Energy Management Handbook 7th Edition - $244.95 each

     

CONTENTS

1 – Introduction
Background • The Value of Energy Management • The Energy Management Profession • Some Suggested Principles of Energy Management

2 – Effective Energy Management
Energy Management Program • Organizational Structure • Energy Policy • Planning • Audit Planning • Educational Planning • Strategic Planning • Reporting • Ownership

3 – Energy Auditing
Energy Auditing Services • Basic Components of an Energy Audit • Specialized Audit Tools • Industrial Audits • Commercial Audits • Residential Audits • Indoor Air Quality

4 – Economic Analysis
Objective • General Characteristics of Capital Investments • Sources of Funds • Tax Considerations • Time Value of Money Concepts • Project Measures of Worth • Special Topics • Summary & Additional Example Applications

5 – Boilers and Fired Systems
Analysis of Boilers & Fired Systems • Key Elements for Maximum Efficiency • Condensing Boilers • Fuel Considerations

6 – Steam and Condensate Systems
Thermal Properties of Steam • Estimating Steam Usage & Its Value • Steam Traps & Their Application • Condensate Recovery

7 – Cogeneration
Cogeneration System Design & Analysis • Computer Programs • U.S. Cogeneration Legislation: PURPA • Evaluating Cogeneration Opportunities: Case Examples

8 – Waste-Heat Recovery
Waste-Heat Survey • Classifying Waste-Heat Quality • Storage of Waste Heat • Quantifying Waste Heat • Matching Waste Heat Source & Sink • Waste-Heat Exchangers • Commercial Options in Waste-Heat-Recovery Equipment • Emerging Technologies for Waste Heat Recovery

9 – Building Envelope
Principles of Envelope Analysis • Metal Elements in Envelope Components • Roofs • Floors • Fenestration • Infiltration • Summarizing Envelope Performance with the Building Load Coefficient • Thermal "Weight" • Envelope Analysis for Existing Buildings • Envelope Analysis for New Buildings • Envelope Standards for New & Existing Construction

10 – HVAC Systems
Surveying Existing Conditions • Human Thermal Comfort • Interactions with HVAC ECO Projects • HVAC System Types • Central Cooling Equipment, Heat Rejection Equipment & Distribution • Impact of Part-Load Operation & Occupancy • HVAC System Electrical Distribution Energy • Humidification Systems • Example HVAC Energy Conservation Opportunities • Reducing System Loads • Estimating HVAC Energy Consumption

11 – Motors, Drives & Electric Energy Management
Power Supply • Effects of Unbalanced Voltages on Performance of Motors • Effect of Performance-General • Motors • Glossary of Frequently Occurring Motor Terms • Power Factor • Special High Efficiency Motor Designs • Electrical Motor Performance at Part Load • Determining Electric Motor Operating Loads • Power Meter • Approximate Motor Load from Slip Measurement • Approximate Motor Load from Amperage Readings • Electric Motor Efficiency • Comparing Motors • Sensitivity of Load to Motor RPM • Efficiency Losses of Drive Loads • Variable Frequency Drives • Motor Power Consumption When Throttling • Theoretical Power Consumption • Motormaster

12 – Energy Management Control Systems
Energy Management Systems • Justification of EMCSs • Systems Integration

13 – Lighting
Lighting Fundamentals • Process to Improve Lighting Efficiency • Maintenance • New Technologies & Products • Special Considerations • Daylighting • Common Retrofits

14 – Energy Systems Maintenance
Developing the Maintenance Program • Why Perform Energy, Facility & Process Systems Maintenance? • Developing & Implementing a Preventive Maintenance Plan

15 – Industrial Insulation
Fundamentals of Thermal Insulation Design Theory • Insulation Materials • Insulation Selection • Insulation Thickness Determination • Insulation Economics

16 – Use of Alternative Energy
Solar Energy • Wind Energy • Biomass Energy • Emerging Technologies

17 – Indoor Air Quality
Introduction: Why IAQ Is Important to CEMs • IAQ Fundamentals • The Energy Management / IAQ Balance • Summary & Conclusions • Topics for Additional Study

18 – Electric & Gas Utility Rates for Commercial & Industrial Consumers
Utility Costs • Rate Structures • Innovative Rate Type • Calculation of a Monthly Bill • Conducting a Load Study • Effects of Deregulation on Customer Rates

19 – Thermal Energy Storage
Storage Systems • Storage Mediums • System Capacity • Economic Summary

20 – Codes, Standards and Legislation
The Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007 • The Energy Policy Act of 2005 • The Energy Policy Act of 1992 • Codes & Standards • Climate Change • Indoor Air Quality Standards • Measurement & Verification • Regulatory & Legislative Issues Impacting Cogeneration & Power

21 – Natural Gas Purchasing
Preface • Natural Gas as a Fuel • Buying Natural Gas • New Frontiers for the Gas Industry

22 – Control Systems
Why Automate Control? • Why Optimization? • Technology Classifications • Control Modes • Input/Output Devices • Valves & Dampers • Instrument Accuracy, Repeatability & Drift • Basic Control Block Diagrams • Key Fundamentals of Successfully Applied Automatic Controls • Expected Life of Control Equipment • Control Applications for Saving Energy • Basic Energy-Saving Control Applications • Advanced Energy-Saving Control Applications • Facilities Operations Control Applications • Control System Application Pitfalls to Avoid • Costs & Benefits of Automatic Control • Estimating Savings from Applied Automatic Control

23 – Sustainability & High Performance Green Buildings
Beginnings • Sustainability Gives Rise to the Green Buildings Movement • Introducing the LEEC NC Rating System: A Technical Review • LEED for Existing Building Rating System (LEED-EB) Adopted in 2004 • Summary Discussion of Two New LEED Programs • The LEED Process • ASHRAE Guides Developed to Support LEED

24 – Electric Deregulation
An Historical Perspective of the Electric Power Industry • The Transmission System & FERC's Role in Promoting Competition in Wholesale Power • Stranded Costs • Status of State Electric Industry Restructuring Activity • Trading Energy: Marketers & Brokers • The Impact of Retail Wheeling • The Ten-Step Program to Successful Utility Deregulation • Pricing Options for Electric Supply • Aggregation • In-House vs. Outsourcing Energy Services

25 – Financing and Performance Contracting
Financial Arrangements: A Simple Example • Financial Arrangements: Details & Terminology • Applying Financial Arrangements: A Case Study • "Pros" & "Cons" of Each Financial Arrangement • Characteristics that Influence Which Financial Arrangement Is Best • Incorporating Strategic Issues When Selecting Financial Arrangements • Perspectives of Owners & Performance Contractors: Both Sides of the Story

26 – Commissioning
Commissioning for Energy Management • Commissioning Definitions • The Commissioning Process in Existing Buildings • Commissioning Measures • Ensuring Optimum Building Performance • Commissioning New Buildings for Energy Management • For Additional Information

27 – Measurement & Verification of Energy Savings
M&V Method Selection • History of M&V • Performance Contracts • Overview of Measurement & Verification Methods • Cost Reduction Strategies • M&V Sampling Strategies

28 – Ground-Source Heat Pumps Applied to Commercial Buildings
Introduction to Ground-Source Heat Pumps • About the Technology • Application • Technology Performance • Hypothetical Case Studies • The Technology in Perspective