Building Services

This covers all aspects of the traffic design and control of vertical transportation systems in buildings, making it an essential reference for vertical transportation engineers and other members of the design team. A unique and well-established book, this much needed new edition features extensive updates to technology and practice, drawing on the latest international research.

Provides a highly illustrated guide for designers, installers and contractors working on hot and cold water supplies. The book takes account of the 1999 Water Regulations and British Standard BS 6700. The new edition takes account of the latest requirements of the Building Regulations and features a new section on sprinkler systems.

The second edition of Gas Installation Technology will be ofinterest to all concerned with gas installation work, whetherplumbers, heating engineers or dedicated gas fitters. It continuesto provide a definitive text for students taking NVQ gasinstallation and plumbing courses, and a useful reference foroperatives renewing their gas competences.

The book starts with the relationship between the human body and its immediate environmental space followed by an introduction of passive and active systems for indoor climate conditioning. Light and heat is discussed and then examined from the viewpoint of thermodynamics and human-biology.

This BRE Trust Report describes how the Simplified Building Energy Model works, and explains the processes and assumptions within it. The report has been written specifically for professionals who need to see behind the user interface, without going into mathematical detail.

Building services refers to the equipment and systems that contribute to controlling the internal environment to make it safe and comfortable to occupy.