Sustainable Retrofitting of Commercial Buildings : Warm Climates (Hardcover)

Part 1: Eco design and renovation  1.1. Introduction (Richard Hyde)  1.2. Strategies for design of our green built environment (Ken Yeang)  1.3. Eco design for retrofitting (Richard Hyde)  1.4. Summary (Richard Hyde)  Part 2: Bioclimatic Retrofitting   2.1 Introduction (Nathan Groenhout)  2.2 Design solution sets for bioclimatic retrofit- (Upendra Rajapaksha)  2.3 An Evidenced-base Design (EbD) approach for selecting retrofitting strategies (Richard Hyde and Indrika Rajapaksha)  2.4 Performance improvements of retrofitting design solution sets (Indrika Rajapaksha)  2.5. The economic case for retrofitting using bioclimatic principlesm (Francis Barram)  2.5 Summary (Nathan Groenhout)  Part 3: Technological and Behaviour Change for Performance Improvements  3.1 Introduction (Richard Hyde)  3.2. Evaluation typologies of commercial architecture for retrofitting (Michelle Nurman)  3.3. Retrofitting comfort and indoor environmental quality (Christhina Candido)  3.4 Reviewing benchmarking systems for retrofitting (Richard Hyde)  3.5. Energy performance rating systems (David Leifer and Alan Obrart)  3.6. Performance modelling tools, (Lester Patridge)  3.7 Monitoring building performance (Craig Roussac)  3.8. A diagnostic toolkit for multi dimensional testing of built internal environments (Mark Luther)  3.9. Reducing embodied energy through retrofit (John Cole and Sattar Sattary)  3.10 A Checklist for reducing Peak Energy Loads in Buildings: A Staged Approach (Mark Luther)  3.11 Penalty-Reward-Pinch (PRP) design in commercial building sustainability (Edward Halawa)  3.12 Economic drivers for renovation (David Leifer)  3.13 A bioclimatic design approach for retrofitting commercial office buildings (Marci Webster-Mannsion)  3.14 Summary (Richard Hyde)  Part 4: Retrofitting Exemplars  4.1 Introduction (Francis Barram and Nathan Groenhout)  4.2. PMM building; passive systems improvement (Mark Thompson)  4.3. 55 St Andrews Place; turning a sparrow into a peacock, (Camin McKabe)  4.4. Bioclimatic retrofitting of University buildings (Margaret Liu)  4.5 503 Collins Street (Bruce Precious)  4.6 Solar thermal retrofit (Brett Pollard) 
4.7 Benefits and impacts of adjusting cooling set-points in Brisbane (Wendy Miller)  4.8. Low energy high-rise (Alexandra McKenna)  4.9. Refurbishment for carbon reduction and occupant comfort - insights from the post occupancy evaluation of three office buildings (Leena Thomas)  4.10 The Deakin University Waterfront Campus ? Callista Offices a Case Study (Mark Luther)  4.11 Summary (Francis Barram and Nathan Groenhout)