What price a sustainable home?
Language: English Series: Construction Manager ; October 2007, 19-22(4)Publication details: 2007Subject(s): Summary: Illustrates how much energy a sustainable house will save each year and identifies the costs, savings and payback involved. Looks at whole house ventilation, ground source heat pumps, solar water heating, photovoltaic electricity, roof-mounted wind turbine, rainwater harvesting, combined heat and power, low energy equipment, waste management, traditional measures such as double glazing and roof lagging, and green energy tariffs. Also provides indicative costs for improving a typical two/three-bedroom home's energy footprint, with and without the use of renewable technologies.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | L140870 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 140870-1001 |
Illustrates how much energy a sustainable house will save each year and identifies the costs, savings and payback involved. Looks at whole house ventilation, ground source heat pumps, solar water heating, photovoltaic electricity, roof-mounted wind turbine, rainwater harvesting, combined heat and power, low energy equipment, waste management, traditional measures such as double glazing and roof lagging, and green energy tariffs. Also provides indicative costs for improving a typical two/three-bedroom home's energy footprint, with and without the use of renewable technologies.