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Fundamentals of building energy dynamics / edited by Bruce D. Hunn.

Contributor(s): Hunn, Bruce D | IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].

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BookSeries: Solar heat technologies: 4.Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, c1996Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [1996]Description: 1 PDF (viii, 538 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262275903.Subject(s): Solar heating

| Buildings -- Energy conservation

Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleOnline resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.

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Introduction : energy use in buildings / Bruce D. Hunn -- Patterns of energy use in buildings / Arthur H. Rosenfeld ... [et al.] -- Characterization of energy processes in buildings ; Methods of energy analysis / Robert D. Busch -- Energy conservation and management strategies / P. Richard Rittelmann.

Summary: The approach taken is a commonsensical one, starting with the proposition that the purpose of buildings is to house human activities, so that conservation measures that negatively affect such activities are based on false economies. The goal is to determine rational strategies for designing new buildings and retrofitting existing buildings to bring them up to modern standards of energy use. The energy flows examined are both large scale (heating systems) and small scale (choices among appliances.).Summary: Fundamentals of Building Energy Dynamics assesses how and why buildings use energy, and how energy use and peak demand can be reduced. It provides a basis for integrating energy efficiency and solar approaches in ways that will allow building owners and designers to balance the need to minimize initial costs, operating costs, and life-cycle costs with the need to maintain reliable building operations and enhance environmental quality both inside and outside the building. Chapters trace the development of building energy systems and analyze the demand side of solar applications as a means for determining what portion of a building's energy requirements can potentially be met by solar energy.

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The approach taken is a commonsensical one, starting with the proposition that the purpose of buildings is to house human activities, so that conservation measures that negatively affect such activities are based on false economies. The goal is to determine rational strategies for designing new buildings and retrofitting existing buildings to bring them up to modern standards of energy use. The energy flows examined are both large scale (heating systems) and small scale (choices among appliances.).

Fundamentals of Building Energy Dynamics assesses how and why buildings use energy, and how energy use and peak demand can be reduced. It provides a basis for integrating energy efficiency and solar approaches in ways that will allow building owners and designers to balance the need to minimize initial costs, operating costs, and life-cycle costs with the need to maintain reliable building operations and enhance environmental quality both inside and outside the building. Chapters trace the development of building energy systems and analyze the demand side of solar applications as a means for determining what portion of a building's energy requirements can potentially be met by solar energy.

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Fundamentals of building energy dynamics / edited by Bruce D. Hunn.

Contributor(s): Hunn, Bruce D | IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].