An authoritative and comprehensive guide to managing energy
conservation in infrastructures
Energy Conservation in Residential, Commercial, and Industrial
Facilities offers an essential guide to the business models and
engineering design frameworks for the implementation of energy
conservation in infrastructures. The presented models of both physical
and technological systems can be applied to a wide range of structures
such as homes, hotels, public facilities, industrial facilities,
transportation, and water/energy supply systems. The authors--noted
experts in the field--explore the key performance indicators that are
used to evaluate energy conservation strategies and the energy supply
scenarios as part of the design and operation of energy systems in
infrastructures.
The text is based on a systems approach that demonstrates the effective
management of building energy knowledge and supports the simulation,
evaluation, and optimization of several building energy conservation
scenarios. In addition, the authors explore new methods of developing
energy semantic network (ESN) superstructures, energy conservation
optimization techniques, and risk-based life cycle assessments. This
important text:
- Defines the most effective ways to model the infrastructure of
physical and technological systems
- Includes information on the most widely used techniques in the
validation and calibration of building energy simulation
- Offers a discussion of the sources, quantification, and reduction of
uncertainty
- Presents a number of efficient energy conservation strategies in
infrastructure systems, including HVAC, lighting, appliances,
transportation, and industrial facilities
- Describes illustrative case studies to demonstrate the proposed energy
conservation framework, practices, methods, engineering designs,
control, and technologies
Written for students studying energy conservation as well as engineers
designing the next generation of buildings, Energy Conservation in
Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Facilities offers a
wide-ranging guide to the effective management of energy conservation in
infrastructures.
