1. Course Background

2. What is Environmental Services?

• HVAC Training - Basics of HVAC (10:20) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScVBPAitibQ
• How Air Conditioners Work (1:07), http://youtu.be/nKZ2DPvvua8
• Air Conditioning History (1:09) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NFmsU3Am7c
• Air Conditioning History (5:31) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf5okqLX-Uo
• Air Conditioning 1 - Introduction (0:47), http://youtu.be/rUJjj6Fnhz4
• Air Conditioning 2 - Air Cycle (1:46), http://youtu.be/nDUrjUgjADE
• Air Conditioning 3 - Chilled and Condenser Water Cycles (1:51), http://youtu.be/IIzv1TJPyYQ
• Air Conditioning 4 - Constant Air Volume (CAV) System (3:12), http://youtu.be/ZJBSDTpwUpY
• Air Conditioning 5 - Variable Air Volume (VAV) System (1:50), http://youtu.be/YCogTVa3XOw
• Air Conditioning 6 - Fan Coil Unit (FCU) (1:58), http://youtu.be/QI0O5xZ3liI
• Air Conditioning 8 - Air Conditioning Design (1:32), http://youtu.be/do6TnHuZn5A
• Fundamentals of Air Conditioning [video, 24 min.], College of Estate Management, Reading, Berkshire, 1987. [AV 697.93 A29]
• Study notes: [PDF]

• Introduction to Air Conditioning http://www.arca53.dsl.pipex.com/index_files/ac1.htm
• Basic Refrigeration Cycle http://www.swtc.edu/ag_power/air_conditioning/lecture/basic_cycle.htm
• Heat pump and refrigeration cycle -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pump_and_refrigeration_cycle
  
• Howell, R. H., Coad, W. J. and Sauer, H. J., 2013. Principles of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, 7th ed., Chp. 1, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [ASHRAE Catalog: 697 A82 T4]
• Kreith, F. and Goswami, D. Y. (eds.), 2005. The CRC Handbook of Mechanical Engineering, 2nd ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. [621 C9][ebook via ENGnetBASE]
• Chapter 9. Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration (by Herbert A. Ingley, Shan K. Wang, Ari Rabl, Peter S. Curtiss, Zalman Lavan) OR
  Wang, S. K., Lavan, Z. and Norton, P., 2000. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering, Chp. 1, CRC Press, Boca Raton. [697.93 W246 a]

• ASHRAE, 2013. ASHRAE Handbook Fundamentals 2013, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc., Atlanta, GA. [ASHRAE Catalog: 697 A82 T4]
• CIBSE, 2005. Heating, Ventilating, Air conditioning and Refrigeration: CIBSE Guide B, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London. [ebook via Knovel]
• Chapter 2. Ventilation and Air Conditioning
• Chapter 4. Refrigeration and Heat Rejection
  
• Grondzik, W. (ed.), 2007. Air-conditioning Systems Design Manual, Second Edition, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA and Butterworth-Heinemann, Burlington, MA. [697.93 A298 G87] [From ScienceDirect]
• Hundy, G. F., Trott, A. R. and Welch, T. C., 2008. Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, 4th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, Amsterdam and Boston. [ebook via ScienceDirect]
• Chapter 1 Fundamentals
• Chapter 2 The Refrigeration Cycle
  
• Jones, W. P., 2001. Air Conditioning Engineering, 5th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford & Boston. [697.93 J79 a] [From ScienceDirect]
• Mcdowall, R., 2007. Fundamentals of HVAC Systems, SI edition, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc., Atlanta, GA. [697 M13] [ebook via ScienceDirect]
• Review of basic knowledge: [NPTEL E-learning course -- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/]
• Lesson 4 Review of fundamental principles – Thermodynamics : Part I http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/4
• Lesson 5 Review of fundamental principles – Thermodynamics : Part II http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/5
• Lesson 6 Review of fundamentals: Fluid flow http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/6
• Lesson 7 Review of fundamentals: Heat and Mass transfer http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/7

• Air conditioning, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioning
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning (ASHRAE)  http://www.ashrae.org
• History of Air Conditioning [ASHRAE]  http://xp20.ashrae.org/ABOUT/history.htm
• Air conditioning and refrigeration [Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century]
• The History of Air Conditioning http://www.air-conditioners-and-heaters.com/air_conditioning_history.html
• Willis Carrier the "father" of the modern air conditioning http://www.air-conditioners-and-heaters.com/willis_carrier.html
• How Air Conditioners Work http://www.howstuffworks.com/ac.htm
• Air Conditioning System [by Mr. K P Cheung of HKU Arch] http://www.ad.arch.hku.hk/~kpcheung/new2001/ac/
• Variable refrigerant flow - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_refrigerant_flow