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* Adapted from the successful German edition, which has sold over 2,000 copies
* Offers comprehensive guidance for professionals who wish to install photovoltaic technology; in full color throughout!
* Includes checklists for project managers, a review of relevant simulation tools plus data on selected regional, national, and international renewable energy support programs
Growth in photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing worldwide continues to increase. In parallel, appropriate standards and certification schemes are being developed. During this transition period, clear guidance is crucial for integrating this technology into working practices of professionals in the building sector. This book offers such guidance, detailing every subject necessary for successful project implementation, from the technical design to the legal and market issues of PV installation. Beginning with resource assessment and an outline of the core components, this guide comprehensively covers system design, economic analysis, installation, operation, and maintenance of PV systems. Translated and adapted by Ecofys, an international consultancy, specializing in sustainable energy and energy efficiency, and developed with funding from the EC’s Altener program.
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Planning and Installing Photovoltaic Systems.......2006-07-10
When you are searching for that one book that will tell you what you need, stop and run your fingers through this book. Packed with all the information you need, not only will it tell you how but also why you should move up to solar. start with this book first before you begin installing.
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- Pretty useful book on cold-formed design
- This is a best one.
- Extensive discussion on physical behavior of steel members
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Book Description
The definitive text in the field, thoroughly updated and expanded
Hailed by professionals around the world as the definitive text on the subject, Cold-Formed Steel Design is an indispensable resource for all who design for and work with cold-formed steel. No other book provides such exhaustive coverage of both the theory and practice of cold-formed steel construction. Updated and expanded to reflect all the important developments that have occurred in the field over the past decade, this Third Edition of the classic text provides you with more of the detailed, up-to-the-minute technical information and expert guidance you need to make optimum use of this incredibly versatile material for building construction.
Wei-Wen Yu, an internationally respected authority in the field, draws upon decades of experience in cold-formed steel design, research, teaching, and development of design specifications to provide guidance on all practical aspects of cold-formed steel design for manufacturing, civil engineering, and building applications. Throughout the book, he describes the structural behavior of cold-formed steel members and connections from both the theoretical and experimental perspectives, and discusses the rationale behind the AISI design provisions. Cold-Formed Steel Design, Third Edition features complete coverage of:
* AISI 1996 cold-formed steel design specification with the 1999 supplement
* Both ASD and LRFD methods
* The latest design procedures for structural members
* Updated design information for connections and systems
* Contemporary design criteria around the world
* The latest computer-aided design techniques
Cold-Formed Steel Design, Third Edition is a necessary tool-of-the-trade for structural engineers, manufacturers, construction managers, and architects. It is also an excellent advanced text for college students and researchers in structural engineering, architectural engineering, construction engineering, and related disciplines.
Customer Reviews:
Pretty useful book on cold-formed design .......2007-01-20
I have not gone through 1 chapter yet. But the inroduction is already illuminating about aspects of cold-formed members, which are not so clearly explained in other books I've come across. The only setback is it is not in SI units, making it hard to use in places like Singapore.
This is a best one........2001-10-16
Cold formed steel is cheap and widely supply in some country. By using the code in this book, I can reduce so much material cost from expensive imported wide flange into a self made double I beam by using 2 C light lip. This book is practical can be use in real construction by following detailed example.
The code is very new and up to date. This is the book you should not miss..
Extensive discussion on physical behavior of steel members.......1998-05-05
Writen as a text book, this work looks at in particular the behavior of cold formed steel members. It gives complete and useful information regarding the strength of thin elements common to cold formed steel and a guide to design. The information is also very applicable to larger hot rolled steel member design in that it illustrates what design assumptions are taken for granted when designing with thicker members. Subjects included are flexural and compression members, cylindrical tubular members, connections, diaphragms, shell roofs structures, corrugated sheet, and composite design. Overall a very useful resource.
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* Adapted from the successful German edition, which has sold over 7,000 copies
* Offers comprehensive guidance for professionals who wish to install solar thermal technology; in full color throughout
* Includes details on how to market solar thermal technologies, a review of relevant simulation tools and data on selected regional, national, and international renewable energy support programs
Solar thermal systems available today offer efficiency and reliability. They can be applied in different conditions to meet space- and water-heating requirements in the residential, commercial, and industrial building sectors. The potential for this technology and the associated environmental benefits are significant. This book offers clear guidance on planning and installing a solar thermal system, crucial to the successful uptake of this technology. Every subject necessary for successful project implementation is included.
