HO-82-14-1 -- Optimizing HVAC Systems Using Industrial Refrigeration Technology

Is the HVAC Industry doing the job that our customers and clients think they are paying for? Or are we doing business as usual, forcing a single design concept based on a technology we are comfortable with down their throats without a thought to the future? As the costs of energy, labor, equipment and government regulation escalated have we met the challange, or have we dust paid lif service to problems while making elaborate efforts to duck any responsibility for our work? Engineering students are led to believe that the engineer provides technical support to aide in making sound decisions! Are we really providing engineering services, or simply design services? Courl we improve systems, improve our services, decrease our liability by involving others in the decision making process? To involve other, the engineer has to do what he was really trained to do, prepare a number of different concepts, any one of which could solve the major problem, then provide a clear, concise analysis of the merits of each, then ask the interested parties to contribute and participate in the decision making process.

Citation: ASHRAE Transactions, Volume 88, Part 1, Houston, TX



Product Code(s): D-HO-82-14-1