Simple Solutions to Energy Calculations, Fourth Edition - Hardcover

Vaillencourt, Richard R.

9781420073270: Simple Solutions to Energy Calculations, Fourth Edition

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ISBN 10: 1420073273 ISBN 13: 9781420073270

Publisher: Fairmont Press, 2007

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Updated with new material on thermodynamics to provide a blueprint for controlling energy use in buildings, this reference will save you countless hours doing energy feasibility studies and associated calculations. A practicing engineer, the author shares his secrets for simplifying complex energy calculations and shows how to use his unique, time-saving methods. Using concise, innovative decision-making tools, he demonstrates how to cut through the maze of detail so that you can determine whether to invest real time and money into developing details on a project under consideration. Key topics covered include the walk-through audit, lighting, pumps, fans, motors, insulation, fuel switching, heat recovery, HVAC, and energy myths. The book also supplies a summary of energy calculations and an appendix of the author’s retrofit rules.

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Developed by a practicing engineer, this indispensable reference will save you countless hours doing energy feasibility studies and associated calculations. The author will share with you his secrets for simplifying complex energy calculations, and show you how to use his unique, time-saving methods. You'll learn how to cut through the maze of detail using concise, innovative decision-making tools to determine whether you should invest real time and money into developing the details of a project under consideration. Numerous energy projects involving pumps, fans, motors, HVAC retrofits, insulation, and heat recovery are covered, with complete calculation details and solutions methodology presented. The third edition adds new material on "energy myths" associated with energy calculations and conservation.