For undergraduate-level courses in Building Mechanical Systems, Building Electrical Systems, and Illumination offered to students in Construction Technology, Architecture, Civil Technology, and Interior Design and Building Engineering.

Designed to bridge the ever-widening gap between textbooks and the realities that confront engineering, and construction professionals, this text provides an overview of the principles and applications of all basic mechanical and electrical systems-with a focus on what, why, and basic design data examples. It incorporates new developments in all the major disciplines-and reinforces the relationship of mechanical and electrical systems design in the overall context of the built environment.