Building Services Design for Energy Efficient Buildings

Paul Tymkow is Director of Learning and Knowledge at Hoare Lea. He has more than 25 years experience in the area of building services engineering. His present role includes responsibility for learning and knowledge strategies, graduate development and CPD programmes. He has been a visiting lecturer in the School of Engineering and Design at Brunel University since 2005. Savvas Tassou is Professor and Head of School of Engineering and Design at Brunel University. He has over 25 years academic and research experience in the area of building services engineering, energy conservation technologies for the built environment and process industries, the design optimisation of these technologies and their optimum integration and control to minimise energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. His work to date has resulted in over 200 scientific publications. Maria Kolokotroni is Professor of Energy in the Built Environment, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University. She teaches Ventilation, Low Energy Technologies and Building Performance at post-graduate level and carries out research on UK and European funded research projects in these fields. She has published extensively in scientific journals and presented results to international conferences. She works very closely with industry to transfer research results to application and has contributed to the International Energy Agency research projects. Hussam Jouhara is a lecturer of building services engineering and a member of the Centre for Energy and Built Environment Research (CEBER) at Brunel University. Publications include more than 35 articles in international conference and leading academic journals and one filed patent in the area of efficient heat emitters for use in domestic and industrial central heating systems.

Introduction  1. Imperatives for an Energy-Efficient Built Environment  2. The Design Process  3. Generic Design Strategies for Low-Carbon Buildings  4. Post-Occupancy Evaluation for Optimal Energy and Environmental Performance  5. Energy Efficient Ventilation  6. Air Conditioning Systems  7. Cooling, Heating and Thermal Energy Distribution Systems in Buildings  8. Low Energy Approaches for the Thermal Control of Buildings  9. Electrical Systems, Controls and Metering  10. Building Thermal Load Calculations  11. Building Electric Power Load Assessment  12. Space Planning for Services