Building Futures: Managing energy in the built environment

by Jane Powell, Chris Foulds, Jenn Monahan

Book Overview

A reduction in the energy demand of buildings can make a major contribution to achieving national and international carbon reduction goals, in addition to addressing the interlinked issues of sustainable development, fuel poverty and fuel security. Despite improvements in thermal efficiency, the energy demand of buildings stubbornly remains unchanged, or is only declining slowly, due to the challenges posed by growing populations, the expectations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415720109
• ISBN13: 9780415720106
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 10.0"