Title Making your home sustainable : a guide to retrofitting / Derek Wrigley

Edition Rev edition Published Melbourne : Scribe, 2005

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Description 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, map ; 30 cm regular print Contents 1. PREVIEW. Before you get too absorbed ... -- To those who pointed the way -- 2. CONTEXT. The need for this book -- The broader picture -- Retrofitting and location -- The Mawson house -- 3. RECOGNISING RETROFITTING POSSIBILITIES. Before you buy an existing house -- Solar access -- is it possible? -- 4. FREE HOT WATER. Solar hot water heaters -- Location of absorber panels -- 5. IMPROVING WINDOWS. Problem of fixed northern eaves -- Northern, adjustable sun shades -- Obtaining effective shade -- Sunshades as bushfire radiation screens -- Sunshades for East and West windows -- Double glazing -- Curtains and convection losses -- Curtains and internal blinds -- Natural daylighting -- 6. USING WASTED SUNSHINE. Fixed southern reflectors -- Geometry of fixed southern reflectors -- Reflector design considerations -- Combined reflector / photovoltaics -- A reflector project -- Reflecting heliostat -- Reflecting heliosate -- solar geometry -- 7. RATIONALISING YOUR ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION. Electrical appliances -- Appliances and phantom loads -- Improving the usefulness of refrigerators -- Photovoltaics-a design process -- Photovoltaics -- The Mawson experience -- Mawson PV generation/consumption -- Integrated photovoltaics -- the next step -- 8. MASS AND INTERNAL COMFORT. Controlling internal comfort -- How mass can help -- Trombe-Michel walls -- Timber floors -- possible options -- Concrete floors -- possible options -- 9. INSULATION & INTERNAL COMFORT. Insulation -- Insulation and ventilation -- Insulation -- wood and concrete floors -- 10. VENTILATION AND INTERNAL COMFORT. Using natural, free ventilation -- Ridge and ceiling ventilation -- Heat losses and draughtproofing -- Conservatories as heat sources -- Conservatories -- alternative extensions. -- 11. RATIONALISING WATER USAGE. Our profligate usage of water -- Reducing our water consumption -- Modifying our water using equipment -- Rainfall -- the forgotten resource -- Domestic water tanks -- pros & cons -- How much rainwater can we collect? -- Where can we place tanks? -- Sizes and locations of tanks -- Option 1 -- tank input/output graph -- Option 1 -- tank flow analysis -- Option 1 -- the physical possibility -- Option 2 -tank input/output graph -- Analysis of options -- Comparative analysis of options -- Corrosion of existing copper pipes -- Gutter screening and diverters -- Re-using domestic grey water -- Direct disposal of grey water -- Re-using kitchen greywater -- A simple rainwater WC system -- 12. MAKING A USEFUL LANDSCAPE. A solar garden? -- Natural automatic shading -- Deciduous trees -- how they work -- Deciduous vines and climbers -- Lawn alternatives -- 13. THE MAWSON RESULTS. Photovoltaics, sunshades -- Fixed reflectors, heliostat, ridge and ceiling vents, kitchen greywater -- Conservatory, water heating, space heating, rainwater WC flushing, double glazing, Boston ivy -- Overhead vines, trees and shrubs, 'lawn' areas -- 14. WHAT IF 1 LIVE IN A RENTED HOUSE?. How tenants can stay comfortable ... with hardly any outlay -- 15. WHO BENEFITS AND WHO PAYS?. Why should I retrofit? -- Retrofitting and lifestyle -- Which retrofit should I do first? -- Ways of financing retrofitting ... 'Solarisation' / Dr Andrew 8lakers Technoclutter -- the creeping ugliness -- 16. USEFUL INFORMATION. Glossary -- Useful reading -- Useful suppliers -- Useful contacts -- Charts -- Clear/cloudy days (Canb.) -- Solar collection hours (Canb.) -- Variable irradiation on inclined planes -- Solar plotter 1 / 2 -- Pressure conversion -- Is housing design going in a sustainable direction? -- Where is Australia now? Summary Using natural energies to improve existing houses in a cool temperate climate. A practical and easy to follow "how to" guide for anybody who is concerned about the degradation of our natural environment and who wants to DO something about reversing the trend Notes Previous ed.: Canberra : Derek Wrigley Design, 2004 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Ecological houses -- Australia. Architecture, Domestic -- Environmental aspects -- Australia. Architecture, Domestic -- Environmental aspects. Water conservation -- Australia. Sustainable buildings. Architecture and energy conservation -- Australia. Sustainable architecture -- Australia. LC no. 2006373015 ISBN 9781920769499 1920769498 :

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