Lighting Handbook: Reference & Application (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America//Lighting Handbook)

Lighting Handbook: Reference & Application (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America//Lighting Handbook) Review

This comprehensive volume contains explanations of concepts, techniques, applications, procedures and systems as well as detailed definitions, tasks, charts and diagrams to provide the reader with what they need to know about lighting.

CIBSE Guide C: Reference Data

CIBSE Guide C: Reference Data Review

Guide C: Reference Data contains the basic physical data and calculations which form the crucial part of building services engineer background reference material.

Expanded and updated throughout, the book contains sections on the properties of humid air, water and steam, on heat transfer, the flow of fluids in pipes and ducts, and fuels and combustion, ending with a comprehensive section on units, mathematical and miscellaneous data. There are extensive and easy-to-follow tables and graphs.



·Essential reference tool for all professional building services engineers
·Easy to follow tables and graphs make the data accessible for all professionals
·Provides you with all the necessary data to make informed decisions

Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (Earthscan))

Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (Earthscan)) Review

Our pocket reference books provide a wealth of practical information at your fingertips, whenever you need it. Rich in background detail, at-a-glance tables and diagrams, equations, and more, the Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference is a handy resource for architects, engineers and students. Coverage includes: - Definitions - Load determinants and Responses (including world wide biomes and climates, building metabolism and response, thermal sources and sinks, passive building responses to sources and sinks, tuning the building to the environment, optimizing insulation & thermal mass for comfort) - Contextual Aspects (including microclimate and siting, temperatures, humidity, wind, radiation and comfort parameters - Passive Components (including building envelope, passive solar terminology, orientation, apertures and glazing, thermal storage, thermal control and materials - Design Tools (including sun path diagrams, sun peg diagrams, air flow relationships, thermal modelling and life cycle design - Specific Functions (including passive heating, passive cooling and ventilation, natural lighting, passive water heating, resource collection and Integrated design)