| When the fi rst introduction to Energy Management Handbook was written in 1982, I was in college, worried more about how to repay student loans than anything else. But this is now.
This book lives to serve its readers. In helping to edit the book, it has been my goal to keep the material fresh, pertinent and useful. My approach has been to view it from the reader’s perspective, and to assure that the book provides good value. I look forward to further improvements, over time, as technologies continue to change and refi ne, since it will keep me current in the process.
As I see it, the core intentions of this book are these:
• To address an audience of practicing energy managers and persons entering this trade. It is a tool for energy managers to get their questions answered, and get things accomplished.
• To provide a resource of current, accurate, useful information in a readable format.
• To emphasize applications, and include practical examples to clarify key topics, especially savings calculations. Background development and derivations should be limited to just what is needed to support the application messages.
For this edition, there are some signifi cant changes, including a rewrite of the automatic controls chapter, and all-new chapters on ground source heat pumps, and green building design.
As I have learned, editors check for errors and adjust grammar or format, but do not change the author’s message. The primary strategy for quality in this book is to choose the very best authors, so I’ll extend my personal thanks to each of them for their contributions. And I owe Wayne Turner a debt of thanks for the opportunity to contribute. I can only hope to do as well.
I am excited about contributing to the long-running success of this book, because of its potential to infl uence other energy professionals, and therefore the public at large. Writing is just writing, until it changes a behavior or helps someone get something accomplished—then it becomes golden! |
