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The Building Environment: Active and Passive Control Systems

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Author/EditorBradshaw, V ~~ (Author)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN: 9780471689652
Pub Date16/06/2006
BindingHardback
Pages592
Edition3rd Ed
Dimensions (mm)282(h) * 224(w) * 33(d)
Architects, designers, builders, and contractors must all work together to plan the mechanical and electrical equipment that controls the indoor environment of a building. Building Control Systems is the one guide that helps everyone better use the design and construction strategies that make safe, energy-efficient buildings.
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Get the updated guide to active and passive control systems for buildings. To capitalize on today's rapidly evolving, specialized technologies, architects, designers, builders, and contractors work together to plan the mechanical and electrical equipment that controls the indoor environment of a building. The Building Environment: Active and Passive Control Systems, Third Edition helps you take advantage of design innovations and construction strategies that maximize the comfort, safety, and energy efficiency of buildings. From active HVAC systems to passive methods, lighting to on-site power generation, this updated edition explains how to strategically plan for and incorporate effective, efficient systems in today's buildings. It covers the underlying thermal theories and thermodynamic principles and focuses on design that enhances the building environment and minimizes the impact on the world's environment. The Building Environment goes beyond the ABCs of HVAC and covers: * On-site power generation, including wind turbines, solar photovoltaic cells, fuel cells, and more. * Plumbing systems, fire protection, signal systems, conveying systems, and architectural acoustics.
* Procedures and/or formulas for performing heat loss, heat gain, and energy use calculations, determining the rate of heat flow, calculating solar energy utilization, doing load calculations, and more. * Details on the latest building codes and standards references. * New information on the sustainable design of building systems and energy efficiency, including new technologies. * The latest thinking and data on a building's impact on the environment, indoor air quality, and "sick building syndrome." * Design economics, including the payback period, life-cycle cost, comparative value analysis, and building commissioning. * A practical on-the-job tool for architects, designers, builders, engineers, contractors, and other specialists, this Third Edition is also a great reference for architecture students who will lead tomorrow's design teams. Visit the companion Web site at www.wiley.com/go/bradshaw.

Get the updated guide to active and passive control systems for buildings. To capitalize on today's rapidly evolving, specialized technologies, architects, designers, builders, and contractors work together to plan the mechanical and electrical equipment that controls the indoor environment of a building. The Building Environment: Active and Passive Control Systems, Third Edition helps you take advantage of design innovations and construction strategies that maximize the comfort, safety, and energy efficiency of buildings. From active HVAC systems to passive methods, lighting to on-site power generation, this updated edition explains how to strategically plan for and incorporate effective, efficient systems in today's buildings. It covers the underlying thermal theories and thermodynamic principles and focuses on design that enhances the building environment and minimizes the impact on the world's environment. The Building Environment goes beyond the ABCs of HVAC and covers: * On-site power generation, including wind turbines, solar photovoltaic cells, fuel cells, and more. * Plumbing systems, fire protection, signal systems, conveying systems, and architectural acoustics.
* Procedures and/or formulas for performing heat loss, heat gain, and energy use calculations, determining the rate of heat flow, calculating solar energy utilization, doing load calculations, and more. * Details on the latest building codes and standards references. * New information on the sustainable design of building systems and energy efficiency, including new technologies. * The latest thinking and data on a building's impact on the environment, indoor air quality, and "sick building syndrome." * Design economics, including the payback period, life-cycle cost, comparative value analysis, and building commissioning. * A practical on-the-job tool for architects, designers, builders, engineers, contractors, and other specialists, this Third Edition is also a great reference for architecture students who will lead tomorrow's design teams. Visit the companion Web site at www.wiley.com/go/bradshaw.

VAUGHN BRADSHAW, PE, is a former instructor in the School of Architecture at Washington University.

Preface ix Introduction xiii PART 1 THERMAL CONTROL CONCEPTS 1 Chapter 1 Human Comfort and Health Requirements 3 Human Physiology 5 Heat Balance 7 Metabolism 13 Clothing 14 Environmental Factors 16 Thermal Comfort Standards 21 Temperature and Humidity Extremes 28 Air Quality and Quantity 30 Chapter 2 Thermodynamic Principles 39 Heat Transfer 40 Psychrometrics 47 Chapter 3 Thermal Dynamics of Buildings 57 Heat Gain and Loss 58 Thermal Mass Dynamics 69 Moisture Problems 72 Chapter 4 Load Calculations 79 Heating and Cooling Loads 80 Selecting Design Temperature and Humidity Conditions 85 Solar Gain Through Fenestration 87 Heat Transmission Through the Building Envelope 95 Internal Loads 100 Outside Air 104 Annual Energy Use Calculations 106 PART 2 THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS 117 Chapter 5 A Building's Impact on the Environment 119 Ozone Depletion 119 Global Warming 120 Energy Conservation 122 Green Design/Sustainable Design 122 Case Study 134 Chapter 6 Active HVAC Systems 139 Central Heat Sources 145 Central Cooling Sources 161 Distribution Media 171 Delivery Devices 184 Localized Exhaust Systems 197 Heat Recovery 199 Thermal Storage 200 Automatic Controls 203 Noise and Vibration 205 District Heating and Cooling 206 Chapter 7 Passive Methods 213 Load Reductions 214 Passive Solar Heating 235 Passive Cooling 241 Case Study 246 PART 3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS 251 Chapter 8 Lighting 253 Principles of Illumination 257 Electrical Lighting 261 Daylighting 276 Emergency Lighting 285 Outdoor Lighting 285 Chapter 9 Normal Electrical Service 289 Loads 292 Service Entrance 296 Interior Distribution 302 Battery Power Supply 308 Utility Demand Management 310 Chapter 10 On-Site Power Generation 315 Thermal-Source Generation 316 Wind Turbines 323 Solar Photovoltaic Cells 326 Hydropower 328 Chapter 11 Special Systems 335 Signal Systems 335 Conveying Systems 340 PART 4 OTHER PIPED SYSTEMS 353 Chapter 12 Plumbing Systems 355 Water Supply 356 Plumbing Fixtures 360 Sanitary Piping 370 Stormwater Drainage 375 Chapter 13 Fire Protection 383 Detection and Alarm Systems 384 Exits: Means of Egress 389 Compartmentation 391 Smoke Control 393 Fire Suppression 399 PART 5 RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES 409 Chapter 14 Architectural Acoustics 411 Sound Theory 412 Room Acoustics 415 Sound Isolation 421 Chapter 15 Building Commissioning 433 The Commissioning Plan 434 Applicable Systems and Equipment 435 Chapter 16 Design Economics 437 Payback Period 438 Life-Cycle Cost 440 Rate of Return 446 Comparative Value Analysis 447 Other Considerations 448 Appendix 453 Index 565

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