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Grow a Greener Data Center
Pearson Education 2009; US$ 35.99Grow a Greener Data Center A guide to building and operating energy-efficient, ecologically sensitive IT and Facilities infrastructure Conventional Data Centers can have a huge impact upon the environment, using massive amounts of energy and water, emitting pollutants, and discarding huge quantities of machine waste. Their insatiable... more...
How Buildings Work
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 33.99Illustrated with many line drawings, this guide provides information on a building's function: how it stands up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies - and why some buildings do this so much better than others. It is intended for architects, superintendents, and students of architecture and construction. more...
Acoustics: Sound Fields and Transducers
Elsevier Science 2012; US$ 119.95Acoustics: Sound Fields and Transducers is a thoroughly updated version of Leo Beranek's classic 1954 book that retains and expands on the original's detailed acoustical fundamentals while adding practical formulas and simulation methods. Serving both as a text for students in engineering departments and as a reference for practicing engineers,... more...
Building Systems for Interior Designers
Wiley 2003; US$ 85.00The first desk reference on technical building systems for interior designers Building Systems for Interior Designers is the first book to explain technical building systems and engineering issues in a clear and accessible way to interior designers. The technical knowledge and vocabulary presented here allow interior designers to communicate more... more...
Building Systems for Interior Designers
Wiley 2011; US$ 99.00Building Systems for interior designers Second Edition Corky Binggeli, asid The updated guide to technical building systems for interior designers As integral members of the building design team, interior designers share an increasingly complex and crucial role. Now revised in its second edition, Building Systems for Interior Designers remains the... more...
CIBSE Guide C: Reference Data
Taylor & Francis 2012; US$ 180.00Guide 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,... more...
Buildings, Culture and Environment
Wiley 2008; US$ 190.00TThe book focuses on key issues for present and future practice and research needs related to advancing the environmental performance of buildings and addresses the role regional culture plays in the successful (or otherwise) process of exchanging and adapting environmental practices and standards in the built environment. more...
Brennstoffzellen und Virtuelle Kraftwerke
Springer 2008; US$ 79.99Die nachhaltige Nutzung verfügbarer Energieressourcen, deren Möglichkeiten derzeit viel diskutiert werden, beinhaltet auch eine zukunftsfähige Hausenergieversorgung. Eine Option dafür stellen Brennstoffzellen in Minikraftwerken als Heizungsersatz dar, mit denen bei einer koordinierten Kopplung und Steuerung in sogenannten Virtuellen Kraftwerken durch... more...
New Environments for Working
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 135.00The workplace is changing radically, yet the building designs and environmental systems for conventional offices fail to support the more fluid use of space and time practised by these new kinds of office work. Prepared by the team who wrote The Responsible Workplace in 1992, this book is based on a major research project undertaken by DEGW and the... more...
Passive Methods as a Solution for Improving Indoor Environments
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99There are many aspects to consider when evaluating or improving an indoor environment; thermal comfort, energy saving, preservation of materials, hygiene and health are all key aspects which can be improved by passive methods of environmental control. Passive Methods as a Solution for Improving Indoor Environments endeavours to fill the lack of analysis... more...









