Energy Systems of Complex Buildings [electronic resource] / by Andrzej Ziębik, Krzysztof Hoinka.

Introduction Into Systems Analysis -- Large Energy Systems -- Mathematical Modeling and Optimization of Energy Systems -- Energy Management of Complex Buildings as a System -- Supply of Heat, Cogeneration and Trigeneration -- Systems Approach to Energy-Ecological Analysis of Complex Buildings -- Systems Analysis of the Exploitation of Energy Management in Complex Buildings – Examples of Applications -- Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Systems in Complex Buildings -- Choice of the Structure of the Energy System of Complex Buildings in the Course of Preliminary Design.

The production and consumption of energy carriers in complex buildings take place within the network of interconnected energy processes. For this reason, a change carried out in one energy process influences other energy processes. Therefore, all balance equations of energy carriers should be investigated as a whole, and energy management of complex buildings creates a large energy system with internal relationships between energy installations and the equipment, as well as external relationships with the environment. Energy Systems of Complex Buildings presents the system approach to the energy-ecological analysis of energy management in complex buildings. Mathematical models of balancing the direct energy consumption, as well as cumulative energy consumption and cumulative emission of noxious substances are based on input-output analysis. Algorithms devoted to system analysis in the exploitation of energy management of complex buildings are included. In the case of ecological analysis, a new approach is presented basing on the idea of thermoecological costs. In this way, two groups of noxious influence (depletion of non-renewable energy resources and emissions of noxious substances) are taken into account. The LCA energy-ecological analysis of complex buildings has also been presented. Students, building designers, energy auditors, and researchers will learn the methodology of evaluating the energy and ecological effects by applying new technologies and devices in buildings, which influence future investigations concerning the energy and ecological analysis of complex buildings.