Includes bibliographical references and index.

Comfort applications : Residences -- Retail facilities -- Commercial and public buildings -- Tall Buildings -- Places of assembly -- Hotels, motels, and dormitories -- Educational facilities -- Health care facilities -- Justice facilities -- Automobiles -- Mass transit -- Aircraft -- Ships -- Industrial applications : Industrial air conditioning -- Enclosed vehicular facilities -- Laboratories -- Engine test facilities -- Clean spaces -- Data processing and telecommunication facilities -- Printing plants -- Textile processing plants -- Photographic material facilities -- Museums, galleries, archives, and libraries -- Environmental control for animals and plants -- Drying and storing selected farm crops -- Air conditioning of wood and paper facilities -- Power plants -- Nuclear facilities -- Mine air conditioning and ventilation -- Industrial drying -- Ventilation of the industrial environment -- Industrial local exhaust -- Kitchen ventilation -- Energy related applications : Geothermal energy -- Solar energy use -- Building operations and management : Energy use and management -- Owning and operating costs -- Testing, adjusting, and balancing -- Operation and maintenance management -- Computer applications -- Building energy monitoring -- Supervisory control strategies and optimization -- HVAC commissioning -- General applications : Building envelopes -- Building air intake and exhaust design -- Control of gaseous indoor air contaminants -- Design and application of controls -- Noise and vibration control -- Water treatment -- Service water heating -- Snow melting and freeze protection -- Evaporative cooling -- Fire and smoke management -- Radian heating and cooling -- Seismic- and wind-restraint design -- Electrical considerations -- Room air distribution -- Integrated building design -- HVAC security -- Ultraviolet air and surface treatment -- Codes and standards..