Engineering Foundation for Building Energy Systems

Building energy systems have a profound impact on the human condition, providing a comfortable, healthy, and productive indoor environment for daily life, while being responsible for significant energy, environmental, and economic costs. Buildings must meet increasingly complex objectives to achieve greater electrification and decarbonization and respond to societal needs for affordable housing and changes in the use of commercial buildings. To design effective solutions and analyze their performance, both engineers and architects need to stand on a solid foundation of engineering fundamentals…