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Comments: 11" x 8 1/2"427 Pages Indexed. An as new book with no noted defects. Interior text pages are near flawless. This book introduces the systems used to control the thermal and luminous environment in buildings. Beginning with an introduction to the basic physical principles (heat transfer and photometry), human response (thermal and visual comfort), and design response to site and climate, both passive systems (solar heating, cooling and daylighting) and mechanical systems (HVAC and electric lighting) are covered. Quantitative methods are covered with an emphasis on rules-of-thumb and simplified worksheet calculations. Throughout the text, the relationship of the concepts and calculations to the design of both large and small-scale buildings is emphasized. Features include: 24 worked example problems. 47 case study buildings 170 design guidelines 250 end-of-chapter study questions end-of-chapter summaries of terms 266 citations in bibliography 640 free hand illustrations by the author design data for 16 U. S. climatic regions performance data for 56 passive heating systems sundials and sunpath diagrams for U.S. latitudes 8 reproducible blank worksheets.
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