A Handbook on Low-Energy Buildings and District-Energy Systems: Fundamentals, Techniques and Examples

ISBN-13: 9781138965508 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 720 str.

L.D. Danny Harvey

Opis

Winner of Choice Magazine - Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007Buildings account for over one third of global energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Reducing energy use by buildings is therefore an essential part of any strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and thereby lessen the likelihood of potentially catastrophic climate change. Bringing together a wealth of hard-to-obtain information on energy use and energy efficiency in buildings at a level which can be easily digested and applied, Danny Harvey offers a comprehensive, objective and critical sourcebook on low-energy buildings. Topics covered include: thermal envelopes, 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 North America, Europe and Asia, and combines a broad, holistic perspective with technical detail in an accessible and insightful manner.

Spis treści

Environmental and Energy-Security Imperatives * Energy Basics, Climate and Meteorological Data, Organizational Strategy * Thermal Envelope and Building Shape, Form and Orientation * Heating Systems * Heat Pumps * Cooling Loads and Cooling Devices * Conditioning (HVAC) Systems * Water and Domestic Hot Water * Lighting * Appliances, Consumer Electronics, Office Equipment and Elevators * Active Collection and Transformation of Solar and Wind Energy * Comparison of Embodied Energy, Operating Energy and Associated Greenhouse Gas Emissions * Demonstrated Energy Savings in Advanced New Buildings and the Role of the Design Process * Energy Savings Through Retrofits of Existing Buildings * Community-Integrated Energy Systems * Summary and Conclusions *

O autorze

L. D. Danny Harvey is a Professor at the University of Toronto, and brings a 25-year background in computer climate modelling and analysis of energy scenarios to the problem of how to create truly sustainable buildings.