Building Futures - Managing Energy in the Built Environment

List of contents

1. Energy use in the built environment 2. Reducing energy demand 3. Lifecycle energy and carbon in buildings 4. Energy performance gap 5. Retrofitting buildings 6. The Passivhaus energy efficiency standard 7. Ventilating the building stock 8. Building futures

About the author

Jane Powell is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. She teaches and has research interests in the energy efficiency of buildings and low-carbon energy, in addition to environmental evaluation methodologies such as lifecycle assessment.
Jennifer Monahan is an Associate Tutor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. She has research interests in energy efficiency of buildings and low-carbon construction.
Chris Foulds is a Senior Research Fellow in the Consumption & Change theme of Anglia Ruskin University's Global Sustainability Institute. He is an environmental social scientist with a keen interest in the role of building occupants and professionals in the transition to a low-carbon building stock.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Foulds, Jennifer Monahan, Jane Powell, Jane Monahan Powell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2015
• EAN: 9780415720120
• ISBN: 978-0-415-72012-0
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering