Library Guides: Construction and Design Guide: HVAC

Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) Research

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning in buildings represent substantial energy demands, and insufficient ventilation may result in poor indoor air quality and health problems. Designing for optimum ventilation performance is a vital part of building design. Use this list of selected titles to begin your research; use the search terms to find more books and articles at UC Berkeley and beyond. For general information, please see Building Science Resources, a guide to the literature of building systems, performance measurement, technology, materials, etc.

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Air Conditioning

Design and Systems

Energy Conservation

Natural Ventilation & Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

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Solar Heating and Cooling

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Use these subject headings and keywords in Melvyl and OskiCat catalogs and in the article indexes.

Air conditioning
   --Control Handbooks, manuals, etc.
   --Equipment and supplies
   --Design and construction.
   --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Air cooling
Architecture and energy conservation

Buildings Ventilation
Cooling Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Cooling systems
Dwellings--Heating and ventilation
Evaporative cooling

Heat Radiation and absorption
Heating--Design and construction.
--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Historic buildings Heating and ventilation
Indoor air pollution

Photovoltaic power generation
Radiant cooling
Radiant heating
Solar Buildings
Solar Energy--Passive Systems

Ventilation Equipment and supplies
--Design and construction.
--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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Reference

Dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks for terminology, illustrations, and definitions.

ASHRAE GreenGuide : an ASHRAE publication addressing matters of interest to those involved in green or sustainable design of buildings / David L. Gruman, editor. Atlanta, GA : American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., c2003. A reference guide that includes how to incorporate green or sustainable engineering into HVAC systems. Includes background, design in the early stages, architectural impact, thermal comfort delivery systems. Meant as a reference guide only.
ASHRAE handbook : heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning applications / American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc. Inch-Pound ed. Atlanta, Ga. : ASHRAE, c2003. Includes building type applications, energy related applications such as solar and thermal energy, building operations, seismic and wind design restraints.
Code check HVAC : a field guide to heating and cooling / Michael Casey, Redwood Kardon, and Douglas Hansen ;... 2nd ed. [Newtown, CT] : Taunton Press, c2005. A quick reference to the most up-to-date international mechanical codes, provides comprehensive information on essential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning codes and outlines the principles behind them. Updated to the current Uniform Mechanical Code and International Residential Code, Code Check HVAC was compiled by certified inspectors.
Handbook of air conditioning and refrigeration / Shan K. Wang. 2nd ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2001.
Handbook of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning / edited by Jan F. Kreider. Boca Raton, Fla: CRC Press, c2001.
HVAC: equations, data, and rules of thumb / Arthur A. Bell, Jr. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2000.
HVAC/R terminology: a quick reference guide / Richard Wirtz. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall, c1998. Incorporates all the Heating Ventilation, Air-conditionging VAC/R technical terms for electricity, controls, refrigeration cycle, heating, psychometrics, boilers, heat pumps, heat transfer, load calculations and more.
HVAC systems and components handbook /edited Nils R.Grimm, Robert C. Rosaler. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1998.
Indoor air quality handbook / John D. Spengler, Jonathan M. Samet, John F.McCarthy, editor. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2001. Includes the history and future of ventilation, sick building syndrome, building systems, human responses, pollutants, assessment and ventilation requirements of special building types.

Air Conditioning

Air-conditioning America: engineers and the controlled environment, 1900-1960 / Gail Cooper. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1998.
Cool comfort : America's romance with air-conditioning / Marsha E. Ackermann. Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, c2002.
Evaporative air-conditioning : applications for environmentally friendly cooling / Gert Jan Bom ... [et al.]. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c1999. Alson online.
Fine tuning air conditioning and refrigeration systems / Billy C. Langley. Lilbrun, GA :Fairmont Press, c2002.
VAV air conditioning systems / Keith Shepherd. Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 1999.

Design and Systems

Building energy management systems: applications to low energy HVAC and natural ventilation control / G.J. Levermore. 2nd ed. London ; New York : E & FN Spon, c2000.
Building services design methodology: a practical guide / David Bownass. London, New York :Spon, 2001.
Building technology: mechanical and electrical systems / Benjamin Stein. 2nd ed. New York: J. Wiley, c1997.
Fundamentals of H.V.A.C. / Jack L. Burton. Upper Saddle River, N.J. :Prentice Hall, c1999.
Heating and cooling of buildings : design for efficiency / by Jan F. Kreider, Peter S. Custiss, Ari Rabl.2nd ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2002. Series title: McGraw-Hill series in mechanical engineering.
Heating, cooling, lighting : design methods for architects / Norbert Lechner. 2nd ed. New York : John Wiley, c2001. Includes case studies, details for photovoltaics, natural ventilation, shading and more.
IAQ and HVAC workbook / D. Jeff Burton. Rev. and updated 2nd ed. Bountiful, Utah : IVE, Inc., c1995.
Mechanical & electrical systems for historic buildings: profitable tips for professionals, practical information for preservationists / Gersil Newmakr Kay. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1992. Includes case studies, detailed drawings, codes.
Mechanical and electrical systems in buildings / William K.Y. Tao, Richard R. Janis. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997.
Modern hydronic heating for residential and light commercial buildings / John Siegenthaler. 2nd ed. Australia ; Clifton Park, NY : Thomson/Delmar Learning, c2004.
HVAC systems design handbook / Roger W. Haines, C. Lewis Wilson. 3rd ed.New York: McGraw-Hill, c1998.
Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning / J. Trost. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c1999.
Simplified design of HVAC systems / William Bobenhausen. New York: Wiley, c1994.

