Sustainable Refurbishment

Sunil Shah Wide consultancy experience, reviewing lifecycle environmental and social impacts from facilities. Has worked across several sectors, with involvement in a range of landmark projects: * Environment Agency Carbon Footprint tool, recognised as an industry standard and developed for civil emgineering projects * Blackfriars Station sustainability management plan and Europe's largest PV array * BP Global Office Environmental Benchmarking, developing the software to collate, analyse and provision of footprints to BP Corporate covering the global office suite * Member of the Sustainable Construction Taskforce as the end user representative, involved in the Sustainable Construction Strategy He is currently involved in a range of committees where he provides advice to the UK Government on the built environment

“This book provides insight into the planning and management of a sustainable refurbishment project , from the point of view of the facility manager . It includes comprehensive improvement strategies and technical support , from examples of the installation of low-carbon technologies to waste minimisation and suggested material use.”  (Building Design, 16 November 2012)

• Preface ixAcknowledgements xiAbbreviations xiiPart 1 Introduction to Building Refurbishment 1Chapter 1 What is Building Refurbishment? 31.1 Introduction 41.2 Definitions of Refurbishment 51.3 Building Refurbishment Market and Size 10Endnotes 14Chapter 2 Sustainable Refurbishment 152.1 Introduction 162.2 Overview of Sustainable Development 172.3 Sustainable Development and Building Refurbishment 29Endnotes 33Chapter 3 Occupant Evaluation 343.1 Introduction 353.2 Changes in Work Patterns 373.3 Pre- and Post-Occupancy Evaluations (POE) 38Endnotes 45Part 2 Managing Refurbishment as a Process 47Chapter 4 Drivers for Sustainable Refurbishment? 494.1 Market Pressures 504.2 Return on Investment 554.3 Regulatory Incentives 604.4 Financial Incentives and Taxes 654.5 Climate Change 714.6 Corporate Responsibility 764.7 Skills 79Endnotes 81Chapter 5 Developing a Business Plan and Strategy 845.1 Costs and Risks to Refurbish 855.2 Barriers to Refurbishment 865.3 Delivering Commercially Viable Refurbishment 875.4 Factors to Consider to Improve the Performance 885.5 Defining the Strategy 89Endnotes 89Chapter 6 Managing Delivery 906.1 Delivering a Sustainable Refurbishment 916.2 Minor Refurbishment Approach 926.3 Major and Comprehensive Refurbishment Approach 946.4 Green Leases 966.5 ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standards 986.6 Energy Star 1016.7 Managing-Delivery Checklist 102Endnote 102Chapter 7 Managing Impacts 1037.1 International Standards 1047.2 LEED and BREEAM 1067.3 Project Sustainability Assessment 1107.4 Performance Improvements from Standards 1147.5 Behavioural Change 116Endnotes 117Part 3 Low-Carbon Technologies and Materials 119Chapter 8 Energy-Efficiency Measures 1218.1 Introduction 1228.2 Refurbishment Options and Approach 1258.3 Assessing Costs of Energy-Efficiency Measures 1308.4 Fabric and Passive Energy-Efficiency Measures 1348.5 Energy-Efficiency Measures – Mechanical 1418.6 ESCOs and Energy-Performance Contracting 1488.7 Energy-Efficiency and Low-Carbon Checklist 1548.8 Health and Indoor-Environment Checklist 155Endnotes 156Chapter 9 Behavioural Change 1579.1 Commissioning Buildings 1589.2 Energy Conservation as a Behaviour 160Endnotes 164Chapter 10 Renewable Energy 16510.1 Introduction 16610.2 Photovoltaic (PV) Panels 16810.3 Solar Thermal Hot-Water Systems 17010.4 Wind Turbines 17310.5 Biofuel Heating 17510.6 Geothermal Energy 17910.7 Combined Heat and Power (CHP) 18010.8 Heat Pumps 183Endnote 185Chapter 11 Embodied Carbon 18611.1 Introduction 18711.2 Embodied Carbon Standards 18811.3 Varying Embodied Carbon Values in Buildings 192Case Study 1 – London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA): Energy Case Study 196Case Study 2 – 89 Culford Road: Extreme Low-Carbon Dwelling Refurbishment 202Case Study 3 – Empire State Building to Become a Model of Energy 205Endnotes 214Part 4 Environmental Areas 215Chapter 12 Material Use and Resource Efficiency 21712.1 Introduction 21812.2 Material-Certification Schemes 21912.3 Material Procurement 22112.4 Designing-in Sustainable Materials 22212.5 Material Resource Efficiency 22412.6 Site Waste Management 22612.7 Materials and Resource Efficiency Checklist 230Endnotes 231Chapter 13 Water Conservation 23313.1 Performing a Water Audit 23413.2 Reducing Water Use 23613.3 Rainwater Harvesting 23813.4 Flood Risk and Sustainable Drainage Systems 24013.5 Water-Conservation Checklist 240Endnote 241Chapter 14 Biodiversity 24214.1 Introduction 24314.2 Green Roofs and Walls 24414.3 Provision for Birds 25314.4 Biodiversity Checklist 254Endnotes 255Chapter 15 Transport 25615.1 Developing a Travel Plan 25715.2 Delivery Travel Plans 25915.3 Transport Checklist 260Glossary 262Further Reading and Websites 266Index 271