ASHRAE offers green buildings guide in eBook format for easy access

by Brianna Crandall — June 22, 2011—ASHRAE has published its first-ever eBook for use on the Apple iPad. The third and latest edition of ASHRAE GreenGuide: The Design, Construction and Operation of Sustainable Buildings is now available in an eBook format to allow iPad users convenient access to the book’s guidance, which covers each stage of the building process, from planning to operation and maintenance of a facility, with emphasis on teamwork and close coordination among interested parties.

The GreenGuide eBook follows ASHRAE’s latest mobile apps on duct fitting databases and Standard 62.1, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality. The eBook includes embedded links to other sections of the book and to graphics and relevant Web pages. The GreenGuide eBook is available as a download in Apple’s iBooks store for $39.99 and requires the iBooks app.

ASHRAE (the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.), founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of “advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world” through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.