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8 books on Energy-efficient heating [PDF]
October 26, 2024 | 28 |
These books are covering energy-efficient heating systems, heat pump technologies, insulation and building envelope improvements, smart heating controls, renewable heating sources, energy auditing techniques and case studies of successful energy efficiency upgrades.
1. District Heating and Cooling Networks
2020 by Antonio Colmenar Santos, David Borge Diez, Enrique Rosales Asensio
In the vast, sprawling universe of energy systems, where wastefulness reigns supreme and inefficiency is treated like a long-lost cousin who’s always invited to the party, there lies a rather underappreciated hero: district heating and cooling networks. Imagine, if you will, an enterprising civilization deciding to take all the heat it’s currently chucking into the void with the enthusiasm of a caffeinated cricket and instead turning it into something useful—like warming people’s toes in the winter. It’s not just a brilliant idea; it’s a thermodynamic epiphany. This book takes you on a whirlwind tour of how these ingenious systems could wean us off fossil fuels, cut greenhouse gases and make energy security a bit less of a cosmic joke. With flexibility to dance between geothermal, solar and the leftovers of fossil fuels, these networks are like the Swiss Army knives of the energy world. And if that wasn’t enough, they even integrate energy losses into the local system like an accountant who’s just discovered Zen. Packed with case studies and big ideas, it’s a guide to keeping the planet warm without, you know, accidentally cooking it.
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2. Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects
2014 by Norbert Lechner
Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects is not just a book; it’s more of a cosmic hitchhiker’s guide to keeping your buildings cool, warm and illuminated without throwing the planet into an existential crisis. It’s the kind of guide that explains how architects can align themselves with the whims of the sun, the breezes and the shadows, rather than endlessly battling them with noisy contraptions that eat electricity for breakfast. With a cheerful nod to sustainable design, the book is a sprawling odyssey through site selection, architectural wizardry and landscaping schemes that make the most of natural energy, while minimizing the need for mechanical gadgetry that seems hell-bent on accelerating global warming. Packed with diagrams, checklists and case studies (and yes, even an online portal for the hyper-curious), it’s like having an eccentric but brilliant alien tutor in the art of eco-conscious architecture. The fourth edition even ventures boldly into tropical design—because saving the planet shouldn’t stop at the equator. All in all, it’s an indispensable tome for anyone who’s ever stared at a building and thought, “Couldn’t this work a bit more like nature intended?”
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3. An Introduction to Thermogeology: Ground Source Heating and Cooling
2012 by David Banks
Picture, if you will, a book so devoted to the mysteries of heating and cooling via the planet beneath your feet that it could very well be subtitled “How to Befriend the Ground Without It Asking Awkward Questions.” In An Introduction to Thermogeology: Ground Source Heating and Cooling, David Banks takes you on a whirlwind tour of thermogeology—a field that sounds suspiciously like something invented at a pub quiz but is, in fact, an ingenious way to harness the Earth's mildly baffling tendencies for heat storage and exchange. Geologists, architects and engineers (and presumably the occasional regulator with a penchant for geothermal enthusiasm) will find themselves gently enlightened about how to design systems that make the ground do all the heavy lifting. This updated second edition brims with new technical wizardry, thoughtful chapter-end questions and a geological confidence that might just make you believe the Earth has been waiting for this exact conversation all along.
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4. Passive Solar Architecture: Heating, Cooling, Ventilation, Daylighting and More Using Natural Flows
2011 by David Bainbridge, Ken Haggard
"Imagine a book that not only understands the sun but might actually be on first-name terms with it. Passive Solar Architecture is a quirky yet profoundly useful guide that takes you by the hand (or perhaps the thermostat) and introduces you to the thrilling world of heating, cooling and illuminating your home using nothing but natural flows and an indecent amount of cleverness. Written by David Bainbridge and Ken Haggard—two luminaries who have probably been accused of trying to build homes on the sun itself—it’s packed with tales of sunlight behaving obediently and formulas that sound like they might have been invented by ancient solar monks. This is a book for anyone who has ever looked at their heating bill and thought, 'Surely, there’s a smarter way?' or for those who simply like the idea of a home that stays cozy even when the grid throws a tantrum. Throw in a delightful helping of eco-friendly building materials and a dash of history that reveals how green design isn’t so much new as it is an old idea rediscovered and you’ve got yourself a guide that’s part manual, part manifesto and wholly indispensable for anyone who fancies living a bit more in sync with the cosmos."
