This Handbook of Integrated and Sustainable Buildings Equipment
and Systems is a direct result of the American Society of Mechanical

Engineers (ASME) initiative on Integrated/Sustainable Building

Equipment and Systems (ISBES) which has the objective of filling voids

in the literature and motivate advances on integrated mechanical systems

in buildings. The main focus of this first Volume of the Handbook is

on integrated energy systems in the built environment. The handbook

includes current state of knowledge in areas of energy equipment and

building energy modeling tools, and emerging topics in a wide range of

areas encompassing combined heat and power, building energy storage

systems, and advanced control strategies for mechanical energy systems

in buildings. In addition, the integration of renewable energy and passive

cooling and heating strategies as well as the latest advanced techniques to

analyze energy demands at the neighborhood and city scales are addressed.

The contributors have a diverse set of skills and extensive experience in

building energy engineering. The main audience for the Handbook are

practitioners building engineers and researchers seeking current and

emerging topics in a single source.

The first handbook of the ISBES initiative highlights the state-of-the art

in energy systems for buildings and has four different but very important

focus areas:

• Developing and promoting innovative energy efficient design

strategies;

• Integrating renewable energy generation into buildings and building

systems;

• Integrating power generation systems into building heating and

cooling systems; and

• Integrating energy strategies at neighborhood and city-scales.