"Updated to include recent advances, the new edition presents strategies and analysis methods for conserving energy and reducing operating costs in residential and commercial buildings. Auditors, managers, and students will find this to be an invaluable resource for their work"--
"Updated to include recent advances, the new edition presents strategies and analysis methods for conserving energy and reducing operating costs in residential and commercial buildings. Auditors, managers, and students will find this to be an invaluable resource for their work"--
Updated with new material, this book shares the author's secrets for simplifying complex energy calculations, and shows you how to use these time-saving methods. It shows you how to cut through the maze using innovative decision-making tools to determine whether you should inves…
This book describes the energy management concepts, energy audit principles, resource efficiency, and other energy conservation opportunities involved in different sectors across varied industries. Real-time case studies from various large industrial sectors, like cement, paper …
In this book, Vaclav Smil argues that power density is a key determinant of the nature and dynamics of energy systems. Any understanding of complex energy systems must rely on quantitative measures of many fundamental variables. Power density -- the rate of energy flux per unit …