Energy Efficiency Manual: for everyone who uses energy, pays for utilities, designs and builds, is interested in energy conservation and the environment (Energy Efficiency Manual)

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This is the primary reference, how-to guide, and sourcebook for energy conservation. It lets you improve efficiency and save money in all types of buildings and plants, ranging from individual houses to commercial buildings to large institutions and industrial plants. It is organized around 400 logically grouped energy conservation actions, presented in language that everyone understands.

It's for everyone who uses energy, pays for utilities, manages property, operates energy systems, designs, builds, and values conservation and the environment. It's loaded with features that help you quickly find the right information for each application. "Ratings" and "Selection Scorecards" identify your best conservation opportunities. "Traps & Tricks" ensure success. "Economics" estimate savings and costs. It has been acclaimed by professional and non-technical users. Publishers Weekly says it "answers just about any question [from] homeowner, plant manager, energy policy guru ... as practically useful as it is informative." 830 photographs and drawings illustrate the methods. Hundreds of examples give you a feel for real applications. A complete index makes it easy to find every topic and term.

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Useful and interesting - STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.......2005-02-08

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.

Superlative! A must have!.......2003-12-08

Superlative! The ENERGY EFFICIENCY MANUAL by Donald Wulfinghoff is a "must have" for professionals, libraries, facility managers, policy makers, homeowners, and anyone else who is serious about saving energy and cashing in on lower energy bills. It is the ultimate energy saving resource for businesses, industry, and government. PLUS, it will save money and reduce pollution, satisfying corporate bottom lines, policy makers, and environmentalists all at the same time. This book is unique. Highly informative, illustration-rich, and user-friendly, it is treasure trove of everything you need to know about energy efficiency from A to Z. Don't bother looking elsewhere -- the ENERGY EFFICIENCY MANUAL simply has it all. This book will pay for itself almost as fast as you can spot a hot air leak or install an energy-efficient light bulb!

-- Amy Vickers

A secret weapon for the energy auditor.......2003-07-01

As an energy auditor I'd almost call the Energy Efficiency Manual a secret weapon, except it has so many good ideas that I can't help but show it to many of the customers and prospective customers I meet. The diagrams are very useful, as is the self contained but well cross-referenced way in which each improvement measure has been written. For example, talking to the maintenance manager of a hospital, we looked at the diagrams of hot/cold deck multi-zone systems while discussing the pros and cons of upgrading a constant volume air conditioning system to a variable volume system. It is by far the most useful book on energy management that I have ever read (well, in the case of the Energy Efficiency Manual, that I have partially read - its an enormously large book!), and the ratings of each of the measures are particularly useful, along with the practical, no-nonsense approach. The book is extremely well cross referenced and Wulfinghoff has covered an enormous body of knowledge in writing the book. As someone fairly new to the field I'm grateful that he went to the effort of documenting and making available his knowledge and 30 odd years experience in the Energy Efficiency Manual.

Everything you always wanted to know, in plain English.......2001-04-25

I nodded my head in agreement while reading Wulfinghoff's philosophy about energy savings in commercial and light industrial facilities. He distills 20+ years of experience in this field with practical, no-nonsense how-tos to gain energy and dollar savings in a wide variety of facilities and end-uses: lighting, water use, steam systems, space heating, water heating, air conditioning, scheduling, pumps, energy management controls: its all here in a well-written, well-illustrated book.

Perhaps best of all, the author goes beyond theoretical considerations of high-tech efficiency products, with precautions of what works and what might fall short. He also reminds facility managers to be mindful of the human factors that can foil our best efforts. He offers suggestions on how to plan and manage efficiency upgrades complete with information for building operators and occupants, so that the savings persist.

Highly recommended for anyone managing energy use in facilities, ranging from individual buildings to college campuses to government facilities. [I am a local government energy manager myself.]

