Environmental Control in Buildings

• Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning:
  • Psychrometrics
  • heating load
  • cooling load
  • comfort
  • ventilation
  • room air distribution
• Humidifying and dehumidifying, duct and fan design, piping and pump design
• Heating, ventilating and cooling systems, and components
• Refrigeration
• Noise control:
  • Sound wave characteristics
  • measurement instruments
• Sources of noise, absorption, and transmission
• Free field and reverberant conditions
• Noise control techniques in buildings
• Energy management technology:
  • Energy usage in buildings
  • control systems and instrumentation
  • lighting systems operation
  • engineering/economic analysis principles
  • energy audit procedures

Suggested Reading Materials

Heating, Ventilating, & Air Conditioning – Analysis & Design, 5th edition
F.C. McQuinston & G.D. Parker. John Wiley & Sons, 1994.

Environmental Engineering
Jennings. International Test Book Co.; Carrier & Trane System Manuals; ASHRAE Handbooks; ASHRAE Environmental Control Principles & Education Supplement to ASHRAE Handbook Fundamentals Volume.