For undergraduate-level courses in Building Mechanical Systems, Building Electrical Systems, and Illumination offered to students in Construction Technology, Architecture, Civil Technology, and Interior Design and Building Engineering.

Mechanical and Electrical Systems in Buildings, Fourth Edition is designed to bridge the ever-widening gap between textbooks and the realities that confront engineering, and construction professionals, this text provides an overview of the principles and applications of all basic mechanical and electrical systems-with a focus on what, why, and basic design data examples. It incorporates new developments in all the major disciplines-and reinforces the relationship of mechanical and electrical systems design in the overall context of the built environment.

• Chapter 1 - Introduction to Mechanical and Electrical Systems: Energy, Sustainability and Economics
• Chapter 2 - HVAC Fundamentals
• Chapter 3 - HVAC Delivery Systems
• Chapter 4 - Cooling Production Equipment and Systems
• Chapter 5 - Heating Production Equipment and Systems
• Chapter 6 - Air-Handling Equipment and Systems
• Chapter 7 - Piping Equipment and Systems
• Chapter 8 - Plumbing Equipment and Systems
• Chapter 9 - Fire Protection Equipment and Systems
• Chapter 10 - Introduction to Electricity
• Chapter 11 - Power Equipment and Systems
• Chapter 12 - Communications, Life Safety, and Security Systems
• Chapter 13 - Electrical Design and Wiring
• Chapter 14 - Light and Lighting
• Chapter 15 - Lighting Equipment and Systems
• Chapter 16 - Calculations of Illumination
• Chapter 17 - Lighting Design
• Chapter 18 - Noise and Vibrations in Mechanical and Electrical Systems
• Chapter 19 - Architectural Accommodation and Coordination of Mechanical and Electrical Systems