Traditional construction for a sustainable future

✍ Scribed by Carole Ryan

• Publisher: Spon Press
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 384
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

1. The Natural Way of Life, the Birth of the Traditional House and its Demise 2. Traditional Building Materials, their Sustainability, and the Contrast with Modern Materials 3. Traditional Sustainable Building Construction- Ancient and Modern 4. Thermal Performance and the Breathing Wall 5. Climate, Site and Thermal Performance 6. The Role of the Building Regulations in Traditional Building Construction 7. The Pathology of Traditional Buildings

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
1 THE NATURAL WAY OF LIFE AND THE TRADITIONAL HOUSE, ITS INCEPTION AND DEMISE......Page 12
2 TRADITIONAL BUILDING MATERIALS, THEIR SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE CONTRAST WITH MODERN MATERIALS......Page 65
3 TRADITIONAL SUSTAINABLE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION – ANCIENT AND MODERN......Page 121
4 THERMAL PERFORMANCE AND THE BREATHING WALL......Page 170
5 CLIMATE, SITE, AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE......Page 220
6 THE ROLE OF THE BUILDING REGULATIONS IN THE SUSTAINABILITY OF TRADITIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION......Page 262
7 THE PATHOLOGY OF TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS......Page 312
INDEX......Page 373