Design of Efficient HVAC Systems

Abstract

The acronym HVAC is a shorthand designation for heating, ventilating and cooling often used in describing air conditioning systems. The HVAC designation is used as the common notion is that air conditioning is just cooling. However in the broadest sense air conditioning encompasses all those heating, cooling, humidity control, ventilation and air filtration, and air distribution processes necessary to maintain a healthy, comfortable, and productive environment in buildings. An efficient air conditioning, or HVAC, system will also incorporate the design characteristics and the control functions necessary to achieve these goals at a minimum cost and with the minimum expenditure of energy.