A newly updated version of this core text, Guide A contains all the critical information you need for the successful design of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.

To provide a satisfactory environment for work or leisure, thermal, acoustic and visual factors must be taken into account. This comprehensive edition contains seven sections including: environmental criteria for design; external design data; thermal properties of building structures; air infiltration and natural ventilation; thermal response and plant sizing; internal heat gains; and moisture transfer and condensation.

It also offers insights into best practice methods in building services design providing a fast track means of keeping up-to-date, and on factors to be considered when choosing calculation methods. Its easy-to-read text, tables and graphs make this publication a must-have for those responsible in the design, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of building services.

Units: SI