Energy Conservation

Cutting the cost of cold : affordable warmth for healthier homes / edited by Janet Rudge & Fergus Nicol. London; New York : E & FN Spon, c2000. Also onine.
Energy and environment in architecture : a technical design guide / Nick Baker and Koen Steemers. London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 2000.
Energy conservation for housing : a workbook / prepared by Sandra Nolden, Deborah Morse, Scott Hebert, Abt Associates Inc.; prepared for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, [1998]. Also online.
Energy efficiency in housing / Malcolm Bell, Robert Lowe, Peter Roberts. Aldershot, Hants, England : Brookfield, Vt. : Avebury, c1996.
Energy efficiency manual : for everyone who uses energy, pays for utilities, controls energy usage, designs and builds... / Wheaton, Md. : Energy Institute Press, 1999. Also online.
Fire and memory : on architecture and energy / Luis Fernandez-Galiano; translated by Gina Carino. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2000.
Natural home heating : the complete guide to renewable energy options / Greg Pahl. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub. Co., c2003.
The sociology of energy, buildings and the environment : constructing knowledge, designing practice / Simon Guy and Elizabeth Shove. London; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Natural Ventilation & Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

A guide to energy efficient ventilation / Martin W. Liddament. Coventry: Oscar Faber, 1996.
Arca (Milan, Italy) L'Arca. [Milano] : L'Arca edizioni, [1986] - see ECOENEA supplement for green/sustainable design details - Climatic details: vertical landscaping.
The architectural expression of environmental control systems / George Baird.London; New York: Spon Press, 2001.
Buildings at risk : wind design basics for practicing architects / [principal author, Michael J. Crosbie]. Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Architects, [1998?].
CANMET advanced houses program / Sacramento, Calif. : California Environmental Protection Agency, Integrated Waste Management Board, 1999. ALso online.
Environmental control systems : heating, cooling, lighting / More, Fuller.New York: McGraw-Hill, c1993.
Environmental design guide for naturally ventilated and daylit offices / David Rennie and Foroutan Parand. London: Construction Research Communications, 1998.
Indoor environment / NCARB Professional Development Program ; [authors, Ronald V. Gobbell ... [et al.]]. 2nd ed. Washington, DC : National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, c2002.
Natural ventilation in buildings: a design handbook / editor Francis Allard; Project coord : Mat Santamouris; contrib Servando Alvarez. London : James and James (Science Publishers) Ltd., 1998.
The optima-house: air quality and energy use in a single family house with counterflow attic insulation and warm crawl space foundation / Arne Elmroth, Bertil Fredlund. Lund, Sweden : Lund Institute of Technology, Dept. of Building Science, 1996.
Passive cooling of buildings / editors, M.Santamouris and D.Asimakopoulos. London: James & James, c1996.
Predicting natural ventilation in residential buildings in the context of urban environments / Adil M. K. Sharag-Eldin. 1998. Also online.
Transsolar - climate engineering / edited by Anja Thierfelder; texts by Helmut Jahn ... [et al.] ; essay by Wilfried Korfmacher. Basel : Birkhauser ; Berlin : Springer, 2003. Uses case studies to demonstrate different elements of design, for each example there is a list of site factors and climatic concepts with specific tools explained.
Understanding ventilation : how to design, select, and install residential ventilation systems / text and illustrations by John Bower. Bloomington, IN : Healthy House Institute, c1995.

Solar Heating and Cooling

Solar Design (research guide)
Comfort in any climate / [Michael Reynolds]. Taos, N.M. : Solar Survival Press, c2000.
Passive solar commercial and institutional buildings : a sourcebook of examples and design insights / International Energy Agency; principal editor, S.R. Hastings. Chichester; New York : J. Wiley, c1994.
The passive solar house / James Kachadorian. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub. Co., c1997.
Photovoltaics and architecture / edited by Randall Thomas. London; New York : Spon Press, 2001.
Photovoltaics in buildings : a design handbook for architects and engineers / principal editors, Friedrich Sick, Thomas Erge. London: James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd., c1996.
Photovoltaics in the built environment: a design guide for architects and engineers / Washington, D.C. :U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1997.
Practical photovoltaics : electricity from solar cells / Richard J. Komp; introduction by John Perlin. 3rd ed. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Aatec Publications, 1995.
Solar-assisted air-conditioning in buildings : a handbook for planners / Hans-Martin Henning (ed.). Wien; New York :Springer, 2004. Includes images of equipment, design examples, details, and references.

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Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) Research

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Search Terms

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Reference

Air Conditioning

Design and Systems

Energy Conservation

Natural Ventilation & Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

Solar Heating and Cooling