This guide to the basics of plumbing and central heating is designed for complete amateurs, and written by one of the most experienced plumbing tutors in the country. Whether you are attempting projects such as installing a new bathroom or plumbing in a new dishwasher, or just need to understand enough to do essential repairs and fixes, this is the book for you. It includes step-by-step guides to sorting out the most common plumbing problems, and comprehensive coverage of the key tasks, all based on a straightforward introduction to the layout of your house and water system. In addition, it has plenty of illustrations, a full glossary, a whole chapter on how and who to call for help, a guide to the necessary toolkit and a list of the top ten plumbing emergencies.

The second edition of Ventilation Control of the Work Environment incorporates changes in the field of industrial hygiene since the first edition was published in 1982. Integrating feedback from students and professionals, the new edition includes problems sets for each chapter and updated information on the modeling of exhaust ventilation systems, and thus assures the continuation of the book's role as the primary industry textbook.
This revised text includes a large amount of material on HVAC systems, and has been updated to reflect the changes in the Ventilation Manual published by ACGIH. It uses both English and metric units, and each chapter concludes with a problem set.

The hands-on daylighting resource to solve a variety of design issues

From evaluation to implementation, Daylighting Performance and Design is a veritable catalog of daylighting strategies, building materials, and methods of construction. This Second Edition offers up-to-date case studies, the latest glazing techniques, new discussions on productivity and human performance, and valuable knowledge on the impact of daylighting on interior spaces. With hands-on guidance, step-by-step instructions, and concise information, this resource stands alone in the field of architectural design.

Real-world execution of design concepts are illustrated by a wide range of case studies that include such structures as:

United Gulf Bank

Newport Coast Elementary School

Nike European Headquarters

Remo Headquarters

Success Center

Unlike other books that get bogged down in overly complex detail and laborious language, Daylighting Performance and Design is a highly visual resource with clear information and straight-to-the-solution examples. From saving energy and money to increasing productivity in schools and offices, all aspects of the latest advances in theory, calculations, and execution techniques are available here. Busy professionals can find explanations at a glance with more than 175 striking illustrations and many visual examples.

Complete with extensive appendices featuring invaluable data, worksheets, and forms, Daylighting Performance and Design, Second Edition is an essential volume for everyone interested in architectural design that is sensitive to the environment.

Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are no longer confined to use in commercial signage and have now moved firmly, and with unquestioned advantages, into the field of commercial and domestic lighting. This development was prompted in the late 1980s by the invention of the blue LED, a wavelength that had previously been missing from the available LED spectrum and which opened the way to providing white light. Since that point, LED performance (including energy efficiency) has improved dramatically, and now compares with the performance of fluorescent lights - and there remain further performance improvements yet to be delivered.

The book begins with the principles of LED lighting, then focuses on issues and challenges. Chapters are devoted to key steps in LED manufacturing: substrate, epitaxy, process and packaging. Photoelectric characterization of LEDs, Lighting with LEDs and the imposition of a certain level of color quality, are the subject of later chapters, and finally there is a detailed discussion of the emergence of OLEDs, or organic LEDs, which have specific capabilities of immediate interest and importance in this field.

During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. How did such enormous changes in the way people saw and were seen affect Victorian culture? To answer that question, Chris Otter mounts an ambitious history of illumination and vision in Britain, drawing on extensive research into everything from the science of perception and lighting technologies to urban design and government administration. He explores how light facilitated such practices as safe transportation and private reading, as well as institutional efforts to collect knowledge. And he contends that, contrary to presumptions that illumination helped create a society controlled by intrusive surveillance, the new radiance often led to greater personal freedom and was integral to the development of modern liberal society.
"The Victorian Eye"'s innovative interdisciplinary approach--and generous illustrations---will captivate a range of readers interested in the history of modern Britain, visual culture, technology, and urbanization.

Dieses Buch verfolgt das Ziel, Studierende bestmoeglich auf die Festigkeitslehre-Klausur vorzubereiten. Eine zentrale Rolle spielt dabei das in den Statik Verstandnisaufgaben eingefuhrte didaktische Konzept: Die Theorie wird nicht einfach nur erklart, sondern in Form von Aufgaben prasentiert. Bei Herleitungen ist der Loesungsweg einschliesslich der erforderlichen Skizzen vorgegeben, um den Blick auf die wichtigen Details lenken zu koennen. UEbungsaufgaben werden variiert, bei Bedarf in Teilaufgaben zerlegt und zu Beginn eines neuen Themas mit vielen Hinweisen versehen. Abgerundet werden die Verstandnisaufgaben durch Kontrollfragen zu grundlegenden Prinzipien, Konventionen und Fachbegriffen. Neben ausfuhrlichen Loesungen, die in der Regel uber die reine Beantwortung der Frage hinausgehen und auf die kommenden Themen vorbereiten sollen, gibt es ein eigenes Kapitel mit Loesungshinweisen. Wer nicht von allein auf den Loesungsansatz kommt, der muss nicht in der Loesung spicken, sondern kann sich zunachst die ein oder andere Anregung geben lassen. Erganzt werden die Verstandnisaufgaben durch zwei Formelsammlungen. Der Inhalt der Lern-Formelsammlung kann als das kleine Einmaleins der Festigkeitslehre angesehen werden und muss spatestens bei der Prufung abrufbereit sein. Anspruchsvollere Formeln finden sich in der Klausur-Formelsammlung, ein klassisches Nachschlagewerk, das in dieser und ahnlicher Form bei vielen Prufungen zum Einsatz kommt.

