our urban areas where the built environment is an important contributor to carbon emissions. Retrofitting the 70% of buildings that will still be here in 2050 is crucial to tackling the climate emergency, creating a resilient built environment, and bending the curve to keep temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees. This impressive, international, multi-scale and interdisciplinary-based book shows how the many and varied buildings that make up the built environment can be made more energy, waste, and water efficient and tackles vitally important questions: the 'how', the 'what', and the 'why' of retrofitting. The authors have written an eloquent and authoritative guide to these fundamental issues, and this is underpinned by a passionate manifesto, or call to arms, for professionals of all disciplines to tackle these issues right now and at scale. Finally, the book is an especially poignant testament to the late Sarah Sayce's excellent and well-respected work in this field." - Professor Timothy J. Dixon, School of the Built Environment, University of Reading
ISBN: 9780367903541
ISBN-10: 0367903547
Published: 20th September 2022
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 230
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23 x 16 x 1.5
Weight (kg): 0.37
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