Includes bibliographical references and index.

General introduction / Richard Hyde -- Part I: Eco-design and renovation -- Introduction / Richard Hyde -- Strategies for designing our green build environment: why should buildings be designed to integrate with the natural environment in the face of changing climate conditions? / Ken Yeang -- Eco-design for retrofitting: how can eco-design work apply to retrofitting buildings for climate change? / Richard Hyde -- Summary / Richard Hyde -- Part II: Bioclimatic retrofitting -- Introduction/ Nathan Groenhout, Richard Hyde -- Design solution sets for bioclimatic retrofit / Upendra Rajapaksha, Richard Hyde, Nathan Groenhout -- And evidence-based design (EBD) approach to select retrofitting strategies: what sources of evidence can be used to select retrofitting strategies / Richard Hyde, Indrika Rajapaksha -- Building simulation methodology to evaluate performance improvements for retrofitting / Indrika Rajapaksha -- The economic case for retrofitting using bioclimatic principles: how can existing buildings be designed for retrofitting around economic constraints? / Francis Barram -- Summary / Nathan Groenhout -- Part III: Technologica and behaviour change for performance improvements -- Introduction / Richard Hyde -- Evaluating typologies of commercial architecture for retrofitting: what are the design and technical characteristic of existing commercial buildings built in the recent past and their potential for environmental improvements in the face of climate change / Michelle Nurman -- Retrofitting comfort and indoor environmental quality: can improved levels of occupant comfort, human health, well-being and productivity be achieved from existing buildings? / Christina Candido -- Reviewing benchmarking systems for retrofitting: how can benchmarking be harnessed for the proposes of retrofitting? / Richard Hyde -- Energy performance rating systems: how international and national policies and rating systems leverage a methodology for retrofit / David Leifer, Alan Obrart -- Performance modelling tools: what role can computer-based software tools play in informed decisions in predicting? / Lester Partidge -- Monitoring building performance: how can behaviour and technology changes combine to improve environmental performance? / Craig Roussac -- A diognostic toolkit for multi-dimentional testing of built internal environments: how can the physical parameters of existing building be measured? / Mark B. Luther -- Reducing embodied energy through retrofit: how can embodied energy be saved with retrofitting existing buildings? / John Cole, Sattar Sattary -- A checklist for peak energy reduction strategies in buildings: how can retrofitting strategies be conceptualised into simple principles? / Mark B. Luther -- Penalty-reward-pinch (PRP) design for improving the sustainability of existing commercial buildings: what alternative design approaches can be used for retrofitting? / Edward Halawa -- Drivers for renovation of commericial buildings / David Leifer -- A bioclimatic design approach to retrofitting commerical office buildings: what are the 'rule of thumb' passive strategies for retrofitting? / Marci Webster-Mannison, Brett Beeson, Kat Healey -- Summard / Richard Hyde -- Part IV: Retrofitting exemplars -- Introduction / Francis Barram, Nathan Groenhout -- 743 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland / Mark Thompson -- 55 St Andrews Place, Melbourne, Australia: turning a sparrow into a peacock: what are the strategies for retrofitting for improved environmental performance? / Caimin McCabe -- Bioclimatic retrofitting of university buildings: what issues arise in the precinct-scale retrofitting of buildings? / Margaret Liu -- 503 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia: how can onsite power generation be achieved in commercial buildings / Bruce Precious -- Solar retrofit: what are the benefits of retrofitting solar-producing technologies? / Brett Pollard -- Benefits and impacts of adjusting cooling set-points in Brisbane: how do office workers repond? / Wendy Miller, Rosemary Kennedy, Susan Loh -- Delivering energy-efficient buildings: the low energy high rise (LEHR) project / Alexandra McKenna -- Refirbishment for carbon reduction and occupent comfort: insights from the post-occupancy evaluation of three office buildings: what is the feedback from occupants in developing the case for retrofitting / Leena Thomas -- The Deakin University Waterfront Campus: Callista Offices: how can an evidence-based approach to office renovatio0n work in practice? / Mark B. Luther -- Summary / Francis Barram, Nathan Groenhout.

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