Welcome to the discipline of building services engineering. You will find that it extends beyond the confines of this text, which concentrates on some of the ‘wet services’ within the building envelope. Part of Chapter 1, however, looks at the building and the way it behaves when it is intermittently heated, as it is important for you to select the plant and design the system that will best suit the building and its use. It is assumed that you have some knowledge of building services. Where necessary you are directed to current manufacturers’ literature so that the text can take on a fuller meaning. It is strongly.
