Environmental control systems : heating, cooling, lighting / Fuller Moore.
By: Moore, Fuller
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BookPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1993Description: 427 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.ISBN: 0070428891.Subject(s): Buildings -- Environmental engineering | Interior lightingDDC classification: 696 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 696 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00179282 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 696 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00018001 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A 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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-389) and index.
Introduction: Architecture and Energy -- Heat transfer -- Thermal comfort -- Climate and shelter -- Microclimate, site planning, and development -- Solar geometry and shading -- Conservation -- Passive solar heating: general principles -- Passive solar heating: direct gain -- Passive solar heating: thermal storage wall -- Passive solar heating: sunspace -- Passive solar heating: convective air loop -- Passive solar heating: LCR calculations -- Formal speculations on thermal diagrams -- Passive cooling: general principles -- Passive cooling: ventilation -- Passive cooling: radiation -- Passive cooling: evaporation and dehumidification -- Passive cooling: mass effect -- Mechanical heating and cooling -- Materials, components, and details -- The luminous environment -- Daylighting: sources and concepts -- Daylighting: design strategies -- Daylighting: analysis tools -- Electric lighting: components -- Electric lighting: analysis -- Commercial buildings.