"This publication is based on articles published in the journals Detail and Detailgreen between 2011 and 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Theory + knowledge : Saving the climate or destroying culture?: Energy renovation at the crossroads -- Retrofit interior insulation of exterior walls -- Extension beneath the garden: the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main -- Housing rehabilitation after oil contamination in floodplains -- Life cycle assessment of energy-efficiency refurbishment -- Energy-efficient modernisation of lifts -- Refurbishment of curtain wall facades -- Energy-saving renovation of existing windows -- Improving the energy performance of the European housing stock -- Case studies : Renovation of a baroque ensemble in Ljubljana -- Secondary school in Neubiberg -- Summer house in Linescio -- House in a former granary in Echandens -- Addition to a home in New Canaan, Connecticut -- House in Soglio -- Refurbishment high-rise student housing block in Munich -- Conversion of Südstadt School in Hanover into a housing complex -- Rehabilitation of Park Hill Estate in Sheffield -- Remodelling and extension of Hotel Tannerhof in Bayrischzell -- Hotel "The Waterhouse" in Shanghai -- "Blue box" in Bochum -- Conversion and refurbishment of a university building in Munich -- Multi-purpose hall in Madrid -- Engineering office in Rotterdam -- Office building in Milan -- Cantonal School in Chur -- Film Centre in Madrid -- Indoor pool in Paris -- Expansion Dublin Dental University Hospital -- City hall refurbishment in Heinkenszand -- A covering for Cour Visconti at the Louvre Paris -- Conversion Astley Castle in Nuneaton, Warwickshire -- St. Moritz Parish Church in Augsburg, refurbishment and redesign -- Conversion and extension of St. Alban's Youth Hostel in Basel -- Museum Can Framis in Barcelona -- Design and construction teams.

In German and English.