VENTILATION OF BUILDINGS [Paperback]

H.B. Awbi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0415270561 | ISBN-13: 978-0415270564 | Edition: 2

Hazim Awbi's Ventilation of Buildings has become established as the main text on the subject. This revised edition builds on the basic principles and draws in the results of considerable new research in the field. A new chapter on natural ventilation is added. Recent developments in ventilation concepts and room air distribution are also included.

The text is intended for the practitioner in the building services industry or the architect, the postgraduate student undertaking courses or research in HVAC, building services engineering, or building environmental engineering, and the undergraduate studying building services as a major subject. The book is both a presentation of the practical issues that are needed for modern ventilation system design and a survey of recent developments in the subject.

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About the Author

Hazim Awbi is Senior Lecturer in Building Services Engineering at the University of Reading, UK. He is the Director of the Indoor Environmental and Energy Research Group, and is the main developer of the CFD code VORTEX©, which is used extensively in room air movement research and in the design of air distribution systems. Dr Awbi was the Chair and organiser of ROOMVENT 2000, the International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms.

Product Details

• Paperback: 536 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 2 edition (July 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415270561
• ISBN-13: 978-0415270564
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,810,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good review of HVAC Principles for the Practicing Engineer, January 6, 2003

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T. Herrmann "TJH" (Aurora, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VENTILATION OF BUILDINGS (Paperback)

I used this book in a course on HVAC design with an emphasis on built environments and building environmental controls. The book provides a good overview and useful examples in the areas of comfort design, contaminant controls and HVAC systems. The only real weakness I identified is that there are occasional errors in the text regarding the equations provided. The publisher should issue an addenda with this information so the student or practicing engineer doesn't find out too late that their calculation is incorrect. Careful checking will catch these (especially by verifying the units as you progress through the calculations), but this should have been caught during the publishers review of the text.