40% house

Environmental Change Institute, 2005
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Document Status

Archived

Supplement

Core Supplement

Abstract

Summarises the main findings and recommendations of the 40% House project, which investigated how the UK Government's commitment to a 60% cut in carbon emissions from 1997 levels by 2050 can be realised in the residential sector, so that the typical home becomes a '40% House'. Covers views of the future; households and living space; thermal comfort and control; building fabric and housing stock; lights and appliances; provision of heating and electricity through low and zero carbon technologies; electricity and gas implications; and finally, achieving the 40% House scenario.

History

This document has been archived by the original publisher.

ISBN

9781874370390

Subjects

  • Space heating/central heating
  • Building types
  • Housing/residential facilities
  • Special subject areas
  • Energy efficiency/Energy Management
  • Building services
  • Environmental issues/energy

Publisher History

The Environmental Change Institute is an interdisciplinary unit within Oxford University that undertakes research on environmental issues.

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