An expert’s guide to designing energy-efficient electrical systems for buildings of any size. Covers all electrical systems – power, signals, controls, and lighting. A McGraw-Hill classic.
My Story
When I started work for a major architectural/engineering consulting firm in Austin, Texas, I was a draftsman. We worked with lead on mylar sheets – drafting by hand! (I enjoy tech drawing to this day.) I learned HVAC design by doing (I have a BSME in mechanical engineering, heat transfer). I also did drafting for the electrical engineer, and when I got my P.E. license a few years later, I was qualified to seal HVAC as well as electrical drawings.
When I left the business years later to go to grad school to study celestial mechanics, my objective was to write a book that I could use to get current on electrical design if I ever had to return to the consulting biz.
About the Book
This book came out one year after Retrofitting for Energy Conservation, also from McGraw-Hill. I was still in the energy conservation mode, so basically, this is a sequel. The emphasis is to design the most efficient electrical systems for buildings of any size. Many times in the book, I tell electrical designers not to let HVAC (or any other discipline) hoodwink them into supplying more power than they need to install an efficient air conditioning or other system.
Read the Book
This book is still in print, the first edition (it came out in 1998). That makes it a classic! You can read more about it on Amazon at this link.
WH Clark, P.E.