by Rebecca Walker — June 15, 2009—As economies transition from carbon-based to other forms of more sustainable energy, engineers are being challenged to meet an ever-increasing tide of regulation and demand.
To assist the building environment industry in meeting this challenge, guidance on designing for effective energy resource use is being emphasized in the newest edition of the ASHRAE Handbook.
The 2009 ASHRAE Handbook Fundamentals, covers basic principles and provides essential data for HVAC&R design. It includes more than 1,000 pages and 39 chapters on a variety of HVAC&R topics, covering general engineering information, basic materials, load and energy calculations and duct and pipe design.
The new chapter on sustainability defines this concept for HVAC&R and describes the principles, design considerations, and detailed evaluations needed in designing sustainable HVAC&R systems.
The chapter covers characteristics of sustainability, factors impacting sustainability, primary HVAC&R considerations in sustainable design, factors driving sustainability into design practice and designing for effective energy resource use.
Another change is addition of climate data for 5,564 stations on the CD accompanying the book, an increase of 1,142 stations compared to the 2005 Handbook on the CD accompanying the book. A subset of data for selected stations is included in the printed chapter, Climatic Design Information.
The 2009 ASHRAE Handbook is published in two editions. One contains inch-pound (I-P) units of measurement, and the other contains the International System of Units (SI).
For more information or to order, see the ASHRAE Web site.
