Hot Water Supply

1. System selection

2. Water heaters

3. Centralised hot water systems

4. Safety and statutory requirements in Hong Kong

• WSD, 2006. Handbook on Plumbing Installation for Buildings, Dec 06, Water Supplies Department (WSD), Hong Kong. [www.wsd.gov.hk/en/html/pdf/HBonPIB.pdf]
• WSD, 2004. Hong Kong Waterworks Standard Requirements for Plumbing Installation in Buildings, Feb 04 version, Water Supplies Department (WSD), Hong Kong. [www.wsd.gov.hk/en/html/pdf/hkwsre.pdf]
• Water heating [wikipedia] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_water_system
• Solar hot water [wikipedia] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_hot_water
• Solar thermal collectors for water heating (PDF) [EMSD]

• Burberry, P., 1997. Environment and Services, 8th ed., Chp. 9, Addison Wesley Longman, Essex. [696 B94]
• Garrett, R. H., 2008. Hot and Cold Water Supply, 3rd ed., Blackwell Science, Malden, MA. [696.1 G239 h83]
• Hall, F. and Greeno, R., 2007. Building Services Handbook, 4th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, U.K. [690 H17]
• Hui, S. C. M., 2000. Solar Hong Kong - present applications and future prospects, Renewable Energy World, 3 (1): 76-83, January 2000. http://arch.hku.hk/~cmhui/hksolar/hksolar.htm
• IOP, 2002. Plumbing Engineering Services Design Guide, [New ed.], Institute of Plumbing, Hornchurch, Essex, UK. [LB 696.1 P73]

• Anatomy of a Gas Water Heater (Tank type) http://homerepair.about.com/od/plumbingrepair/ss/hwh_tank_gas.htm
• BSE notes [www.bsenotes.com]
• Hot and Cold Water Systems
• Hot Water Generation & Storage
• Pressurised Domestic Hot & Cold Systems
• Pressurised Commercial Hot Water Systems
• Preventing HW Dead Legs
• Preventing Bacterial Growth
• Engineering ToolBox [www.engineeringtoolbox.com]
• Water Systems
• How Water Heaters Work [http://home.howstuffworks.com/water-heater.htm]