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Energy conservation guidebook / by Dale R. Patrick, Stephen W. Fardo, Ray E. Richardson, Brian W. Fardo.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Lilburn, GA : The Fairmont Press : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Third editionDescription: xii, 523 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 088173716X (The Fairmont Press, Inc.)
  • 9781482255690 (Taylor & Francis Ltd.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 696 23 ENG
Other editions: Revision of:: Energy conservation guidebook / by Dale R. Patrick ... [et al.]
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Chapter 1
Introduction/Green Energy Concept
Overview of Energy Management
The Systems Concept

Chapter 2
Energy Basics/ Foundation for Understanding
Introduction
Matter
Heat
Pressure
Humidity
etc

Chapter 3
The Building Structure/ Saving Money
Introduction
Heat Loss
Heat Gain
Energy use in Buildings
factors that Affect Building Construction
etc

Chapter 4

Introduction
The Heating System concept
Types of Heating Systems
Fossil-Fuel Heating Systems
Forced -Air Gas Furnaces
High - Efficiency Gas Furnaces
etc

Chapter 5

Summer Air-Conditioning Systems/ Saving Natural Resources

Introduction
Air-Conditioning- System
Classifications
Air-Conditioning Systems
Cooling -System Applications
Split- Systems
etc

Chapter 6

Lighting Systems/ Improved Efficiency

Introduction
Characteristics of Light
Types of Lighting
Incandescent Lighting
Fluorescent Lighting
Vapor Lighting
etc

Chapter 7

Water systems / Saving Our valuable Resource

Water - System Basics

Water Purification

Water Distribution

Building Plumbing Systems

Faucets

etc

Chapter 8

Electrical Power Systems/ Improved Efficiency

Electrical Power System Overview

Types of Electrical Circuits

Electrical Power Production Systems

Electrical Load Estimating

Electrical Generators

etc


Chapter 9

Solar Energy Systems/Green Possibility

Types of Solar Energy Systems

Solar Air-Conditioning Systems

Photovoltaic Systems

Domestic Solar Hot -Water Heating


Products for Energy Conservation

etc

Chapter 10

Instrumentation and Measurement

Temperature Measuring Instruments
Nonelectrical Instrumentation
Electronic Temperature Instruments
Humidity Measurement
Pressure measurement
etc

Chapter 11

Energy Management /for Going Green

Energy Use in Buildings

Considerations for Effective Energy Management

Developing an Energy Management Program

Suggestions for Building Owners and Operators

Energy Audit

etc

Chapter 12

Alternative Energy Systems/ More Green Possibilities

Geothermal Power

Wind Power

Tidal Power Systems

Biomass Systems

Cogeneration

etc

Chapter 13

Energy Cost Reduction /Going Green

Green Energy Concept
Assessing Energy Consumption /Affecting the Environment
Building Structure/ Saving Money
Heating and Cooling / Saving Natural Resources
etc

Includes index.

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