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Title: Strategies for energy efficient plants and intelligent buildings

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OSTI ID:6517020

Strategic planning is more important than ever to today's energy manager. Strategies for Energy Efficient Plants and Intelligent Buildings brings the latest technical knowledge and management techniques to conconcerned professionals. This up-to-the-minute volume will help you improve the efficiency of your operations and reduce utility costs. The growing importance of HVAC and thermal storage as a means of improving load management is a major feature of this reference. HVAC design techniques including the latest advances in equipment and controls are thoroughly covered. Several chapters are devoted to new trends in building automation and energy management systems, as they relate to the ''intelligent building''. A series of chapters on the growing field of cogeneration and small power production will help the engineer and manager keep abreast of this important technology. More than twenty chapters delineate technical advances in such key areas as lighting, biomass, resource recovery, waste heat recovery, steam systems, heat pumps, combustion processes, hazardous waste disposal and controls. Strategies for Energy Efficient Plants and Intelligent Buildings is a comprehensive book on strategies and new technologies, and can be used to reduce operating costs and improve overall efficiency of any facility, large or small. More than 90 chapters bring to the professional a complete perspective of the latest state-of-the-art advances in the energy field.

OSTI ID:
6517020
Report Number(s):
CONF-861033-
Resource Relation:
Conference: 9. world energy engineering congress, Atlanta, GA, USA, 21 Oct 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English