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Sustainable Energy Systems in Architectural Design provides the tools that professionals need. It is a practical guide that clearly and expertly contrasts technologies, manufacturing processes, costs, and installation data for all types of renewable energy systems.
Providing the tools needed, Peter Gevorkian simplifies the challenges of comparing sytsems, projecting costs, designing efficient systems for any building type, benefiting from incentives and rebates, and installing systems. With a format that emphasizes photographs, charts, and diagrams to tell the story, Sustainable Energy Systems in Architectural Design provides:
- The only all-in-one independent resource for understanding, designing, and installing renewable energy systems.
- Practical, workable solutions for a variety of building types, with real-life examples.
- Plentiful charts, tables, and diagrams for at-a-glance answers.
- A plain-English presentation that clarifies technical concepts and data, with extensive use of concise, easy-to-follow bulleted text.
- Easy-to-use charts comparing advantages and disadvantages of each system for various projects.
- Strategies for transitioning pre-existing buildings to solar power and other forms of renewable energy.
- Forms for getting special funding opportunities and rebates.
- Renewable energy conversion tables.
- Manufacturing and consulting resources.
- Photo gallery of successful renewable energy products.
- Glossary.
Green building is one of the hottest topics in the construction industry, and renewable energy plays an integral role in any green building project. This is the only comprehensive, practical resource for understanding, designing, and installing all major types of renewable energy systems. Find workable solutions for a variety of building types, including commercial, public and residential structures.
- Technical concepts and data are presented in plain jargon-free language with clear, concise bulleted text.
- Packed with charts, tables and diagrams that give busy professionals at-a-glance answers.
This one-stop guide to sustainable energy systems includes
- Basics of Solar Power and Renewable Energy
- Design of Renewable Energy Systems
- Economics of Renewable Energy Systems
- Other Renewable Energy Technologies
- CED Rebate Procedures
- Appendices include: Photo Gallery; Glossary; Renewable Energy Tables and Important Facts; Manufacturing and Consulting Resources.
Contents
Introduction; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Solar Power Technology; Chapter 2: Solar Power Generation Design; Chapter 3: Economics of Solar Power Systems; Chapter 4: Alternative Renewable Energy Technologies; Chapter 5: California Energy Commission Rebate Incentive Plans; Chapter 6: Photo Galleries; APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER SYSTEMS, GLOSSARY OF METEOROLOGICAL TERMS; APPENDIX B: RENEWABLE ENERGY TABLES AND IMPORTANT SOLAR POWER FACTS; APPENDIX C: SOLAR POWER SYSTEMS DESIGN AND INSTALLATION COMPANIES; INDEX.
About the Author
Dr Peter Gevorkian PhD (Glendale, CA) is President of Vector Delta Design Group, Inc., and electrical engineering and solar power design consulting organization. |
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