6 Strategic Rules for
Sustainable Retrofit
84. Begin with building performance: how well it works tells us what needs to be done.
85. Employ integrated thinking: reduce energy use while improving comfort and health.
86. Inventiveness beats wastefulness: employ creative ideas for empty and under-occupied buildings, and to eliminate wasteful fitting-out practices.
87. Embodied energy recurs: minimise or eliminate the extra embodied energy associated with each re-fit.
88. Avoid unintended consequences: weather ...
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