Building services engineering - David V Chadderton

Engineering services within buildings account for ongoing energy use, greenhouse gas contribution and life safety provisions. This fully updated sixth edition ofDavid Chadderton's leadingtextbookis the perfect preparationfor thoseintendingtoenter this increasingly important field.

Chapters addressing heating, climate change, air conditioning, transportation systems, water, gas, electricity, drainage and room acousticscover all the key responsibilities of the building services engineer. As well as introductory material and the underpinning theory,practical guidance is provided in theform ofsample calculations andspreadsheets.

New material includes:

• trends and recent applications in lowering the energy use by mechanical and electrical services systems, heating, cooling and lighting of buildings
• case studies modelled from post-occupancy reports to provide realistic discussion topics
• examples of the use of photovoltaic solar panels, chilled beams, under floor air distribution, labyrinths, ground-sourced heat pumps, district heating and cooling, energy performance certificates, energy auditing and wind turbines
• outlines of the concepts of global warming, carbon trading and zero carbon buildings.
• exercises in each chapter and online self-study questions.

A significantly expandedcompanion site offers over 1,000self-test questions, powerpoint slides for lecturers, and an instructors' manual,enabling the rapid generation of lectures,assignments, and tests. This is the idealtextbook forstudents of building services engineering, as well as a comprehensive guide for those about to start work.