Environmental Control Systems: Heating, Cooling, LightingA text/reference for architects and architectural engineering students taking a course on energy methods, this work places emphasis on the impact of heating, cooling and lighting on site of building design and features a variety of case studies as illustration. |
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Very infomative and comprehansive study on Environmental control systems. Can be used as reference book for students.
Contents
Architecture and Energy | 1 |
Heat Transfer | 7 |
Thermal Comfort | 29 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
absorbed air temperature airflow angle architect architectural atrium building envelope Calculate ceiling clerestory climate collector color color temperature comfort component construction convection cooling load cost daylight factor Direct Diffuse Total direct-gain dry-bulb dry-bulb temperature effect electric evaporation evaporative cooling example exposure exterior Figure floor area fluorescent fluorescent lamps footcandle glass glazing heat gain heat loss heat transfer horizontal HVAC illuminance increase infiltration interior lamp layers load coefficient lumen luminaire luminance masonry materials moisture night insulation obstructions orientation outdoor overhang passive solar heating percent perimeter permission R-value recommended Redrawn reduce reflected reflector region relatively Reproduced from Moore roof sensible heat shading skylight sloped solar gain solar radiation south-facing space strategies summer sunlight sunspace surface thermal comfort thermal mass thermal storage thermosiphoning Trombe wall typically units utilize vent ventilation vertical visual warm wind window winter workplane worksheet zone
Bibliographic information
| Title | Environmental Control Systems: Heating, Cooling, Lighting McGraw-Hill architecture and urban planning series |
| Author | Fuller Moore |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 1993 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | Jan 14, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0070428891, 9780070428898 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › Technology & Engineering / General |
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