Beginning with resource assessment and an outline of core components, this guide details solar thermal system design, installation, operation, and maintenance for single households, large systems, swimming pool heaters, solar air, and solar cooling applications.
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The bible.......2007-04-11
If you are a designer or installer of Solar Hot Water and Heating-
Buy this book. I know its expensive, but it is worth it!
Nothing I have seen from the US is even close.
One small draw back is that you will have to convert from metric.
Book Description
Here's the first single volume available incorporating the new 530 ACI/ASCE Masonry Building Code and 530. Masonry Specification-plus changes to the ASTM standard and the Uniform Building Code. This edition of Beall's Masonry Design and Detailing is your definitive guide to designing, specifying, and building in masonry, featuring 30% new and revised material. You'll find new chapters on masonry veneers-movement and moisture control-cleaning and restoration-evolving systems and technology-and recently developed materials-it's a must for masonry quality and performance. What's more, hundreds of drawings, photos, and tables support clear, concise coverage of techniques used for brick, block, stone, terra cotta, and glass block.
Customer Reviews:
A Must Read for Intermediate/Advanced Masonry Students.......2005-01-06
If you want to build more than a backyard wall or barbeque, the information contained here will put you on the right track. Most masons will follow a building plan, but this book gives the framework for the plans. This text will cover in depth structural design and problem solving associated with layout, material, and construction of masonry structures.
Not technical enough.......1998-10-31
As the previous reviewer, I also am a structural engineer and have not found the book to be very useful for my line of work. It does have some nice details and empirical information that would probably be useful for architects and contractors.
Great for Architects, not so great for Engineers.......1997-05-04
I found the masonry details to be very good in showing how a masonry building goes together and as such would be very good for Architects and Contractors. However, as a Structural Engineer I was looking for a book with more detail regarding the design methods and equations. I was looking for a book that would teach a beginning engineer the basics of masonry design. After the engineer had mastered the basics and could design a masonry building using the equations then, with that understanding and experience, could make use of the design tables in this book.
We have this book in our library and I can say that it is seldom used. We design masonry buildings using hand calculations, the UBC and computer programs.
Bottom line is that this book is great for Architects and Contractors building small masonry structures. It is not as useful for the serious Structural engineer.
Book Description
Structure As Architecture provides readers with an accessible insight into the relationship between structure and architecture, focusing on the design principles that relate to both fields. Over one hundred case studies of contemporary buildings from countries across the globe including the UK, the US, France, Germany, Spain, Hong Kong and Australia are interspersed throughout the book. The author has visited and photographed each of these examples and analyzed them to show how structure plays a significant architectural role, as well as bearing loads. This is a highly illustrated sourcebook, providing a new insight into the role of structure, and discussing the point where the technical and the aesthetic meet to create the discipline of architecture.
* Presents a comprehensive analysis of how building structure contributes to architecture
* Connects architectural design ideas and structure in the context of contemporary architecture, materials and structure
* Highly illustrated, providing a sourcebook of architectural and engineering design ideas
Customer Reviews:
Please read.......2006-06-18
If architecture is viewed as ideas of establishing different relationships between people and space, then structure is the first step to achieve these relationship in reality. How do we appropriately use different structure elements in reality, what kind of architectural effects will them create? These questions are answered in Andrew W.Charleson's book 'Structure as architecture'. The book is divided into chapters such as function/exterior/interior of buildings,structural detailing, light and structures and so on, which are discussed from both theoretical and practical approach. With enormous amount of first hand photo illustrations, the book also gives a comprehensive visual case studies to the reader. It is enjoyable to read and I recommend this stunning book to all architectural, building science students as well as architects and engineers in practice.
Compulsory purchase for Architects and Engineers alike.......2005-12-10
Although Architecture and Engineering are really only different sides of the same coin, they are often treated in completely different ways. Certainly they are normally approached from different directions. Charleson's book addresses this lack of continuity, and reduces structural diagrams down to a simple level (good for architecture students) as well as opening up the ideas of light and air and structure to thoseof a more engineering bent... And from all accounts he's a pretty inspirational lecturer as well, with the students fizzing away with excitement.
End result: if you are a student of Architecture or Engineering, then rush out and buy this book. Invaluable source of knowledge - guaranteed to help you through those exams...
Excellent book on the topic STRUCTURE and ARCHITECTURE.......2005-11-28
As per name, this book provides an excellent reference to building structures that expresses its architectural ideas. The book is well written and provides examples from around the world! ^_^
A student's opinion.......2005-10-04
I am a student studying architecture, and have found this book to be a very useful reference.
