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Spon's Building Regulations Explained: 2010 Revision, 8th Edition
By London District Surveyors Association, John Stephenson
This fully revised, essential reference takes into account all important aspects of building control including new legislation up to 2010, covering major revisions to Parts A, B, C, F, J, L1A, L1B, L2A, L2B and P and revisions to Part E. Each chapter explains in clear terms the appropriate...
April 2011 | 978-0-415-43067-8 | Hardback (Spon Press)
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Daylighting: Architecture and Lighting Design
By Peter Tregenza, Michael Wilson
This authoritative and multi-disciplinary book provides architects, lighting specialists, and anyone else working daylight into design, with all the tools needed to incorporate this most fundamental element of architecture. It includes An overview of current practice of daylighting in...
February 2011 | 978-0-419-25700-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Indoor Air Quality: The Latest Sampling and Analytical Methods, Second Edition
By Kathleen Hess-Kosa
The updated edition of this popular guide covers basic concepts and details various approaches to the identification and assessment of indoor air contaminants that contribute to building-related illness in commercial buildings, institutions, and residences. Included are newly added topics focusing...
January 2011 | 978-1-4398266-5-2 | Hardback (CRC Press)
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Building Performance Simulation for Design and Operation
Edited by Jan L. M. Hensen, Roberto Lamberts
Effective building performance simulation can reduce the environmental impact of the built environment, improve indoor quality and productivity, and facilitate future innovation and technological progress in construction. It draws on many disciplines, including physics, mathematics, material...
January 2011 | 978-0-415-47414-6 | Hardback (Spon Press)
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Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2011
By Davis Langdon Engineering Services
SPON'S MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES PRICE BOOK continues to be the most comprehensive and best annual services engineering price book currently available, providing detailed pricing information across the full range of mechanical and electrical services, together with higher-level costs for a...
September 2010 | 978-0-415-58851-5 | Hardback (Spon Press)
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Transient Airflow in Building Drainage Systems
By John Swaffield
Giving you the first comprehensive presentation of the ground breaking research undertaken at Heriot Watt University, with Research Council and industrial funding, this book brings a new perspective to the design of building drainage and vent systems. It provides the building services community...
April 2010 | 978-0-415-49265-2 | Hardback (Spon Press)
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Intelligent Buildings and Building Automation
By Shengwei Wang
Giving you a combination of general principles, applied practice and information on the state-of-the-art, this book will give you the information you need to incorporate the latest systems and technologies into your building projects. It focuses on a number of important issues, such as:...
November 2009 | 978-0-415-47571-6 | Paperback (Spon Press)
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Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2010, 41st Edition
By Davis Langdon Engineering Services
"An essential reference for everybody concerned with the calculation of costs of mechanical and electrical works." – Cost Engineer Market conditions remain unfavourable and construction output and orders obtained by contractors continue to decline. The costs of some items have increased, but...
September 2009 | 978-0-415-55263-9 | Hardback (Spon Press)
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Tropical Urban Heat Islands: Climate, Buildings and Greenery
By Nyuk Hien Wong, Yu Chen
Conventional air conditioning is not a sustainable solution to the challenge of a hot or humid climate. The climate problem is compounded in so-called Urban Heat Islands, urban areas where the air can be 3–5°C hotter than its surrounding areas and where pollution levels are consequently raised....
2008 | 978-0-415-41104-2 | Hardback (Spon Press)