A comprehensive manual for building owners,engineers and developers describing the application of indirect firedabsorption machines. Encourages the use of recovered heat for cooling andrefrigeration with the primary objective to reduce cooling energy use andfacility operating costs. Easy-to-follow format allows readers to becomefamiliar with system requirements, evaluate indirect fired absorption machinesfor specific requirements and select the most economical system. ASHSORPT,Version 1.0, which automates the application procedures and simplifies theinitial selection and economic analysis for a potential project, is included ona CD with the print book or in a zip file with the PDF of the book.