Retrofitting of Buildings for Energy Conservation - Milton Meckler - Hardcover - 2nd ed

Upgrading buildings for the 21st century to meet energy requirements & new standards is the focus of this engineer's on-the-job design handbook. Loaded with useful, up-to-the-minute data & technical information, the book provides full details on applying the latest HVAC strategies, including a performance analysis of centralized versus distributed fan systems. You'll learn how to establish variable air volume airflow rates for VAV retrofit projects, how to estimate demand control savings, how to analyze utility rates, how to reconcile actual retrofit performance for your projects, & much more. Practical tips on commissioning buildings, as well as a variety of instructive case studies are included. Contributions from twenty top experts enhance the author's own authoritative presentation.Meckler, Milton is the author of 'Retrofitting of Buildings for Energy Conservation - Milton Meckler - Hardcover - 2nd ed' with ISBN 9780881731835 and ISBN 0881731838.