This chapter focuses on thermal performance of the fabric, but there are many synergies with these other factors. The building fabric and services design are the two key aspects of a building’s performance. A successful fabric will be thermally efficient and keep the weather, pollution, fire, noise, damp and other external factors removed from the internal environment. A thermally efficient building envelope will need to be well built, structurally sound, airtight, weatherproof, fire resistant and have good acoustic performance due to the insulation and airtightness. The attention to detail and quality assurance on site needed to deliver a thermally efficient building will also ...
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