Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for BuildingsThis study provides a range of information, illustrations and instruction to meet the needs of today's architecture and engineering students and practitioners. This edition discusses some of the most pressing environmental concerns in the field. It presents new design techniques and equipment to improve indoor air quality, emphasizes conservation and renewable resources, such as rainwater, graywater and solar heating, passive cooling and daylighting. The book examines the psychological as well as physiological aspects of heating and cooling, light, water and sound, and discusses the consequences of global warming and the greenhouse effect for both theory and equipment. |
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ASHRAE boiler Btu/h Btu/h-ft² building's capacity ceiling climate coil cold collector condenser CONTROL THERMAL CONTROL cooling tower daylight distribution trees duct electric ENERGY OVERVIEW equipment evaporative evaporative cooling exhaust air filters fixture floor area fresh air ft² glass glazing Handbook of Fundamentals heat exchanger heat flow heat gain heat loss heat pump heating and cooling hot water HVAC indoor air quality insulation light maximum minimum outdoor air Passive Solar perimeter pipe pond pressure psychrometric chart radiation Refrigerating Reprinted by permission return air roof Section sensible heat Shading shown in Fig Society of Heating solar gain solar heating Source stack stack effect stack ventilation storage tank SUPPLY AIR surface temperature thermal break THERMAL CONTROL TABLE THERMAL CONTROL THERMAL thermal mass tion toilet tube typical units values valve velocity vent ventilation vertical wall WATER AND WASTE water heater winter zone