TY - BOOK AU - Harvey,Leslie Daryl Danny TI - A handbook on low-energy buildings and district-energy systems: fundamentals, techniques and examples SN - 1844072436 U1 - 696 PY - 2006/// CY - London, Sterling, VA PB - Earthscan KW - Edificios KW - Conservación de la energía KW - Manuales N1 - Incluye bibliografía (p. [644]-690); Environmental and energy-security imperatives -- Energy basics, climate and meteorological data, organizational strategy -- Thermal envelope and building shape, form, and orientation -- Heating systems -- Heat pumps -- Cooling loads and cooling devices -- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems -- Domestic hot water -- Lighting -- Appliances, consumer electronics, and office equipment -- Active collection and transformation of solar and wind energy -- Comparison of embodied energy, operating energy, and associated greenhouse gas emissions -- Demonstrated energy savings in advanced new buildings and the role of the design process -- Energy savings through retrofits of existing buildings -- Community-integrated energy system -- Summary and conclusions UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip064/2005034875.html ER -