Description

If you are responsible for the running, maintenance, rennovation, repair or restoration of an historic or traditional building, this book is essential reading.

Contents:

1. Principles:

• General
• Scope and Definition
• Aim of the Guide
• Target Audience
• The relationship between building services. energy efficiency and conservation of the existing building stock and the environment
• Legislation
• Building Regulations
• Design Principles
• Summary of design principles appropriate for work in older buildings
• Simple nonintrusive ways of improving energy efficiency

2. Building Services

• Modern Expectations and standards of service
• Increasing sustainability
• The Value of Historic Building Services
• Re-using existing services
• Criteria for the selection of new building services in historic buildings
• Installing new building services and upgrading existing ones

3. Building Fabric

• Moisture movement in older buildings
• Adding insulation
• Ventilation, draughtproofing and fan pressurisation testing
• Thermal mass and controls
• Conservation heating
• Initial and ongoing monitoring

4. A Design Approach for Historic Buildings

• Introduction
• The project team
• An approach
• Design principles
• The RIBA Plan of Work
• Commissioning
• Into the Future

5. Case Studies

• Introduction to case studies
• Table of Case Studies indicating relevance of each.

Glossary
Reference
Further Reading
Useful Contacts
Index