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A Handbook on Low-Energy Buildings and District-Energy Systems |
Fundamentals, Techniques and Examples:
***Recipient of the 2007 OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE AWARD from Choice***
Bringing together a wealth of information on energy use and energy efficiency in buildings at a level that can be easily digested and applied, Harvey offers a comprehensive, objective, and critical sourcebook on low-energy buildings. Topics covered include the thermal envelope, heating, cooling, heat pumps, HVAC systems, hot water, lighting, solar energy, appliances and office equipment, embodied energy, buildings as systems, and community-integrated energy systems (cogeneration, district heating, and district cooling). The book includes exemplary buildings and techniques from both North America and Europe and combines a broad, holistic perspective with technical detail in an accessible and insightful manner.
This book will appeal to universities, research institutes, professional architects, and energy consultants with an interest in low-energy buildings and district-energy systems, as well as students learning about energy use in buildings and sustainable architecture.
Danny Harvey is a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto.
Contents
Environmental and Energy Security Imperatives; Energy Basics and Organizational Strategy; Thermal Envelope; Heating Systems; Heat Pumps; Cooling Loads and Cooling Devices; HVAC Systems; Domestic Hot Water; Lighting; Appliances; Solar Energy; Embodied Energy and Operating Energy; Energy Savings and the Role of the Design Process; Retrofits; Community-Integrated Energy Systems; Appendices; Index.
"[A] serious, thorough consideration of methods for reducing the energy footprint of buildings. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended."
-- J. J. Arnold, Central Piedmont Community College, Choice
"I predict that it will become the 'bible' of the field....In my career, it's been difficult to spot a future classic even before it was published, but this is such a classic."
-- Mark D. Levine, Director, Energy Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
"...technology compendia such as this book will become increasingly valuable as designers rethink conventional patterns to benefit from working with nature, not against it."
-- Stephen Pope, Sustainable Buildings and Communities, Natural Resources Canada
"It will be the definitive sustainability sourcebook in our studio library."
-- Ken Shuttleworth and Gary Rawlings, MAKE architects, London
"The book is a real tour de force."
-- Professor J. Clarke, Director, Energy Systems Research Unit, University of Strathclyde
Published by Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Danny Harvey
September 2006
512 pp., 8" x 10 1/2", line drawings, photographs, tables, boxes, & equations
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