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Energy Efficiency Manual- for everyone who uses energy- pays for utilities- designs and builds- is i

5 stars (Useful and interesting - STRONGLY RECOMMENDED) - Despite the intimidating name and size of this tome, I found it fascinating to read. It covers everything from light bulb selection to rooftop chiller maintenance. The depth and breath of coverage is amazing. This is not a hippie guide to backwoods eco-conservation. It is a practical manual, firmly grounded in science and economics that explains different strategies for maximizing comfort while minimizing energy use. In every case, the author examines both the pros and cons of the measure, and calculates the expected payback term. It is so helpful to have a book that is realistic in its treatment of energy conservation. Lots of books outline promising energy saving techniques, none I've read before talk so frankly about the problems you will encounter when you implement them. Quite technical in many places, the text excels at explaining important concepts that are often ignored in other texts. I have a background in physics, but not until reading this book did I have a good grasp of the operation of absorption coolers or how the spectrum of a light bulb affects the visual comfort of the scene it illuminates. The concise overview of heat transfer mechanisms is more thorough than any thermodynamics textbook I've ever read. Most important of all is the practical advice that is clearly based on a huge body of real experience. As the book so frequently points out, energy saving measures are useless if they break or are defeated by building occupants. Hundreds of (non-obvious) examples of these failures are given, with pictures. This book would be great for anyone with responsibility for designing or maintaining buildings of any size. If you are hesitant to pay the high price, find it at a local library. I don't write many Amazon reviews, but after reading this book I felt compelled to strongly recommend it. 5 stars (Superlative! A must have!) - Superlative! ? The ENERGY EFFICIENCY MANUAL by Donald Wulfinghof...
Energy Institute Press :: Environment :: Construction :: Architecture :: Technology & Industrial Arts :: Technology :: Science&Mathematics :: Public :: Commercial :: or Industrial Buildings :: P :: Energy Efficiency Manual- for everyone who uses energy- pays for utilities- designs and builds- is i

 

Interior Graphic Standards

5 stars (A good handbook for interior details!) - The day I received the Interior Graphic Standards , I used some of the details in the book for a project I was working on. This book provides information, including construction details, which are very useful to the practicing architect and interior designer. 5 stars (Bible of Interior Design~!) - I'm an Interior Design student at Ryerson University in Toronto, and I have never seen a book that is as comprehensive as the IGS. It covers almost everything. I've used this book as a reference for almost every school project I've done. My professor strongly recommended this book to us, but at first I was hesitated to buy it because of the price. However I found it cheaper to buy online than in retail bookstores. I told my classmates about it and showed them the book, after they've seen it they said they are all gonna buy it. Overall this book is worth its price and I strongly recommend it~! 5 stars (Most Comprehensive and Remarkable Book for the Industry) - This book is a remarkable achievement, from cover to cover! A must buy for anyone in the industry (or anyone interested in the industry)!!! I have been a practicing Interior Designer for eighteen years and I have yet to see anything as comprehensive and remarkable as this book! Even the Architectural Graphic Standards book pales by comparison! There is a section on Wood Veneers and Flooring with (12) pages of beatiful and informative color plates! There is even a Color Theory (color plate) section that is very useful! There is so much useful information and reference in this book, that any Designer or Architect should have it close by and keep a watchful eye on it, so that colleagues do not borrow it indefinitely!! ...
John Wiley - Sons :: Architecture & Reference :: Standards :: Reference :: Public :: Commercial :: or Industrial Buildings :: Interior Design - General :: Interior Design :: Drawings :: Det :: Interior Graphic Standards

 

Medical and Dental Space Planning - A Comprehensive Guide to Design- Equipment- and Clinical Procedu

Medical and Dental Space Planning : A Comprehensive Guide to Design, Equipment, and Clinical Procedures...
Wiley :: Public buildings- civic :: commercial :: industrial :: etc :: Architecture & Interior Design :: Public :: Commercial :: or Industrial Buildings :: Medical offices :: Me :: Medical and Dental Space Planning - A Comprehensive Guide to Design- Equipment- and Clinical Procedu