Hunderttausende Kinder und Lehrer werden auch in diesem Winter frieren, weil aus Hygienegrunden die Fenster geoeffnet werden mussen. Aber nicht nur das COVID-19-Virus ist Ursache fur die Schulluftungsproblematik. Auch die Belastung der Atemluft durch weitere Luftinhaltstoffe, insbesondere durch CO2, kann negative Folgen fur die Gesundheit haben und Konzentrationsmangel und Mudigkeit verursachen.

Beton-3D-Druckverfahren werden es zukunftig ermoeglichen, Bauprozesse planbarer, produktiver und nachhaltiger zu realisieren. Durch die hoechst anspruchsvollen Randbedingungen auf Baustellen und die im Bauwesen typische Unikatbauweise unterliegen Beton-3D-Druckverfahren besonderen Herausforderungen. Die innovativen Technologien stehen daruber hinaus im wirtschaftlichen Wettbewerb zu konventionellen Bauverfahren. Um die Wirtschaftlichkeit und Prozesssicherheit von Beton-3D-Druckverfahren zu gewahrleisten, sind die 3D-Druckstrategie und massgebende Prozessparameter unter baubetrieblichem Fokus zu optimieren. Dieses Buch beinhaltet eine wissenschaftliche Untersuchung zur baubetrieblichen Optimierung des vollwandigen Beton-3D-Drucks. Speziell werden drei Schwerpunkte genauer untersucht. Im ersten Schwerpunkt werden die verfahrensspezifischen Randbedingungen fokussiert. Schwerpunkt zwei behandelt die wirtschaftliche Optimierung des Druckpfads unter Anwendung von Methoden des Operations Research. Im Schwerpunkt drei wird eine umfassende zeitliche Simulationsstudie am Beispiel eines Einfamilienhauses durchgefuhrt. Das Buch liefert Erkenntnisse zur Druckzeitoptimierung und der Relation massgebender Prozessparameter.

Dieses essential zeigt wirksame und innovative Materialbeispiele, die massgeblich fur ein besseres Raumklima eigesetzt werden koennen und erklart gleichzeitig, warum ein Umdenken in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit in der Baubranche wichtig ist. Einleitend gibt es einen kurzen Einblick in die Thematik rund um OEkologie und Nachhaltigkeit. Beispielhafte Materialien unterschiedlicher Bereiche und Moeglichkeiten der Entsorgung werden aufgefuhrt. Zudem wird eine denkbare Zukunft im Baubereich fokussiert. Somit bietet das essential einen informativen Rundumblick in die Welt des nachhaltigen Bauens.

This book reviews the history and evolution of district heating networks, with a focus on current and future issues of the district heating sector. Novel developments in the field of low temperature district heating are studied, limitations for safe operation and avoidance of bacteria are considered, and the associated improved performance of the system with fewer network losses is presented. This book showcases how the evolution of district heating networks is linked to the increased use of renewables and de-carbonized heat sources with specific focus to waste heat streams and solar energy systems. Considering the novelty of these technologies, technological developments and funding schemes for these investments are still immature to some extent. For that reason, a comprehensive review of the main aspects of energy planning as well as district heating economics and financing schemes for large-scale investments in renewable energy systems for district energy systems is performed. In the light of digitalization, networks are increasingly monitored, allowing for a drastic change in the approach for network operation. This book also explores the increased digitization and monitoring of networks and how this impacts network operation. This book is of interest to engineers, academics and officials interested in energy systems, presenting readers with the key concepts and tools to adapt to the evolution of district heating into an integrated, digitized and higher performing system.

Obwohl in diesem essential akustische Messmethoden in Raumen und Gebauden behandelt werden, ist hier Akustik nicht als Bauakustik zu verstehen. Zusatzlich zu herkoemmlichen Methoden zur Bewertung des Innenraumklimas und fur eine energieeffiziente Klimatisierung lassen sich mit akustischen Methoden Informationen gewinnen, die bei der Raumklimagestaltung von Nutzen sein koennen: - zur Analyse von Schallgeschwindigkeitsverteilungen als Informationsquelle uber Temperatur- und Stroemungsfelder in Raumen, - zur akustischen Detektion von Undichten zum Nachweis unerwunschter Be- bzw. Entluftung und damit von Energieverlusten. Die Verfahren stammen zum Teil aus anderen Wissensgebieten, u.a. der Meteorologie, Tomografie oder der bildlichen Darstellung von Schallquellen. Damit koennen sie als Alternativen und Erganzungen zu den herkoemmlichen Methoden einer energieeffizienten Raumklimagestaltung verstanden werden.