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5. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning: Analysis and Design
2004 by Faye C. McQuiston, Jerald D. Parker, Jeffrey D. Spitler
In a universe not entirely unlike our own—though possibly with marginally more refrigerant—there exists a book and not just any book, but the book on Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning. The Sixth Edition of "HVAC: Analysis and Design" is an interstellar guide to the bewildering cosmos of ASHRAE standards, load calculations and ozone-saving heroics, which, let’s face it, probably won’t get the attention it deserves at the Galactic Awards for Environmental Excellence. Packed to the gills (or air ducts) with practical examples, dazzlingly updated computer programs and an entire chapter devoted to cooling loads (featuring not one, but two entirely different methods—because why have one approach when you can double the fun?), this tome boldly goes where no HVAC manual has gone before: into the murky depths of psychrometrics and duct design, armed with equations, clarity and an astonishing lack of Vogon poetry. For anyone even mildly interested in the thrilling intersection of indoor air quality and the delicate art of not freezing to death—or worse, melting—this book is less of a read and more of a revelation.
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6. Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options
2003 by Greg Pahl
"Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options" is not so much a book as it is a manifesto for anyone who’s ever looked at their heating bill and muttered, "There must be a better way." Greg Pahl, who clearly spent an unreasonable amount of time poking around boilers and sun-drenched rooftops, offers a hilariously thorough tour of humanity's best attempts to stay warm without accidentally destroying the planet. From wood stoves that could double as medieval art pieces to heat pumps that sound suspiciously like sci-fi inventions, this guide covers everything, including a stern lecture about fossil fuels that feels like it’s delivered by a particularly disappointed time traveler. Whether you want to retrofit your existing setup with something greener or design an eco-friendly home that smugly waves at climate change as it passes by, this book is your quirky, indispensable companion on the journey to heat your home without causing the polar bears to lose theirs.
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7. The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling
2002 by Daniel D. Chiras
Imagine a house so clever it almost deserves a university degree of its own – one that, instead of mindlessly guzzling energy, lounges around soaking up the sun like a smug lizard, keeping you cozy in winter and cool in summer, all without needing fossil fuels or whispered apologies to the planet. That’s the gist of The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling by Dan Chiras, who has taken humanity’s ancient knack for working with the sun and whipped it into something both impressively modern and delightfully accessible. With a wit as sharp as a solar flare, Chiras deciphers the occasionally baffling enthusiasm of 1970s architects (who seemed to think "solar" was a synonym for "experimental disaster") and gently nudges them toward practical, elegant designs that actually work. Along the way, he tackles everything from the cozy snuggle of thermal mass to the dark art of air quality management, offering tips, tricks and tech that would make the ancient Greeks and Anasazis give a thumbs-up from the great passive solar lounge in the sky. It’s part guide, part manifesto and entirely brilliant—just the thing for anyone ready to build a house that’s cleverer than they are.
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8. Elements of Induction Heating: Design, Control, and Applications
1988 by S. L. Semiatin
"Elements of Induction Heating: Design, Control and Applications" is less a book and more a cosmic hitchhiker's guide to the beguiling world of induction heating—a realm where magnetic fields and metal have lively, if slightly heated, conversations. With a blend of the profoundly technical and the mildly bewildering, S. L. Semiatin cheerfully unpacks the intricacies of designing heating processes, from the delightfully ordinary to the questionably esoteric. It’s the sort of book that makes you wonder if your toaster has been harboring untapped engineering genius all along and by the end, you’ll be looking at electromagnetic fields like they’ve just insulted your mother.
