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Intelligent Buildings and Building Automation

Intelligent Buildings and Building Automation

by ShengweiWang (Author)

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    Illustrated 2009

    $104.48
Synopsis

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:

  • Network communication protocols and standards, including the application of the internet.

  • The integration and interfacing of building automation subsystems and multiple building systems.

  • Local and supervisory control strategies for typical building services systems.

  • The automation system configuration and technologies for air-conditioning control, lighting system control, security and access control, and fire safety control.

Whether you're a project manager or engineer planning the systems set-up for a high value building, or a building engineering or management student looking for a practical guide to automation and intelligent systems, this book provides a valuable introduction and overview.

$104.48

Quantity

10 in stock

More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 264
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04 Nov 2009
ISBN 10: 0415475716
ISBN 13: 9780415475716

Media Reviews

The style used by the author is one that makes the early chapters of the book highly accessible to students readers, and should leave them well-prepared to take on the more detailed information in the later stages.[...] Provides a good description of the principles behind intelligent buildings and describes several areas of possible application of the principles outlined in the early chapters.

- Construction Management and Economics

Author Bio
Shengwei Wang is a chair Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where he teaches Intelligent Building, Building Automation and Control, and Energy Efficiency. He is a member of ASHRAE technical committee TC-7.5 (Smart Building Systems).