Roger Hunt, Marianne Suhr

Gebundenes Buch

Old House Eco Handbook

A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

Beschreibung

The essential guide to retrofitting old houses to be energy efficient and sustainable. Now revised and updated throughout.

Autor

Roger Hunt, co-author (with Marianne Suhr) of Old House Handbook, is an award-winning writer and blogger with a particular interest in sustainable and vernacular architecture and the materials and techniques used in construction. He is the author of Rural Britain: Then and Now, a celebration of the British countryside, Villages of England and Hidden Depths, an archaeological exploration of Surrey’s past. Roger was named Sustainable Property Journalist of the Year at the LSL Property Press Awards in both 2013 and 2014. He lectures on building-related issues, is a judge of annual awards for new housing and serves on the editorial board of the SPAB magazine. His latest renovation project is a 1900 house on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA. Marianne Suhr is a Chartered Building Surveyor, writer and broadcaster specialising in the repair and retrofit of historic buildings. After a scholarship with the SPAB, she worked for seven years in architectural practice, then full-time on hands-on repair projects of her own including four very different old houses. She has run over 40 homeowners’ courses and numerous ‘limedays’ for the SPAB. She is co-author (with Roger Hunt) of Old House Handbook and Old House Eco Handbook, and has written and lectured extensively. Marianne was co-presenter of three series of BBC2’s ‘Restoration’. Marianne runs The Old House Consultancy in Oxfordshire, advising homeowners on repair, alteration and retrofit.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
• Revised Edition
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 276mm x 261mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 1180g
• ISBN-13: 9780711239777
• ISBN-10: 0711239770
• Artikelnr.: 56152071