ASHRAE’s 2020 HVAC Systems and Equipment Handbook, Chapter 1, may be considered the cornerstone to producing the optimum HVAC system selection for any building owner. Why’s that? Well, it’s provided design engineers with a multitude of questions they will need to systematically analyze and solve on behalf of a respective building owner’s HVAC and process heating/cooling project goals.
The chapter is easy to follow, both for design engineers and building owners and/or owner representatives, beginning with project goals and design intent, including but not limited to criteria, such as: