Building Services Design for Energy Efficient Buildings.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Background for an energy-efficient and low-carbon built environment -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Principal threats to the global environment -- 1.3 The greenhouse effect, global warming and climate change -- 1.4 Likely impacts of climate change and the challenge of mitigation -- 1.5 Energy use and carbon emissions from buildings -- 1.6 Energy grids: adequacy of infrastructure and security of supply -- 1.7 Other environmental impacts of the built environment -- 1.8 Materials usage and embodied energy/carbon -- 1.9 The need to plan for adaptation -- 1.10 General concepts for whole-life holistic design -- 1.11 Summary -- 2 Interdisciplinary design collaboration for energy-efficient buildings -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Design team structures and roles -- 2.3 Design appointments and work stages -- 2.4 Brief development -- 2.5 Design objectives for building services engineers -- 2.6 Provision for testing and commissioning -- 2.7 Legislation, regulations and consents -- 2.8 Quality management for designers -- 2.9 Summary -- 3 Generic design strategies for energy-efficient, low-carbon buildings -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Developing a focused approach -- 3.3 Energy strategy reports -- 3.4 The building envelope and passive design measures -- 3.5 Active elements: engineering systems -- 3.6 Whole-life operation: management regime -- 3.7 Heat pumps for heating -- 3.8 CHP and the impact of grid decarbonisation on viability -- 3.9 Regulatory context: Building Regulations Approved Document Part L in England and Wales -- 3.10 Summary -- 4 Post occupancy evaluation for optimal energy and environmental performance -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive -- 4.3 Why do we need POE? -- 4.4 POE methods.

4.5 A method developed in the UK: the PROBE study -- 4.6 Soft Landings -- 4.7 One example of POE from a European study -- 4.8 Summary -- 5 Health and wellbeing -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Indoor air quality (IAQ) -- 5.3 Thermal comfort -- 5.4 Visual comfort -- 5.5 Acoustical comfort -- 5.6 Indoor environmental quality assessment methods and tools -- 5.7 Summary -- 6 Energy-efficient ventilation -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Ventilation requirements -- 6.3 Ventilation strategies -- 6.4 Ventilation efficiency -- 6.5 Calculating ventilation rate due to natural driving forces -- 6.6 Fans -- 6.7 Ventilation for cooling -- 6.8 Summary -- 7 Air conditioning systems -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Classification of air conditioning systems -- 7.3 Unitary systems -- 7.4 Central air conditioning systems -- 7.5 All-air central air conditioning systems -- 7.6 Air and water central air conditioning systems -- 7.7 All-water air conditioning systems -- 7.8 Chilled ceilings and beams -- 7.9 Air conditioning system selection and evaluation -- 7.10 Summary -- 8 Energy-efficient thermal energy generation and distribution in buildings -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Refrigeration equipment -- 8.3 Heat rejection equipment -- 8.4 Heating equipment -- 8.5 Air distribution systems -- 8.6 Hot and chilled water systems -- 8.7 Summary -- 9 Low-energy approaches for the thermal control of buildings -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Thermal energy recovery -- 9.3 Heat pump systems -- 9.4 Solar thermal technologies -- 9.5 Evaporative cooling -- 9.6 Desiccant cooling -- 9.7 Slab cooling -- 9.8 Thermal energy storage with phase-change materials -- 9.9 Summary -- 10 Energy-efficient electrical systems, controls and metering -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Energy-efficient power distribution arrangements -- 10.3 Motor power for HVAC equipment -- 10.4 Lighting -- 10.5 Lifts -- 10.6 EC/DC fan coil units.

10.7 Key operational decisions for electricity usage -- 10.8 Unregulated loads: small power equipment -- 10.9 Process loads supported by UPS systems -- 10.10 Enabling energy management through controls, monitoring and data collection -- 10.11 Controls and building management systems (BMS) -- 10.12 Metering and monitoring -- 10.13 Renewable electricity generation: wind power and photovoltaics -- 10.14 Summary -- 11 Building thermal load calculations -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 The cyclic dynamic model and the admittance procedure -- 11.3 Building heat gains -- 11.4 Total building heat gain -- 11.5 Building classification and thermal response -- 11.6 Building cooling load calculations using the admittance procedure -- 11.7 Building heating load calculations -- 11.8 Summary -- 12 Building electric power load assessment -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Basic elements of a power system infrastructure -- 12.3 An introduction to load assessment -- 12.4 Load patterns and profiles -- 12.5 The main methods of load assessment -- 12.6 Diversification and diversity factors -- 12.7 Load assessment by system -- 12.8 Lighting -- 12.9 Small power -- 12.10 Mechanical plant -- 12.11 Data processing loads -- 12.12 Loads supported by UPS systems -- 12.13 Parasitic loads -- 12.14 Lifts and escalators -- 12.15 Chargers for electric cars -- 12.16 Load assessment tabulation method -- 12.17 Brief note on assumptions and simplifications -- 12.18 Brief note on the impact of harmonics -- 12.19 Summary -- 13 Space planning and design integration for services -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Space planning strategy -- 13.3 Space criteria for mechanical and electrical equipment -- 13.4 Space planning for plant rooms -- 13.5 Space planning for risers -- 13.6 Planning horizontal distribution -- 13.7 Integrated and coordinated solutions.

13.8 Implications of adaptation to climate change on space planning -- 13.9 Builder's work -- 13.10 Summary -- References -- Index.

This book provides a contemporary introduction and guide to building services design, for students and practitioners alike.

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