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Energy

Management, supply and conservation

Beggs, C; 2009

This is a comprehensive text dealing with the theory and practice of the supply of energy, energy management and auditing and the design of sustainable energy facilities. It considers the systems needed to create low-energy, sustainable buildings, including passive solar design, energy-efficient heating and air-conditioning and combined heat and power. In addition the book includes sections on renewable energy, transport energy and energy economics and includes the latest in alternate-energy technology, for example wind turbines and solar panels.

Book details

Physical description: 24.6 x 18.8 white spine 365pp

Edition: 2nd

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Place of publication: Oxford, England, UK

ISBN: 9780750686709

Classification: E620 -

Keywords: natural gas - Transport - Electricity - Biomass - Energy audits - Lighting - Biofuels - Energy - supply - Wind power - design - Solar energy - Wave Power - Tidal Power - refrigeration - buildings - greenhouse effect - water power - carbon emissions - heat pumps - electricity tarrifs - ozone layer - Combined Heat and Power

Subjects: Climate science, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics, Energy engineering, Architecture, Energy efficiency, Lighting, Refrigeration, Process heating, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Protection of ambient air and climate, Resource use and management, Skills, education and training, Economics, business and commerce, Electricity generation, Solar energy, Solar thermal, Combined heat and power generation, Heat pumps, Heat distribution, Energy consumption, Transport, Transportation of products, Ground source heat pumps, Transportation, Transmission and Distribution, Biofuels, Electricity, Heat, Natural gas, Oil and gas, Biomass, Metering, monitoring and targeting, Electricity tariffs, Wind power, Photovoltaics, Hydro power, Wave power, Tidal Power, Biomass, Ozone, Carbon emissions, CFCs