Presents a methodology for retrofitting existing commercial buildings in warm climates, using bioclimatic design

Part 1: Eco Design and Renovation 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Strategies for Design of Our Green Built Environment 1.3. Eco Design for Retrofitting 1.4. Summary Part 2: Bioclimatic Retrofitting 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Design Solution Sets For Bioclimatic Retrofit 2.3. An Evidenced-Base Design (Ebd) Approach For Selecting Retrofitting Strategies 2.4. Performance Improvements Of Retrofitting Design Solution Sets 2.5. The Economic Case for Retrofitting Using Bioclimatic Principles (Francis Barram) 2.6. Summary Part 3: Technological and Behaviour Change for Performance Improvements 3.1 Introduction 3.2. Evaluation Typologies of Commercial Architecture For Retrofitting 3.3. Retrofitting Comfort And Indoor Environmental Quality 3.4. Reviewing Benchmarking Systems For Retrofitting 3.5. Energy Performance Rating Systems 3.6. Performance Modelling Tools 3.7. Monitoring Building Performance 3.8. A Diagnostic Toolkit for Multi-Dimensional Testing Of Built Internal Environments 3.9. Reducing Embodied Energy Through Retrofit 3.10. A Checklist For Reducing Peak Energy Loads In Buildings: A Staged Approach 3.11. Penalty-Reward-Pinch (PRP) Design In Commercial Building Sustainability 3.12. Economic Drivers For Renovation 3.13. A Bioclimatic Design Approach For Retrofitting Commercial Office Buildings 3.14. Summary Part 4: Retrofitting Exemplars 4.1. Introduction 4.2. PMM Building; Passive Systems Improvement 4.3. 55 St Andrews Place; Turning a Sparrow into a Peacock 4.4. Bioclimatic Retrofitting Of University Buildings 4.5. 503 Collins Street 4.6. Solar Thermal Retrofit 4.7. Benefits And Impacts Of Adjusting Cooling Set-Points In Brisbane 4.8. Low Energy High-Rise 4.9. Refurbishment for Carbon Reduction and Occupant Comfort - Insights from the Post Occupancy Evaluation of Three Office Buildings 4.10. The Deakin University Waterfront Campus - Callista Offices A Case Study