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Introduction |
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1 Background for an energy-efficient and low-carbon built environment |
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1.2 Principal threats to the global environment |
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1.3 The greenhouse effect, global warming and climate change |
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1.4 Likely impacts of climate change and the challenge of mitigation |
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1.5 Energy use and carbon emissions from buildings |
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1.6 Energy grids: adequacy of infrastructure and security of supply |
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1.7 Other environmental impacts of the built environment |
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1.8 Materials usage and embodied energy/carbon |
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1.9 The need to plan for adaptation |
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1.10 General concepts for whole-life holistic design |
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2 Interdisciplinary design collaboration for energy-efficient buildings |
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2.2 Design team structures and roles |
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2.3 Design appointments and work stages |
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2.5 Design objectives for building services engineers |
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2.6 Provision for testing and commissioning |
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2.7 Legislation, regulations and consents |
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2.8 Quality management for designers |
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3 Generic design strategies for energy-efficient, low-carbon buildings |
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3.2 Developing a focused approach |
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3.3 Energy strategy reports |
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3.4 The building envelope and passive design measures |
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3.5 Active elements: engineering systems |
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3.6 Whole-life operation: management regime |
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3.7 Heat pumps for heating |
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3.8 CHP and the impact of grid decarbonisation on liability |
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3.9 Regulatory context: Building Regulations Approved Document Part L in England and Wales |
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4 Post occupancy evaluation for optimal energy and environmental performance |
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4.2 The European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive |
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4.5 A method developed in the UK: the PROBE study |
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4.7 One example of POE from a European study |
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5.2 Indoor air quality (IAQ) |
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124 | (4) |
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5.6 Indoor environmental quality assessment methods and tools |
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129 | (3) |
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6 Energy-efficient ventilation |
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6.2 Ventilation requirements |
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6.3 Ventilation strategies |
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6.4 Ventilation efficiency |
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6.5 Calculating ventilation rate due to natural driving forces |
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6.7 Ventilation for cooling |
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7 Air conditioning systems |
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7.2 Classification of air conditioning systems |
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7.4 Central cur conditioning systems |
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7.5 All-air central car conditioning systems |
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7.6 Air and water central air conditioning systems |
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7.7 All-water air conditioning systems |
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7.8 Chilled ceilings and beams |
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7.9 Air conditioning system selection and evaluation |
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8 Energy-efficient thermal energy generation and distribution in buildings |
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8.2 Refrigeration equipment |
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8.3 Heat rejection equipment |
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8.5 Air distribution systems |
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201 | (6) |
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8.6 Hot and chilled water systems |
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9 Low-energy approaches for the thermal control of buildings |
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9.2 Thermal energy recovery |
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213 | (4) |
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9.4 Solar thermal technologies |
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220 | (4) |
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224 | (2) |
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9.8 Thermal energy storage with phase-change materials |
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10 Energy-efficient electrical systems, controls and metering |
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10.2 Energy-efficient power distribution arrangements |
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10.3 Motor power for HVAC equipment |
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238 | (13) |
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10.6 EC/DC fan coil units |
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10.7 Key operational decisions for electricity usage |
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10.8 Unregulated loads: small power equipment |
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10.9 Process loads supported by UPS systems |
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10.10 Enabling energy management through controls, monitoring and data collection |
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10.11 Controls and building management systems (BMS) |
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10.12 Metering and monitoring |
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262 | (4) |
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10.13 Renewable electricity generation: wind power and photovoltaics |
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266 | (13) |
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279 | (2) |
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11 Building thermal load calculations |
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11.2 The cyclic dynamic model and the admittance procedure |
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282 | (2) |
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11.4 Total building heat gain |
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298 | (1) |
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11.5 Building classification and thermal response |
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11.6 Building cooling load calculations using the admittance procedure |
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11.7 Budding heating had calculations |
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12 Building electric power load assessment |
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12.2 Bask elements of a power system infrastructure |
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12.3 An introduction to had assessment |
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12.4 Load patterns and profiles |
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311 | (3) |
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12.5 The main methods of load assessment |
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12.6 Diversification and diversity factors |
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12.7 Load assessment by system |
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12.11 Data processing loads |
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12.12 Loads supported by UPS systems |
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12.14 Lifts and escalators |
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12.15 Chargers for electric cars |
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12.16 Load assessment tabulation method |
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12.17 Brief note on assumptions and simplifications |
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12.18 Brief note on the impact of harmonics |
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13 Space planning and design integration for services |
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13.2 Space planning strategy |
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13.3 Space criteria for mechanical and electrical equipment |
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343 | (3) |
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13.4 Space planning for plant rooms |
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346 | (4) |
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13.5 Space planning for risers |
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13.6 Planning horizontal distribution |
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13.7 Integrated and coordinated solutions |
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13.8 Implications of adaptation to climate change on space planning |
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References |
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Index |
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