Refurbishment
Refurbishment of a building can reduce operating and maintenance costs, reduce waste, increase building performance, extend the life of the building and can be more sustainable than demolishing the building and building a new structure. Refurbishment covers both partial refurbishment eg window or lighting refurbishment or refurbishment of one floor, and full refurbishment of the entire building.
BRE Sustainable Refurbishment (Program Information)
Looks at the long term environmental sustainability of redevelopment and refurbishment using life cycle assessment.
http://projects.bre.co.uk/envdiv/ sustainable_refurb/index.html
UTS Applying sustainability in the refurbishment of the Fairfax building (Case Study)
This case study looks at the refurbishment of an existing building and the resulting environmental performance.
http://www.sustainability.uts.edu.au/ docs/ebentton1.doc
Sureuro Sustainable Refurbishment Europe (Website)
Models and systems for housing organisations, interested parties; local authorities, town planners, construction companies etc, to perform refurbishment processes within a normal time schedule and budget. SUREURO includes environmental improvement and energy savings.
http://www.sureuro.com/
Green Street (Website)
This website looks at different refurbishment options that improve the environmental performance of residential buildings.
http://greenstreet.wiredesign.net/index.php
