Roger Hunt,Marianne Suhr,Kevin McCloud: Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability

Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability


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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO RETROFITTING FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY 'A much-needed and timely volume that mixes common-sense building science and practical instruction' Kevin McCloud Old House Eco Handbook is a companion volume to the authors' highly successful Old House Handbook, published in association with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB). It seeks to answer the questions homeowners and others are asking about how to make old houses - medieval and timber-framed, Georgian, Victorian or Edwardian terraces - energy-efficient and sustainable. This book includes sections on: * Roofs and ceilings - insulation options * Windows and Doors - draft proofing, secondary glazing * Painting and limewashing * Energy and water - solar panels, hydro-power, water efficiency and recycling Energy-efficiency, in particular, is vital to cut carbon emissions, a major contributor to global warming. How should we go about this without devaluing future sustainability or the appeal and character of old homes by the use of inappropriate solutions? Old House Eco Handbook sets out to provide the answers.

Did you want to go to America?Pop: Sure. I didn t have a choice. My father said I had to go. So I went.Were you sad when you left your village?Pop: Maybe a little . . . well, maybe a lot.Ten-year-old Gim Lew Yep knows that he must leave his home in China and travel to America with the father who is a stranger to him. Gim Lew doesn t want to leave behind everything that he s ever known. But he is even more scared of disappointing his father. He uses his left hand, rather than the correct right hand; he stutters; and most of all, he worries about not passing the strict Doing Visual Research ebook pdf immigration test administered at Angel Island. The Dragon s Child is a touching portrait of a father and son and their unforgettable journey from China to the land of the Golden Mountain. It is based on actual conversations between two-time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep and his father and on research on his family s immigration history by his niece, Dr. Kathleen Yep. "


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Author: Roger Hunt,Marianne Suhr,Kevin McCloud
Number of Pages: 192 pages
Published Date: 28 Mar 2013
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Publication Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9780711232785
Download Link: Click Here
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