Provides practical advice for avoiding pitfalls.......2001-02-04

Donald Wulfinghoff's Energy Efficiency Manual is a massive, 1,536-page reference work that is organized to guide the reader quickly to the right information for their particular energy project, problem, or inquiry. The first part of this "user friend" manual has 400 logically grouped activities for improving energy efficiency. each activity begins with Ratings and a Selection Scorecard to help the reader judge the merits and difficulties of that particular activity. "Economics" sidebars estimates the savings, cost, and payback period. The "Traps & Tricks" sidebars provides practical advice for avoiding pitfalls plaguing energy conservation efforts. Energy Efficiency Manual will earn back its cover price over and over again and is an essential, core reference for personal, professional, and community library energy conservation and energy efficiency reference book collections.

Computerized Building Energy Simulation Handbook

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Computerized Building Energy Simulation Handbook
James P. Waltz
Manufacturer: Fairmont Press
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Binding: Textbook Binding

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This book provides practical, down-to-earth coverage of the non-software aspects of using computerized building energy simulation. While software is the principal "tool" in the process, the focus of this presentation is on the data needed to build a model, how to build a model, examining the results, diagnosing problems with a model, and calibrating them to reality. If you have been frustrated trying to build faithful models of existing buildings, or have become skeptical of the efficacy of building simulation - or are just trying to do a better job simulating buildings - this book will offer you welcome assistance.

Energy management and control systems handbook

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Energy management and control systems handbook
F. William Payne
Manufacturer: Distributed by Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Energy Management for Buildings Handbook (Mechanical Systems for Buildings Series) (Mechanical Systems for Buildings Series)

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Energy Management for Buildings Handbook (Mechanical Systems for Buildings Series) (Mechanical Systems for Buildings Series)
F. William Payne , and John J. McGowan
Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Operations and Maintenance Manual for Energy Management (Sharpe Professional)

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Operations and Maintenance Manual for Energy Management (Sharpe Professional)
James E. Piper
Manufacturer: M.E. Sharpe
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0765600501

Plant Engineers and Managers Guide to Energy Conservation

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Plant Engineers and Managers Guide to Energy Conservation (8th Edition)
Excellent "how to" book very informative

Plant Engineers and Managers Guide to Energy Conservation
Albert Thumann
Manufacturer: Fairmont Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0132441616

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Plant Engineers and Managers Guide to Energy Conservation (8th Edition).......2007-05-11

Now in its fully updated eighth edition, this comprehensive, best selling handbook covers both management and technical strategies which can be utilized to slash energy costs by as much as 40% in industrial facilities. New chapters have been added on cogeneration, gas distributed generation technologies, steam system optimization, geothermal heat pumps, energy outsourcing, electricity purchasing strategies, and power quality case studies. You'll also find ready-to-apply guidelines for life cycle costing, electrical system optimization, lighting and HVAC system efficiency improvement, mechanical and process system performance, building energy loss reduction, financing energy projects, and strategies for establishing an effective energy conservation-oriented maintenance program.

CONTENTS

1 - The Role of the Plant Engineer in Energy Management
2 - Energy Economic Decision Making
3 - The Facility Survey
4 - Electrical System Optimization
5 - Utility and Process System Optimization
6 - Heat Transfer
7 - Reducing Building Energy Losses
8 - Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning System Optimization
9 - Cogeneration
10 - Establishing a Maintenance Program for Plant Efficiency and Energy Savings
11 - Managing an Effective Energy Conservation Program
12 - Industrial Power Monitoring and Control
13 - Reliable & Economic Natural Gas Distributed Generation Projects
14 - Financing Energy Efficiency Projects
15 - Steam System Optimization: A Case Study
16 - Cost Containment Design for Commercial Geothermal Heat Pumps
17 - Fundamentals of Energy Outsourcing
18 - Economic Evaluations for Power Quality Solutions
19 - Purchasing Strategies for Electricity
20 - Power Quality Case Studies
Index

