HVAC Design Manual for Hospitals and Clinics

HVAC Design Manual for Hospitals and Clinics
Author: ASHRAE (Firm)
Publisher: Ashrae
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Clinics
ISBN: 9781936504398

Health care HVAC systems serve facilities in which the population is uniquely vulnerable and exposed to an elevated risk of health, fire, and safety hazard. These heavily regulated, high-stakes facilities undergo continuous maintenance, verification, inspection, and recertification, typically operate 24/7, and are owner occupied for long life. The HVAC systems in health care facilities must be carefully designed to be installed, operated and maintained in coordination with specialized buildings services, including emergency and normal power, plumbing and medical gas systems, automatic transport, fire protections and a myriad of IT systems, all within a limited building envelope.

HVAC Maintenance and Operations Handbook

HVAC Maintenance and Operations Handbook
Author: Robert C. Rosaler
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 682
Release: 1998
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780070521698

Part I: Introduction. Glossary of HVAC Terms. The HVAC Design Factor. Building Design and Equipment Location. Part II: Commissioning. Introduction to Commissioning. The Commissioning Process. The Commissioning Specification. Commissioning Check Lists. Commissioning Computer-Based Control Systems. Part III: Management of Maintenance and Repair. Strategic Planning. Preventive, Predictive, Proactive Maintenance. Maintenance: In-House versus Outsourcing. Computerized Maintenance. Reliability Centered Maintenance. Stores and Parts Management. Part IV: Maintenance and Repair Technology. Piping and Ductwork. Air Moving Equipment. Pumps and Valves. Heating Equipment. Cooling Equipment. Air Distribution. System Control Equipment. Condensate Control.

HVAC Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing Field Manual

HVAC Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing Field Manual
Author: John Gladstone
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1996-12-22
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780070241848

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Take Advantage of the Latest Guidance on the Hottest Area in HVAC! As health problems related to poor indoor air quality become increasingly evident, demand for better quality and efficiency in air systems is skyrocketing--making HVAC testing, adjusting, and balancing (TAB) the fatest-growing HVAC discipline. Here is a practical, nuts-and-bolts manual devoted to this specialty, now revised and updated with new information about such vital topics as: Indoor air quality; Energy recovery systems; Fan surge; Duct leakage; System performance; Temperture control verification; And more! You'll also find new chapters on systems balancing, controls, clean rooms, sound vibration, and solutions to TAB problems, as well as a chapter with a model standard for TAB cost-estimating. Sponsored by the National Environmental Balancing Bureau, the book's clear, step-by-step explanations will help you understand and meet requirements for testing, measuring, adjusting, balancing, troubleshooting, and cost-estimating TAB function for tall buildings, restaurants, hospitals, and other institutional settings.

HVAC Procedures & Forms Manual, Second Edition

HVAC Procedures & Forms Manual, Second Edition
Author: Wendes
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2001-11-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780824709235

Developed over the course of many years of on-the-job projects involving HVAC energy auditing, testing/balancing and cost estimating, and refined through feedback from thousands of engineers and technicians who have used them, the forms contained in this manual are concise, comprehensive, and optimally organized for easy reference. Complete sets of forms are provided for all aspects of testing and balancing, energy auditing, indoor quality diagnosis, and load calculations. The first edition, entitled HVAC Energy Audit & Balancing Forms Manual compiled these time-saving forms for the first time in a single reference. This enhanced second edition adds a new chapter on technical management, providing procedures for achieving thorough, systematic and accurate problem solving, troubleshooting and decision making in building systems management and contracting.

Handbook of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

Handbook of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Author: Jan F. Kreider
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 666
Release: 2000-12-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420036467

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

Principles of Building Commissioning

Principles of Building Commissioning
Author: Walter T. Grondzik
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2009-03-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470112972

Commissioning is coming of age. Savvy building owners have adopted commissioning as an effective way to improve the facility acquisition process. Green building initiatives have embraced commissioning as a way of assuring quality in the delivery of high-performance buildings. This long-established quality control process for building mechanical systems is emerging as a broader construction management tool improving nearly all aspects of a project. What exactly is this thing called commissioning? Principles of Building Commissioning answers this fundamental question with the first all-inclusive, practical guide to the application of the principles of commissioning. The book clarifies the underlying philosophy of commissioning: the why, what, when, and who of this process. Shaped by the ASHRAE Guideline 0 view of the world of commissioning, Building Commissioning: Maps out the territory of commissioning Outlines its defining characteristics Explains its flow of processes Demystifies its documentation Making the fundamentals of commissioning accessible to all parties—building owners and operators, architects and engineers, users and suppliers—who may be called upon to join the commissioning team for a particular project, Building Commissioning serves as the professional's road map to the commissioning process, from the predesign phase through occupancy.

HVAC Design Sourcebook

HVAC Design Sourcebook
Author: W. Larsen Angel
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2011-11-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0071753028

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO HVAC DESIGN This practical manual describes the HVAC system design process step by step using photographs, drawings, and a discussion of pertinent design considerations for different types of HVAC components and systems. Photographs of HVAC components in their installed condition illustrate actual size and proper configuration. Graphical representations of the components as they should appear on construction drawings are also included. Learn how to design HVAC systems accurately and efficiently from this detailed resource. HVAC DESIGN SOURCEBOOK COVERS: The design process HVAC load calculations Codes and standards Coordination with other design disciplines Piping, valves, and specialties Central plant equipment and design Air system equipment and design Piping and ductwork distribution systems Terminal equipment Noise and vibration control Automatic temperature controls Construction drawings

ASHRAE Laboratory Design Guide

ASHRAE Laboratory Design Guide
Author:
Publisher: Ashrae
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Buildings
ISBN: 9781936504985

"Reference manual for planning, design, and operation of laboratory HVAC systems to reduce the laboratory's energy footprint while ensuring safety, providing good comfort and indoor air quality, and protecting the integrity of experiments; includes online access to electronic design tools that illustrate features of laboratories and provide practical design aids"--

90.1 User's Manual

90.1 User's Manual
Author: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Publisher: American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This User's Manual provides detailed instruction for the design of commercial and high-rise residential buildings to ensure their compliance with ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004. In addition, this Manual: encourages the user to apply the principles of effective energy-conserving design when designing buildings and building systems; offers information on the intent and application of Standard 90.1; illuminates the Standard through the use of abundant sample calculations and examples; streamlines the process of showing compliance; provides Standard forms to demonstrate compliance; provides useful reference material to assist designers in efficiently completing a successful and complying design. This Manual also instructs the user in the application of several tools used for compliance with Standard 90.1: the EnvStd computer program used in conjunction with the Building Envelope Trade-Off compliance method; the selection and application of energy simulation programs used in conjunction with the energy cost budget method of compliance. This Manual is intended to be useful to numerous types of building professionals, including: architects and engineers who must apply the Standard to the design of their buildings; plan examiners and field inspectors who must enforce the Standard in areas where it is adopted as code; general and specialty contractors who must construct buildings in compliance with the standard; product manufacturers, state and local energy offices, policy groups, utilities, and others.