Understanding Gas Lighting Fundamentals

Understanding Gas Lighting Fundamentals

This comprehensive book delves into the rich history, technical intricacies, and modern applications of gas lighting. It begins with the early beginnings of gas lighting and explores the development of this technology through key innovators and their contributions. Detailed sections cover combustion and flame characteristics, gas properties, safety considerations, and lighting fundamentals essential for understanding the mechanics behind gas lighting. The book also delves into the infrastructure aspects such as gas distribution, metering, regulation, and pipe materials, crucial for its efficient deployment. It further explores the historical evolution of street lighting, design considerations, and safety protocols associated with public lighting. Specific chapters focus on lighting applications in different settings including factories, warehouses, retail spaces, offices, and specialized environments. Safety remains a critical theme throughout, addressing hazards, risks, safety standards, emergency response, and regulatory compliance. Environmental aspects such as air quality, emissions, energy efficiency, and sustainability considerations are thoroughly examined. The book concludes with insights into international standards, national regulations, notable installations, the revitalization of gas lighting, innovative designs, and future directions in this evolving field.

Sustainable Built Environment - Volume I

Sustainable Built Environment is a component of Encyclopedia of Technology, Information, and Systems Management Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. Environmental conservation and technological innovation are two principal forces that drive the building industry toward the future. Technological innovation offers many opportunities to make buildings more dynamic and comfortable, and occupants more comfortable and productive. The necessity of environmental conservation, on the other hand, compels all types of developments and human activities to be environmentally responsive. The content of the Theme on Sustainable Built Environment is organized with state-of-the-art presentations covering several topics: Urban Design ; Emerging Issues in Building Design; Environment, Energy and Health in Housing Design; Culture, Management Strategies, and Policy Issues in the Sustainable Built Environment; Using Technology to Improve the Quality of City Life; Urban and Regional Transportation, which are then expanded into multiple subtopics, each as a chapter. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

American Gas-light Journal and Chemical Repertory