Explore practical insights from a leading engineering journal on heating, ventilation, and comfort
This volume compiles proceedings and papers from the Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers for 1934–1935, offering perspectives on how environmental conditions affect human comfort. It includes discussions of radiant heat, air movement, and measurement methods used in real-world building systems. The material presents historical context for how practitioners analyzed temperature, humidity, and radiant energy to improve indoor environments.
This edition covers a range of topics that matter to engineers and facility managers:
- The influence of humidity and radiant energy on comfort in rooms with still air and in spaces with air movement
- How radiant heat interacts with air temperature to determine comfort levels and the role of high-intensity radiant sources
- Methods for measuring thermal environments, including globe thermometers and kata-thermometers, and how to interpret equivalent temperature and air velocity
- Examples of heating and ventilation topics discussed at society meetings, from solar heat exclusion to noise and vibration in warm-air systems
- Understand how temperature, humidity, and radiant energy combine to affect occupant comfort
- Learn about measurement tools used to assess thermal environments in buildings
- See how engineers evaluate heating and ventilation practices through conference papers and discussions
- Get a historical view of how the field approached comfort, energy use, and indoor air quality
Ideal for readers of historical engineering literature, and for professionals seeking a window into mid-20th-century building science practices.