Residential Energy: Cost Savings and Comfort for Existing Buildings

New 7th edition for 2024! Some energy specialists call Residential Energy the Bible of Building Science. Residential Energy explains the theory and practice of building science. It presents authoritative information about insulation, air sealing, heating, cooling, health, safety, and durability for all types of residential buildings. This premier building-science textbook, has evolved over 30 years, 7 editions, and 110,000 copies sold. Residential Energy is an essential textbook and reference manual for energy auditors, energy raters, weatherization technicians, and home inspectors. Architects, engineers, HVAC specialists, insulation contractors, and building-renovators consult this book's valuable information. Thousands of professionals use this book as a reference to advance their careers. Residential Energy presents the practical details of successful and cost-effective energy retrofits. Readers learn that effective energy conservation requires a whole-building approach that solves the most wasteful energy problems first. Residential Energy explains diagnostic procedures for evaluating a buildings' insulation, air leakage, and HVAC efficiency. Diagnostics evaluate the current condition and the need for improvement. Building science is the foundation for achieving money savings, enhanced comfort, and improved health, safety, and building durability. Hundreds of training centers, colleges, and technical schools across North America use Residential Energy as a textbook. About the Book Easy-reading language, fortified by abundant color illustrations, charts, and tables. Easy navigation by using the index and cross references. Scientific explanations reinforce cost-effective energy-saving improvements. Measurements feature both American and metric units. What’s New in the 7th Edition? The 7th edition contains an immense variety of information you won’t find anywhere else. The author spent two years researching new findings and procedures. He updated existing content, edited text for clarity, and adding new topics and illustrations to Residential Energy. For 30 years, readers suggested changes and requested new topics that now appear in this new edition. The book’s 475 color images substitute for many thousands of words. The author used Simplified Technical English for the writing style. The table of contents, cross-references, and index promote quick navigation through the book’s 11 chapters. New information includes advanced heat pumps, low-cost cooling, whole-building dehumidification, multifamily air sealing, essential repairs, and characteristics of retrofit materials. Many energy-efficiency specialists have built their careers around the information contained in this book. Whether you are just interested in improving the energy efficiency of buildings, or you chose a profession as an energy specialist, this book provides you with the knowledge and understanding you need to succeed.