Building Services

Suitable for architects, builders, engineers, facility managers, developers, contractors, and design consultants, this book covers the costs and benefits of smart buildings, and the basic design foundations, technology systems, and management systems encompassed within a smart building.

Electrical installations in buildings are becoming increasingly complex. BASICS Electrical Installations conveys the basic concepts of electrical installations in buildings in practical applications.

New edition of the best-selling Heinemann textbook, with a user-friendly style, accessible language and an approachable layout, now fully updated to match the 2010 specification.

Lay the foundation for a career as a bricklayer. Published in association with City & Guilds and suitable for the 6705 Diploma, as well as other Level 1 Bricklaying qualifications, this highly illustrated and accessible book covers the principles of construction, setting out, block walls, brick walls, cavity walls, and health and safety.

Carve out a career as a carpenter or joiner. Published in association with City & Guilds and suitable for the 6706 Diploma, as well as other Level 1 qualifications, this highly illustrated and accessible book will introduce the principles of construction, how to use hand and power tools, woodworking joints, and health and safety.

Revised edition of: Heating and cooling of buildings: design for efficiency / Jan F. Kreider, Peter S. Curtiss, Ari Rabl. c2010.

Architects, designers, builders, and contractors must all work together to plan the mechanical and electrical equipment that controls the indoor environment of a building. Building Control Systems is the one guide that helps everyone better use the design and construction strategies that make safe, energy-efficient buildings.

The second volume of a three part work which describes in detail the 'adaptive' approach to thermal comfort. Concentrating on the theoretical aspects of thermal comfort and presenting the latest work in the field, the book also suggests ways in which new models can be developed.

'Lighting Engineering: Applied Calculations' describes the mathematical background to the calculation techniques used in lighting engineering and links them to the applications with which they are used. The fundamentals of flux and illuminance, colour, measurement and optical design are covered in detail. There are detailed discussions of specific