Integrated M/E Design: Building Systems Engineering

✍ Scribed by Anil Ahuja (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 386
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this long-needed, single-source reference, provides a wealth of knowledge, ranging from the basics of building systems to explanations of why systems need to be integrated, and how integration provides a basis for increased reliability and economic growth. The book delves further, exploring environmentally responsible design through the integration of natural site resources with building systems and the impact of modern technology on buildings. Integrated M/E Design examines a wide range of issues at the core of the electronically operated, economically constrained, politically controlled, and environmentally responsible, contemporary business environment.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Building Systems Engineering....Pages 1-10
Atmospheric Radiation Soup and Buildings....Pages 11-22
Basic Building Systems....Pages 23-67
Integration of Mother Nature and Building Systems....Pages 68-82
Integration of Solar Power and Building Systems....Pages 83-88
Integration of Daylighting and Building Lighting....Pages 89-97
Earth, Lakes, and Building Systems....Pages 98-104
Energy Storage....Pages 105-124
Integrated Building Systems Engineering....Pages 125-139
Trends, Recent Shifts, and Some Challenges....Pages 140-148
Acoustics, Vibrations, and Integrated Building Systems....Pages 149-164
Lightning, Electrostatic Discharge, and Buildings....Pages 165-176
Electromagnetic Waves, Noise, and System Susceptibility....Pages 177-193
The Human Body and Building Synchronization....Pages 194-214
Integrated Building Systems Automation (IBSA)....Pages 215-240
From Microelectronic Technology to Information Technology....Pages 241-251
Reliability Requirements, Risk Management, and Associated Building Systems Engineering....Pages 252-275
Air, Water, and Power Quality and Building Systems....Pages 276-303
Integrated Building Systems Commissioning....Pages 304-312
Building System Microeconomic Analysis....Pages 313-344
Building System and Construction Documents....Pages 345-368
Back Matter....Pages 369-373

✦ Subjects

Civil Engineering; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Mechanical Engineering