Download or read book Handbook of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning written by Jan F. Kreider and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-12-26 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 20 years, energy conservation imperatives, the use of computer based design aids, and major advances in intelligent management systems for buildings have transformed the design and operation of comfort systems for buildings. The "rules of thumb" used by designers in the1970s are no longer viable. Today, building systems engineers must