Excellent "how to" book very informative.......2004-01-04

This book is a very good guide to explaining the micro and macroeconomics of energy conservation. The author uses a well thought out progression of chapters; the Role of the Plant Engineer in Energy Management, onto perhaps the most important chapter, Energy Economic Decision Making, which includes sample solved problems. Later chapters progress to electrical system optimization, utility optimization, heat transfer and losses, HVAC systems and cogeneration, and finally the future of energy conservation, where the macroeconomic effect of implementing current technology is discussed. The DOE is currently sponsoring projects in various common industrial processes that consume much of the nations energy, such as petroleum refining, and pulp processing where conservation and the latest technology will shave quads of BTU's off the nation's energy consumption. The early chapters in the book tell how to prioritize the conservation measures in a particular plant, the value of the present expenditures v.s. the future for estimating payback periods. The text is very well written, but it is surprising that a book on its sixth edition should be so full of typos, the grammatical ones can be figured out, but the ones concerning the solved problems should be corrected. A seventh edition with corrections and this would be a 5 star book.

Commissioning of Building and Energy Management System (Application Handbook S.)

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Commissioning of Building and Energy Management System (Application Handbook S.)
P. Pike , and K. Pennycook
Manufacturer: BSRIA
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Binding: Paperback

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Eei Energy Management Handbook

Manufacturer: Edison Electric Inst
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Energy Conscious Design: A Primer for Architects

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Broad Coverage

Energy Conscious Design: A Primer for Architects
John R. Goulding , and J. Owen Lewis
Manufacturer: B T Batsford Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0713469196

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Broad Coverage.......2000-04-15

This book, being prepared for the Commission of the European Communities, is concerned with the idea of the urban energy efficiency as a means to provide better environmental performance. Its simplified way of presenting fundamental concepts is very convenient. What I really liked the best is that it is filled with very nice and clear figures that are self-explanatory. However, these figures are not numbered!!!, which makes it hard to link them with the text. The book is very useful for architects and architectural students.

Energy conservation reference and management guide

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Energy conservation reference and management guide
Jerry N Nash
Manufacturer: Energy Resources Division
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006RJ3FA

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This work offers a unique coverage of modern seismic instrumentation. It provides not only detailed information on the basic understanding of seismic instruments but it also includes an overview of current equipment on the market. Furthermore, the following topics are included: - installing seismic stations, networks, and arrays - working with portable instruments - calibrating instruments - dealing with response information - and teaching about seismic instruments. This book is primarily intended for seismologists and technicians working with seismological instruments. The aim is that it should be used as a practical tool with only the amount of theory needed to understand the basic principles, and the answers to most practical problems should be found here. This book is written in such a way that it is understandable for a broad range of professionals working with seismological instruments and seismic data, whether students, engineers, or seismologists. Both practical and theoretical topics are covered, with the main emphasis on practical aspects. The book is based on the authors' (seismologist and physicist) experience working in this field for more than 25 years.

Seismic instrumentation of buildings (SuDoc I 19.76:00-157)

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Seismic instrumentation of buildings (SuDoc I 19.76:00-157)
Mehmet Çelebi
Manufacturer: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0001160HA

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Seismic instrumentation of dams
Bruce A Bolt
Manufacturer: USCOLD Committee on Earthquakes
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Seismic instrumentation of federal buildings a proposal document for consideration by federal agencies (SuDoc I 19.76:98-117)

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Seismic instrumentation of federal buildings a proposal document for consideration by federal agencies (SuDoc I 19.76:98-117)
U.S. Geological Survey
Manufacturer: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Seismic instrumentation of federal buildings: A strawman draft document for consideration by federal agencies, presented at the NEP meeting, July 8, 1997, ... building, Washington, D.C (Open-file report)

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Seismic instrumentation of federal buildings: A strawman draft document for consideration by federal agencies, presented at the NEP meeting, July 8, 1997, ... building, Washington, D.C (Open-file report)
Mehmet CÌ§elebi
Manufacturer: U.S. Geological Survey
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Seismic strong-motion instrumentation for Utah: Current status, needs, and recommendations (USSAC)

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Seismic strong-motion instrumentation for Utah: Current status, needs, and recommendations (USSAC)
Delbert B Ward
Manufacturer: Seismic Safety Advisory Council, State of Utah
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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