Energy Audit of Building Systems: An Engineering Approach
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Increasing awareness of energy use-and waste-places additional onus on building managers, operators, and engineers, already bearing considerable responsibility for operating cost containment. Fortunately, research, technological developments, and practical experience provide a number of procedures and techniques that can make a significant impact on a building's energy use and expense.
Energy Audit of Building Systems offers a systematic, engineering approach to a wide range of measures and opportunities for saving energy and reducing operating costs in both residential and commercial buildings. The author first provides general tools and procedures for performing building energy audits, including economic analysis, utility rate structures, and building energy simulation. His focus then turns to various subsystems, exploring the techniques and technologies that can reduce energy use or operating costs. Each chapter includes simplified calculation methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of various efficiency measures.
Other books on energy efficiency and management are either out of date or offer only qualitative descriptions of energy conservation measures. Energy Audit of Building Systems incorporates the latest energy efficiency technologies, precise calculation procedures, and virtual step-by-step guidelines on evaluating, analyzing, and improving upon energy efficiency in buildings.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING ENERGY AUDIT
General Procedures
Codes and Standards
Types of Energy Audits
INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Simple Payback Analysis
Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
Utility Rate Structures
INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY CALCULATIONS TOOLS
Degree-Days Methods
Bin Methods
Thermal Networks
Whole-Building Hourly Simulation Programs
BUILDING ENVELOP AUDIT
Transmission through Building Envelop
Air Leakage Characteristics
Blower Door Testing and Analysis
Foundation Heat Transfer
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AUDIT
Energy Efficient Lighting an dBallasts
Daylighting controls
Motor Replacement
Power Factor Correction
HVAC SYSTEMS AUDIT
Air Distribution Systems Anatomy (VAV, Terminal Reheat,
Dual Duct, Multizone)
Maintenance and Controls
HVAC Systems Retrofit
CENTRAL PLANT AUDIT
Burners and Boilers
Compressors and Chillers
Cooling Towers
Water Distribution Systems (including Piping and Pumps)
DOMESTIC HOT WATER SYSTEMS AUDIT
Conventional versus Solar Water Heating Systems
ADVANCED ENERGY SYSTEMS
Thermal Storage Systems
Heat Recovery Systems
Cogeneration
AUDIT OF BUILDING ENVIRONMENT
Indoor Air Quality Assessment
Solutions for Building IAQ Problems
Water Management
ENERGY MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS
Types of EMCS and Controls
Computer-Base Building Automation and Control
Data Communication through Use of BACnet
INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
Infrared Equipment
Electrical Instrumentation
Boiler Efficient Test Equipment
HVAC System Performance Measurement
Techniques to Measure
ENERGY SAVINGS VERIFICATION
Tools and Techniques for Measurement
Verification
Diagnostics
ENERGY AUDIT REPORTING
Types of Report
General Outline of a Detailed Energy Audit Report
Example of an Energy Audit Report
APPENDIX A
Case Studies will be provided to include a Leakage Test for a
Residential Building
An Energy Audit Report for a Commercial Building
APPENDIX B
Computerized Calculation Tools
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