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Building Science for Building Enclosures
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549 pages, Hardcover
First published December 31, 2005
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September 26, 2012
While it contains some good information in the text, I have never read a textbook that had more errors in it! This book contains missing brackets, missing decimals, wrong operations, wrong variables, wrong units, etc., and unless you're already knowledgeable on the subject, you probably won't spot them. If this is your only reference on the topic of building science, you're in trouble. Straube and Burnett need to issue some errata. In my opinion, there are also too few examples to help the reader understand how to use the formulas presented.
All I can say is, if you use this book, you should double check any formula you get from it. If you were thinking of buying it, then don't.
Hutcheon and Handegord's Building Science for a Cold Climate is a far more reliable resource (I didn't catch any math errors in that one!), though it does not really go into any significant depth. You can also try Building Physics and Applied Building Physics (both by Hugo Hens), though these are biased toward the situation in Europe. You could also try Hagentoft's Introduction to Building Physics (I haven't used this one before but I'm sure it's better than Straube and Burnett's book). Of course, the ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals has some excellent chapters on relevant topics like fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and building envelope design. Unfortunately, it doesn't contain many examples because that would make the book way too thick.
All I can say is, if you use this book, you should double check any formula you get from it. If you were thinking of buying it, then don't.
Hutcheon and Handegord's Building Science for a Cold Climate is a far more reliable resource (I didn't catch any math errors in that one!), though it does not really go into any significant depth. You can also try Building Physics and Applied Building Physics (both by Hugo Hens), though these are biased toward the situation in Europe. You could also try Hagentoft's Introduction to Building Physics (I haven't used this one before but I'm sure it's better than Straube and Burnett's book). Of course, the ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals has some excellent chapters on relevant topics like fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and building envelope design. Unfortunately, it doesn't contain many examples because that would make the book way too thick.
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