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
Acknowledgements
Original proposal: Martin Cook (RIBA)
Authors: Peter Warm and Richard Oxley
Picture research and case study collation: Catharine Bull.
Assistance: Dr W T Bordass.
Other acknowledgements: Noel Burns (BRE)
Steering Committee:
Chair: David Bailey (James Joy - David Bailey Partnership)
Members: Martin Cook (BRE); Jonathan David (CIBSE); Derek Lawrence (CIBSE); Verney Ryan (BRE).
Advisory Panel: Richard Atkins; Douglas Hogg (Cadw); Ingval Maxwell (Historic Scotland); Ian Milford (Atkins); Brough Skingley (English Heritage); Sarah Staniforth (National Trust); Tim Yates (BRE)
OTHER RESOURCES
Historic England (https://historicengland.org.uk) produces a number of interesting titles related to the subject matter covered by this CIBSE title, including these:
Energy efficiency and historic buildings
- How to improve energy efficiency (link)
- Application of Part L of the Building Regulations to historic and traditionally constructed buildings (link)
- Energy Performance Certificates (link)
- Solar electric (photovoltaics) (link)
- Small-scale solar thermal energy and traditional buildings (link)
- Heat pumps (link)
Planning responsible retrofit of traditional buildings (link)