Building Services Engineering
eBook - ePub

Building Services Engineering

  1. 390 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Building Services Engineering

About this book

Engineering services within buildings account for ongoing energy use, greenhouse gas contribution and life safety provisions. This fully updated sixth edition of David Chadderton's leading textbook is the perfect preparation for those intending to enter this increasingly important field.

Chapters addressing heating, climate change, air conditioning, transportation systems, water, gas, electricity, drainage and room acoustics cover all the key responsibilities of the building services engineer. As well as introductory material and the underpinning theory, practical guidance is provided in the form of sample calculations and spreadsheets.

New material includes:

  • trends and recent applications in lowering the energy use by mechanical and electrical services systems, heating, cooling and lighting of buildings
  • case studies modelled from post-occupancy reports to provide realistic discussion topics
  • examples of the use of photovoltaic solar panels, chilled beams, under floor air distribution, labyrinths, ground-sourced heat pumps, district heating and cooling, energy performance certificates, energy auditing and wind turbines
  • outlines of the concepts of global warming, carbon trading and zero carbon buildings.
  • exercises in each chapter and online self-study questions.

A significantly expanded companion site offers over 1,000 self-test questions, powerpoint slides for lecturers, and an instructors' manual, enabling the rapid generation of lectures, assignments, and tests. This is the ideal textbook for students of building services engineering, as well as a comprehensive guide for those about to start work.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of figures
  6. List of tables
  7. Preface to sixth edition
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Units and constants
  10. Symbols
  11. 1 Climate change
  12. 2 Post occupancy
  13. 3 Built environment
  14. 4 Energy economics
  15. 5 Ventilation and air conditioning
  16. 6 Heat demand
  17. 7 Heating
  18. 8 Water services
  19. 9 Electrical installations
  20. 10 Lighting
  21. 11 Condensation in buildings
  22. 12 Gas
  23. 13 Plant and service areas
  24. 14 Fire protection
  25. 15 Room acoustics
  26. 16 Mechanical transportation
  27. 17 Question bank
  28. 18 Understanding units
  29. 19 Answers to questions
  30. References
  31. Index