Energy Audit of Building Systems: An Engineering Approach (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series) [Hardcover]

Moncef Krarti (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0849395879 | ISBN-13: 978-0849395871 | Publication Date: December 20, 2000 | Edition: 1

Increasing awareness of energy use-and waste-places additional onus on building managers, operators, and engineers, already bearing considerable responsibility for operating cost containment. Fortunately, research, technological developments, and practical experience provide a number of procedures and techniques that can make a significant impact on a building's energy use and expense.

Energy Audit of Building Systems offers a systematic, engineering approach to a wide range of measures and opportunities for saving energy and reducing operating costs in both residential and commercial buildings. The author first provides general tools and procedures for performing building energy audits, including economic analysis, utility rate structures, and building energy simulation. His focus then turns to various subsystems, exploring the techniques and technologies that can reduce energy use or operating costs. Each chapter includes simplified calculation methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of various efficiency measures.

Other books on energy efficiency and management are either out of date or offer only qualitative descriptions of energy conservation measures. Energy Audit of Building Systems incorporates the latest energy efficiency technologies, precise calculation procedures, and virtual step-by-step guidelines on evaluating, analyzing, and improving upon energy efficiency in buildings.

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About the Author

Dr. Moncef Krarti, Ph.D, PE, LEED®AP, is professor, associate chair, and director of the Building Systems Program—Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department at the University of Colorado. He is a renowned innovator in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. He is an experienced energy auditor, instructor, and project director, having conducted more than 1,000 energy audits of various residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities. A valued international consultant in energy efficiency, Dr. Krarti has extensive experience in promoting building energy efficiency technologies and policies. He has also been instrumental in creating energy efficiency centers and developing building energy codes and energy efficiency training programs around the globe.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 512 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (December 20, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849395879
• ISBN-13: 978-0849395871
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #843,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

Moncef Krarti, Professor, Associate Chair, and Director, Building Systems Program, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department at the University of Colorado, has a vast experience in designing, testing, and assessing innovative energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies applied to buildings. He also directed several projects in energy management of buildings. In particular, he has conducted over 1000 energy audits of various residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities. He has a published a textbook on energy audit of building systems that is widely used to teach energy audit techniques. Moreover, he has conducted several training workshops and courses in energy analysis of building energy systems using state-of-the art measurement and simulation techniques. In addition to his experience as an international consultant in energy efficiency, Prof. Krarti has published over 200 technical journals and handbook chapters in various fields related to energy efficiency and energy conservation. As part of his activities as a professor at the University of Colorado, he has managed the energy management center at the University of Colorado. He has also helped the development of similar energy efficiency centers in other countries including Brazil, Mexico, and Tunisia. Dr. Krarti has an extensive experience in promoting building energy efficiency technologies and policies overseas, including the development of building energy codes and energy efficiency training programs in several countries, including Tunisia, Sri Lanka, Egypt and collaborative research with over ten countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very complete introduction..., July 3, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Energy Audit of Building Systems: An Engineering Approach (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series) (Hardcover)

...with many interesting and relevant worked examples. One of the best building energy audit books available. The occasional non-standard phrase and innumerable arithmetical typos will challenge the student, however. The author could address the latter with an errata Web page.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very completed manual, October 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Energy Audit of Building Systems: An Engineering Approach (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series) (Hardcover)

Useful and hepful in the aproaching to energy saving process.
Units in I.S. (for europeans users.)

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recomendable, May 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Energy Audit of Building Systems: An Engineering Approach (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series) (Hardcover)

Interesante libro. Recomendable para ser leido