Advanced Building Technologies for Sustainability

by Syed, Asif

• ISBN13: 9780470546031
• ISBN10: 0470546034
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-03
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

A technology-savvy engineer shows architects and engineers alike practical solutions for implementing advanced building technologies in sustainably designed buildings. This book offers busy professionals clear, straight-forward solutions to implement technologies such as solar energy, radiant cooling floors, displacement ventilation, fuel cells in buildings, and many other innovative possibilities. It clearly shows how these technologies are executed in recent exemplars of sustainably designed buildings and carried out through the combined efforts of the architect and engineer to develop a truly integrated design.

Author Biography

Asif Syed, PE, Leed-AP, is currently a partner at AKF Engineers and was a senior vice president at Flack + Kurtz until 2003. Syed is responsible for the design and analysis of mechanical systems including advanced building technologies, energy analysis, life-cycle costs, cost-effective energy-saving strategies, and sustainable design. He has worked on several LEED projects for commercial property developers, where he introduced pragmatic and cost-effective energy-saving strategies.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. viii
Sustainability and Energy	p. 1
Quality of Life Benefits	p. 7
Finite Fossil Fuel Resources	p. 8
Greenhouse Gases	p. 10
Profits and Savings from Energy Efficiency	p. 11
Site-to-Source Effect	p. 12
New LEED Version 2009	p. 13
Per Capita Energy Consumption	p. 14
Building Energy End-Use Splits, People Use Energy	p. 15
Carbon Footprint	p. 17
Funding Opportunities	p. 19
Radiant Cooling	p. 21
History	p. 21
Introduction	p. 23
Why Radiant Cooling?	p. 26
Applications	p. 28
Radiant Cooling and Historic Preservation	p. 39
Displacement Ventilation	p. 41
History	p. 41
Introduction	p. 42
Conventional or Mixed-Air Systems	p. 42
Difference Between Displacement and Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD)	p. 47
Applications	p. 48
Large Public Spaces (Cafeterias, Dining Halls, Exhibit Spaces)	p. 48
Chilled Beams	p. 61
Principle of Operation and Technology	p. 62
Benefits of Chilled Beams	p. 63
Types of Chilled Beams	p. 67
Chilled Beam Applications	p. 72
Chilled Beam Use with Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) Applications	p. 78
Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD)	p. 83
Validation of UFAD Designs with CFD Analysis	p. 91
Impact on Buildings	p. 95
Displacement Induction Units (DIU)	p. 101
Benefits of Displacement Induction Units	p. 103
History of Induction Units	p. 106
Applications	p. 107
High-Performance Envelope	p. 115
Engaging and Nonengaging Envelopes	p. 116
High-Performance Envelope Definition	p. 117
Most Common Energy Codes: ANSI and ASHRAE 90.1	p. 118
Glazing Characteristics	p. 123
How to Exceed the Mandatory Code Performance	p. 128
Thermal Energy Storage	p. 145
Renewable Energy Storage	p. 146
Conventional Air Conditioning Systems	p. 153
Nonrenewable Energy Storage	p. 156
Solar Energy and Net-Zero Buildings	p. 163
Net-Zero Step 1: Harvesting Solar Energy	p. 166
Solar Energy in Net-Zero Buildings	p. 177
Net-Zero Step 2: Improve Energy Efficiency of the Building and Its Mechanical and Electrical Systems	p. 181
Net-Zero Step 3: Reduce Consumption	p. 183
Geothermal Systems	p. 185
Introduction	p. 185
Geothermal Heat Pumps	p. 190
Types of Heat Pumps	p. 198
Cogeneration	p. 205
Other Applications of Cogeneration	p. 207
Cogeneration Technologies	p. 211
Micro-Cogeneration or Combined Heat and Power (Micro-CHP)	p. 221
Data Center Sustainability	p. 223
History of Data Centers	p. 224
2011: Top Ten Trends in Data Centers	p. 225
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)	p. 226
Technologies That Can Benefit Data Center Efficiency	p. 230
Office Building Applications	p. 234
Air Management in the Data Center	p. 237
Index	p. 239
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