Fundamentals & Engineering
Hvac Load Calculations
The accurate calculation of heating and cooling loads is essential to provide a sound bridge between fundamental building design decisions and an operating building. If loads are substantially underestimated, occupants and users will likely be hot or cold. If loads are substantially overestimated, equipment will be oversize (usually wasting money, reducing efficiency, increasing energy consumption, and often imperiling comfort).
Standards & Compliance
HVAC Ventilation Design: Lift/Elevator Pressurization
Complete guide to HVAC lift/elevator pressurization design using BS 5588-4 standards covering pressure control, airflow calculations, and elevator system integration for effective emergency vertical transportation protection.
HVAC Ventilation Design: Staircase Pressurization + Relief Vent Sizing
Complete guide to HVAC staircase pressurization and relief vent sizing design using ASHRAE and BS standards covering pressure control, airflow calculations, and relief system integration for effective emergency egress protection.
HVAC Ventilation Design: Corridor/Lift Lobby/Atrium Make-Up/Pressurization
Complete guide to HVAC corridor, lift lobby, and atrium make-up air and pressurization design using CIBSE and ASHRAE standards covering pressure control, airflow calculations, and fire safety integration for effective emergency protection.
HVAC Ventilation Design: Atrium Smoke Extract
Complete guide to HVAC atrium smoke extraction design using CIBSE and ASHRAE standards covering smoke layer management, extraction calculations, and advanced fire safety integration for large-volume space protection.
HVAC Ventilation Design: Corridor/Lift Lobby Smoke Extract
Complete guide to HVAC corridor and lift lobby smoke extraction design using CIBSE fire engineering standards covering smoke removal, pressure management, and life safety system integration for effective emergency ventilation.
HVAC Ventilation Design: Car Parking CO System
Complete guide to HVAC car parking CO detection systems using NFPA 720 standards covering carbon monoxide monitoring, alarm systems, ventilation integration, and safety protocols for parking facility protection.
HVAC Ventilation Design: Car Parking Make-Up Ventilation Rate By Velocity
Complete guide to HVAC car parking make-up ventilation design using ASHRAE velocity-based methods covering air movement calculations, system integration, and performance optimization for effective parking facility ventilation.
HVAC Ventilation Design: Car Parking Extract Ventilation Rate
Complete guide to HVAC car parking extract ventilation design using CIBSE and BS standards covering CO control, air change rates, and specialized applications for safe and efficient parking facility ventilation systems.
HVAC Ventilation Design: Commercial Kitchen Ventilation Rates (Hood/Canopy, Ceiling Extract/Makeup)
Complete guide to HVAC commercial kitchen ventilation design using ASHRAE, CIBSE, and VA standards covering hood exhaust rates, makeup air requirements, and specialized applications for effective contaminant control and energy efficiency.
HVAC Ventilation Design: Tobacco/Smoking Area Ventilation Rates
Complete guide to HVAC smoking area ventilation design using CIBSE standards covering high-performance ventilation rates, specialized system requirements, and health protection strategies for tobacco use areas.
Digital Tools & Resources
Psychrometric Programming Functions
ibrary of psychrometric functions to calculate thermodynamic properties of air for Python, C, C#, Fortran, JavaScript and VBA/Excel
Carrier Hap Software
Carrier’s Hourly Analysis Program is two powerful tools in one package – versatile features for designing HVAC systems for commercial buildings AND powerful energy analysis capabilities for comparing energy consumption and operating costs of design alternatives.
Trace 700 Software
TRACE 700 enables building designers to optimize the building, system and equipment designs on the basis of energy utilization and life-cycle cost. The Trane software for TRACE 700 facilitates analysis of the energy and economic effects of virtually any chiller plant configuration by allowing users to manipulate a wide range of variables and create a profile of their specific building.
Download EVAP-COND 5.0: The Ultimate Heat Exchanger Simulation Tool for HVAC Engineers
Whether you’re designing a new heat exchanger, optimizing an existing system, or researching alternative refrigerants, EVAP-COND provides the detailed analysis capabilities needed to make informed decisions. I encourage all HVAC engineers and researchers to explore this powerful simulation tool and experience firsthand how it can transform your approach to heat exchanger design.
Heat Transfer Textbook Download
The book is meant for juniors, seniors, and first-year graduate students. And to those who choose to learn the subject on their own, and to practicing engineers who use it as a reference. Whether one studies alone or with a class, learning means posing, then answering, one’s own questions.