The first time I used it, I was looking for specific examples of "expressive" architecture. In the index, I found a long list of qualities such as "grounded", "light", "dynamic" etc. with references to pages illustrating specific projects whose structure has those qualities. The clear, full colour photos really help you get the feel of the buildings.
I don't know of any other book that I could have looked to for that purpose. Of course, the content is useful for numerous other reasons as well.
Book Description
The reissue of a design classicâthe book that revolutionized the practice of architecture.
When it was published in 1932, this cornerstone edition of Ramsey and Sleeper's Architectural Graphic Standards was the very first book to present the accepted architectural practices of the time in a clear and accessible graphic form.
Now finally available in paperback, this landmark reference still has much to offer us today, with beautifully illustrated practical information on traditional architectural standards, methods, and materials that cannot be found elsewhere.
Covering all facets of building construction from foundations to interior finishes, it will be valued by a new generation of architects, design professionals, and others involved in the restoration and renovation of historic buildings as well as anyone with an interest in architectural history.
Customer Reviews:
Achitectual Graphic Standards.......2007-08-27
The reprsentation was not clear this is a reproduction of a 1935 published book. This is not usefull in todays building enviroment.
I find it indispensable........2007-07-05
A must have for anyone working or having an interest in architecture. As a companion to the current edition, it provides guidelines for laying out domestic serving pantries and other forgotten features. Should one wish, it also provides superior graphics as models for fixture symbols.
excellent book.......2007-05-13
I am a Civil Engineer ( 25 years of design ) and I have found this book excellent. I have worked with the previous edition and the new one is more complete. Is a a book rich of details useful for the profession.
Great Guide for Construction Designs........2007-05-13
This book has a great deal of information about anything you would need to know for designing.
Very Pleased.......2007-03-12
We received the book in a timely fashion, and in excellent condition.
We are always satisfied with everything we have ever gotten from Amazon!!
Thanks guys!
Book Description
This book provides students of civil engineering and architecture with a grounding in the fundamentals of structures, and a 'feel' for the way buildings behave structurally. The book aims to explain structural concepts clearly, using analogies and examples to illustrate the points, and it expresses mathematical aspects of the subject in a straightforward way.Fully worked solutions to examples are available to readers. Please see www.blackwellpublishing.com/garrison/
Book Description
This book applauds the union of architecture and engineering both today and throughout the history of building and construction.
The relationship between the two fields is multifaceted. Some architects may have had an engineering background, and some engineers have experience of architecture. Some unacknowledged engineers have stood modestly behind great architects, and a number of architects have been encouraged and supported by their engineer-collaborators in designing structures that appear to defy gravity.
Architects + Engineers = Structures focuses on the ideal: on a cohesive building design team where the members contribute equally, resulting in unique and exceptional designs. These are architects and engineers who entice beauty into buildings not just with lines on paper and calculations but with intuition, innovation and feeling for the needs of people, materials, strength, proportion, lightness and elegance.
Structures featured include:
* dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
* Church of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
* Eiffel Tower, Paris
* Sydney Opera House, Sydney
* Marina City, Chicago
* Olympic Swimming Pool Arena, Tokyo
* London Eye, London
* many other international examples, both celebrated and less well-known
"This subject is very important, and I hope the book will attract the attention of many architects and engineers." Professor Mamoru Kawaguchi
Also by Ivan Margolius:
Automobiles by Architects, Wiley-Academy, ISBN 047160786X
"How rare it is to put down a book with the sense of pleasure satisfied, the mind excited by ideas and information, nostalgia stimulated, the eye amused by illustrations." Brian Sewell, The Spectator
"Superbly entertaining book." Edwin Heathcote, The Architects' Journal
"This is an enjoyable read." Building Design
"Excellent book." FX Magazine
"Purchasers are likely to have something unique on their bookshelves." The Automobile
"A pleasant surprise is the density and clarity of the text, usefully accompanied by a wealth and diversity of iconography." L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui
Customer Reviews:
From the shadows emerge.......2002-07-28
This is an Interesting and important book illustrating the necessity to have a cohesive building team of understanding professionals in order to design 'beautiful'
architecture. The book brings forward the forgotten engineers who stood in the shadow of famous architects, such as Frank Kornacker, Joachim Cardozo, Jaroslav Polivka and others without whom the 'great, and heroic' architecture could not have been created. This is a book that Should be read by every engineer
and architect who is truly interested in the building design and
collaborative working environment. It brings to light that Architecture that is art and science is achieved by team work, and an understanding of two disciplines that are intricately sutured together
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