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1. District Heating and Cooling Networks
2020 by Antonio Colmenar Santos, David Borge Diez, Enrique Rosales Asensio
In the vast, sprawling universe of energy systems, where wastefulness reigns supreme and inefficiency is treated like a long-lost cousin who’s always invited to the party, there lies a rather underappreciated hero: district heating and cooling networks. Imagine, if you will, an enterprising civilization deciding to take all the heat it’s currently chucking into the void with the enthusiasm of a caffeinated cricket and instead turning it into something useful—like warming people’s toes in the winter. It’s not just a brilliant idea; it’s a thermodynamic epiphany. This book takes you on a whirlwind tour of how these ingenious systems could wean us off fossil fuels, cut greenhouse gases and make energy security a bit less of a cosmic joke. With flexibility to dance between geothermal, solar and the leftovers of fossil fuels, these networks are like the Swiss Army knives of the energy world. And if that wasn’t enough, they even integrate energy losses into the local system like an accountant who’s just discovered Zen. Packed with case studies and big ideas, it’s a guide to keeping the planet warm without, you know, accidentally cooking it.
Download PDF
2. Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects
2014 by Norbert Lechner
Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects is not just a book; it’s more of a cosmic hitchhiker’s guide to keeping your buildings cool, warm and illuminated without throwing the planet into an existential crisis. It’s the kind of guide that explains how architects can align themselves with the whims of the sun, the breezes and the shadows, rather than endlessly battling them with noisy contraptions that eat electricity for breakfast. With a cheerful nod to sustainable design, the book is a sprawling odyssey through site selection, architectural wizardry and landscaping schemes that make the most of natural energy, while minimizing the need for mechanical gadgetry that seems hell-bent on accelerating global warming. Packed with diagrams, checklists and case studies (and yes, even an online portal for the hyper-curious), it’s like having an eccentric but brilliant alien tutor in the art of eco-conscious architecture. The fourth edition even ventures boldly into tropical design—because saving the planet shouldn’t stop at the equator. All in all, it’s an indispensable tome for anyone who’s ever stared at a building and thought, “Couldn’t this work a bit more like nature intended?”
Download PDF
3. An Introduction to Thermogeology: Ground Source Heating and Cooling
2012 by David Banks
Picture, if you will, a book so devoted to the mysteries of heating and cooling via the planet beneath your feet that it could very well be subtitled “How to Befriend the Ground Without It Asking Awkward Questions.” In An Introduction to Thermogeology: Ground Source Heating and Cooling, David Banks takes you on a whirlwind tour of thermogeology—a field that sounds suspiciously like something invented at a pub quiz but is, in fact, an ingenious way to harness the Earth's mildly baffling tendencies for heat storage and exchange. Geologists, architects and engineers (and presumably the occasional regulator with a penchant for geothermal enthusiasm) will find themselves gently enlightened about how to design systems that make the ground do all the heavy lifting. This updated second edition brims with new technical wizardry, thoughtful chapter-end questions and a geological confidence that might just make you believe the Earth has been waiting for this exact conversation all along.
Download PDF
4. Passive Solar Architecture: Heating, Cooling, Ventilation, Daylighting and More Using Natural Flows
2011 by David Bainbridge, Ken Haggard
"Imagine a book that not only understands the sun but might actually be on first-name terms with it. Passive Solar Architecture is a quirky yet profoundly useful guide that takes you by the hand (or perhaps the thermostat) and introduces you to the thrilling world of heating, cooling and illuminating your home using nothing but natural flows and an indecent amount of cleverness. Written by David Bainbridge and Ken Haggard—two luminaries who have probably been accused of trying to build homes on the sun itself—it’s packed with tales of sunlight behaving obediently and formulas that sound like they might have been invented by ancient solar monks. This is a book for anyone who has ever looked at their heating bill and thought, 'Surely, there’s a smarter way?' or for those who simply like the idea of a home that stays cozy even when the grid throws a tantrum. Throw in a delightful helping of eco-friendly building materials and a dash of history that reveals how green design isn’t so much new as it is an old idea rediscovered and you’ve got yourself a guide that’s part manual, part manifesto and wholly indispensable for anyone who fancies living a bit more in sync with the cosmos."