This publication provides an overview of clean heating technologies and shares lessons from a pilot project in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The pilot aimed to identify replicable decentralized clean heating options for various household types to replace domestic coal burning. It included use of air-to-air heat pumps, air-to-water heat pumps, graphene boards, and biomass pellet boilers with an online clean heating monitoring platform to track performance. The PRC's clean heating policy framework and lessons from the monitoring platform can help guide the development of similar tools. The report provides recommendations for developing clean heating programs to stimulate market transformation toward more efficient and low-carbon heating.

This book addresses fire safety of combustible facade systems which has gained much attention in recent times due to several major fire accidents across the world where combustible facade systems had a significant role in enhancing the growth of fire. The Grenfell tower (London) fire is one of the most severe accident in this category. The book covers basic design and functional aspects of commonly used facade systems along with the materials typically used in such systems. Subsequently, it discusses the currently available testing methods at component level, intermediate level, and system level. It also provides detailed case studies of six full-scale real fire facade fire experiments that have been jointly carried out by IIT Gandhinagar and Underwriters Laboratories at the full-scale facade testing facility established at IIT Gandhinagar. The book will enable designers and decision makers to make better assessments regarding fire safety of existing and upcoming facade systems. It also serves as a guide to deciding which testing methods are more appropriate under certain conditions.

In dieser Aufgaben- und Beispielsammlung wird anhand umfassender Beispiele anschaulich gezeigt, wie ein Tragwerk durch verschiedene Kraftgroessen sowie gegebenenfalls durch Verformungsgroessen beansprucht wird. Die Beispiele ergeben sich aus den verschiedenen Lasten, wie Eigenlasten, Schnee- und Windlasten sowie Nutz- und Verkehrslasten. Anhand der Aufgaben und Beispiele wird die Ermittlung dieser unterschiedlichen Einwirkungen erklart. Dabei werden neben den ublichen Standardfallen auch Loesungsmoeglichkeiten fur komplexere Problemstellungen gezeigt, die in den Normen nicht behandelt werden. Daruber hinaus werden zu jedem Kapitel die Lernziele klar vorgegeben. Ausserdem sind Aufgaben und Beispiele mit einem Schwierigkeitsindex versehen, um dem Leser das Selbststudium zu erleichtern.

This book highlights key recent developments in air conditioning technologies for cooling and dehumidification with the specific objectives to improve energy efficiency and to minimize environmental impact. Today, air conditioning, comprising cooling and dehumidification, is a necessity in commercial and residential buildings and even in many industrial processes. This book provides key update on recent developments in air conditioning systems, cooling cycles and innovative cooling/dehumidification technologies. Key technologies related to cooling include heat-driven absorption and adsorption cooling and water-based dew point evaporative cooling. Technologies connected with dehumidification involve new generations of adsorbent-desiccant dehumidifiers, liquid-based desiccants and membranes that sieve out water vapor from air. Losses in cooling cycles and thermo-economic analysis for a sustainable economy are also judiciously documented.

This book presents selected papers from the 11th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2019), with a focus on HVAC techniques for improving indoor environment quality and the energy efficiency of heating and cooling systems. Presenting inspiration for implementing more efficient and safer HVAC systems, the book is a valuable resource for academic researchers, engineers in industry, and government regulators.

The book introduces the basic concepts of the finite element method in the static and dynamic analysis of beam, plate, shell and solid structures, discussing how the method works, the characteristics of a finite element approximation and how to avoid the pitfalls of finite element modeling. Presenting the finite element theory as simply as possible, the book allows readers to gain the knowledge required when applying powerful FEA software tools. Further, it describes modeling procedures, especially for reinforced concrete structures, as well as structural dynamics methods, with a particular focus on the seismic analysis of buildings, and explores the modeling of dynamic systems. Featuring numerous illustrative examples, the book allows readers to easily grasp the fundamentals of the finite element theory and to apply the finite element method proficiently.

This book proposes the development of solar water heating applications. The theme is topical since it is linked not only to its economic advantages, but above all to considerations relating to environmental protection. Indeed, the operation of water heating systems, industrial or domestic, by this solar energy, is characterised by the absence of polluting discharges (fumes containing CO2 and Nox), radioactive dangers and bulky waste (nuclear centre). Overall, this book deals with the description of solar energy sources (thermal and photovoltaic), the structures of innovative water heating systems by these energy sources, the thermal and electrical modelling of water heating and the estimation of the yields of the different proposed systems. The proposed knowledge makes it possible to discover the field of renewable energy and to have knowledge of the applications of innovative solar heating systems currently marketed or under development in research laboratories. Also, it allows young researchers, doctoral students, academics and engineers to innovate in the field of solar energy and to develop efficient and hybrid solar water heating systems (thermal and photovoltaic energies). The experimental results, numerical simulations and economic studies proposed will be used by design offices to size and propose the appropriate installations for industrial and domestic applications.