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Books : Professional & Technical : Engineering : Civil : Construction : Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning

• Doolins Trouble Shooters Bible

  James H. Doolin

  
  
   

• Means Mechanical Estimating: Standards and Procedures

  
  An easy-to-use tool for estimating heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, with up-to-date cost data and estimating examples. This all-in-one reference gives you the accepted standards and procedures for takeoff and pricing HVAC systems, as well as piping, plumbing, and fire protection. Includes all of the major mechanical systems in new building construction.

  The book will show you how to:

  • Evaluate mechanical plans and specs so you can estimate all cost components
  • Measure, quantify, and perform takeoffs for materials, labor, and equipment
  • Identify and correctly apply direct and indirect costs, including overhead and profit
  • Use forms to improve accuracy and efficiency –  with electronic forms now available on the book’s own website
  • Compare materials and methods and select the most cost-effective way to get the job done
  • Train new estimators with clear instructions for estimating the mechanical trades
  • Make the best use of RSMeans Mechanical Cost Data and RSMeans Plumbing Cost Data

  Organized for easy reference, the book gives you quick access to whatever aspect of mechanical estimating you need. It includes a glossary of mechanical terms and definitions –  plus symbols used on mechanical plans, useful formulas, checklists, and conversion tables.

  
   

• Building Heat Transfer

  Morris Grenfell Davies

  
  
   

• Passive Solar Energy: The Homeowner's Guide to Natural Heating and Cooling

  Bruce Anderson

  
  It is easy to think of harvesting solar energy as a highly technical system involving wiring and plumbing and high-tech gadgets and gizmos you'd need an engineer to design and set up (and operate!). But really, every time you walk outside on a sunny day and every time you realize that the rooms on the south side of your home tend to get warmer during the day, you are witnessing solar energy at work. The beauty of passive solar energy is, for me, its "low-tech" approach, as the words imply. A bit of design foresight when building or remodeling your home will yield a wide set of possibilities for using solar energy to warm and cool your home. This is the book that can show you how. It is well illustrated and written for folks who may not have a technical degree. Not being a techno-wizard of any kind, I can understand this book, and I'll bet you can too!
  
   

• Home Heating and Cooling (Fix It Yourself)

  Time-Life Books

  
  Emergency Guide, Heating and Cooling Systems, System Controls, Air Distribution, Water Distribution, Oil Burners, Gas Burners, Electric Furnaces, Baseboard Heaters, Heat Pumps, Central Air Conditioners, Tools and Techniques
  
   

• HVAC: Annotated Instructor's Guide Level 1

  NCCER

  
  
   

• The North American wood heat handbook

  Gordon Flagler

  
  
   

• District heating and cooling for energy conservation

  R. M. E Diamant

  
  
   

• The control of noise in ventilation systems: A designers' guide

  Atkins Research and Development

  
  
   

• Heating service

  James L Dundas

  
  
   

• Hpac and V Contractors Reference Book and License Review

  John Gladstone, George Perpich

  
  
   

• The thermal environment: Conditioning and control (Series in mechanical engineering)

  Burgess Hill Jennings

  
  
   

• Environmental Design (CIBSE Guide)

  
  
   

• Passive solar heating design

  Ralph M Lebens