Download PDF
5. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning: Analysis and Design
2004 by Faye C. McQuiston, Jerald D. Parker, Jeffrey D. Spitler
In a universe not entirely unlike our own—though possibly with marginally more refrigerant—there exists a book and not just any book, but the book on Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning. The Sixth Edition of "HVAC: Analysis and Design" is an interstellar guide to the bewildering cosmos of ASHRAE standards, load calculations and ozone-saving heroics, which, let’s face it, probably won’t get the attention it deserves at the Galactic Awards for Environmental Excellence. Packed to the gills (or air ducts) with practical examples, dazzlingly updated computer programs and an entire chapter devoted to cooling loads (featuring not one, but two entirely different methods—because why have one approach when you can double the fun?), this tome boldly goes where no HVAC manual has gone before: into the murky depths of psychrometrics and duct design, armed with equations, clarity and an astonishing lack of Vogon poetry. For anyone even mildly interested in the thrilling intersection of indoor air quality and the delicate art of not freezing to death—or worse, melting—this book is less of a read and more of a revelation.
Download PDF
6. Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options
2003 by Greg Pahl
"Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options" is not so much a book as it is a manifesto for anyone who’s ever looked at their heating bill and muttered, "There must be a better way." Greg Pahl, who clearly spent an unreasonable amount of time poking around boilers and sun-drenched rooftops, offers a hilariously thorough tour of humanity's best attempts to stay warm without accidentally destroying the planet. From wood stoves that could double as medieval art pieces to heat pumps that sound suspiciously like sci-fi inventions, this guide covers everything, including a stern lecture about fossil fuels that feels like it’s delivered by a particularly disappointed time traveler. Whether you want to retrofit your existing setup with something greener or design an eco-friendly home that smugly waves at climate change as it passes by, this book is your quirky, indispensable companion on the journey to heat your home without causing the polar bears to lose theirs.
Download PDF
7. The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling
2002 by Daniel D. Chiras
Imagine a house so clever it almost deserves a university degree of its own – one that, instead of mindlessly guzzling energy, lounges around soaking up the sun like a smug lizard, keeping you cozy in winter and cool in summer, all without needing fossil fuels or whispered apologies to the planet. That’s the gist of The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling by Dan Chiras, who has taken humanity’s ancient knack for working with the sun and whipped it into something both impressively modern and delightfully accessible. With a wit as sharp as a solar flare, Chiras deciphers the occasionally baffling enthusiasm of 1970s architects (who seemed to think "solar" was a synonym for "experimental disaster") and gently nudges them toward practical, elegant designs that actually work. Along the way, he tackles everything from the cozy snuggle of thermal mass to the dark art of air quality management, offering tips, tricks and tech that would make the ancient Greeks and Anasazis give a thumbs-up from the great passive solar lounge in the sky. It’s part guide, part manifesto and entirely brilliant—just the thing for anyone ready to build a house that’s cleverer than they are.
Download PDF
8. Elements of Induction Heating: Design, Control, and Applications
1988 by S. L. Semiatin
"Elements of Induction Heating: Design, Control and Applications" is less a book and more a cosmic hitchhiker's guide to the beguiling world of induction heating—a realm where magnetic fields and metal have lively, if slightly heated, conversations. With a blend of the profoundly technical and the mildly bewildering, S. L. Semiatin cheerfully unpacks the intricacies of designing heating processes, from the delightfully ordinary to the questionably esoteric. It’s the sort of book that makes you wonder if your toaster has been harboring untapped engineering genius all along and by the end, you’ll be looking at electromagnetic fields like they’ve just insulted your mother.
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