Heating and Cooling of Buildings: Design for Efficiency - Hardcover

Kreider, Jan F.; Rabl, Ari

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0078347769 ISBN 13: 9780078347764

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1993

Synopsis

For use on HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) courses offered in mechanical and some civil engineering departments, this text emphasizes the building envelope aspect of heating and cooling systems as opposed to the mechanical equipment involved, and focuses on design optimization. In view of the importance of energy use for lighting, approaches to energy efficiency are dealt with. It also presents the methods of ASHRAE, explaining the physical principles on which they are based. The emphasis on critical thinking is designed to encourage students to think in context and to ask whether claims and/or results make sense. Numerous examples are presented and solved in a uniform format which students are encouraged to use for homework problems and for calculations encountered in their professional careers.

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From the Publisher

Practical coverage of refrigeration & AC in buildings; theory introduced so students/professionals can see its importance and out it to use
Software package for determining HVAC design in buildings bound with book. This provides a good computational and modeling tool to use while solving book problems, or in project work. The software is fully updated to the Windows environment in the 2/e.
A web site is now included, with book info, and solutions for instructors.
25% of the book's problems will be revised in the 2/e.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0078347769
• ISBN 13: 9780078347764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 832