Commercial HVAC Systems: Sample Design and Workflow Guide

Commercial HVAC Systems: Sample Design and Workflow Guide follows a single,
fully worked commercial HVAC project — the fictional 45-story Skyline Tower
Complex in Chicago — through all 17 phases of a real engineering workflow,
from the first basis-of-design meeting to post-occupancy performance review.

Rather than teaching load calculations, duct sizing, and controls as isolated
topics, this book threads them together the way an actual project experiences
them: the chiller plant tonnage in Chapter 3 comes directly from the load
calculations in Chapter 2; the duct static pressure budget in Chapter 5 is
built from the AHU external static pressure established in Chapter 4; the BAS
point count in Chapter 9 reconciles against every device schedule in the
chapters before it. Every number is traceable to a decision made earlier in
the book, the same way it would be traceable on a real drawing set.

Inside you will find:

• A complete central plant design — chillers, cooling towers, condensing
boilers, and primary-only variable-flow pumping — sized from first-principles
load calculations using the ASHRAE Radiant Time Series method
• Airside, ductwork, and hydronic distribution design for a 45-floor, 2,500,000
SF high-rise, including high-rise pressure-zone strategy and duct leakage
testing per SMACNA
• Life-safety systems: NFPA 92 smoke control, stairwell pressurization, and
parking garage ventilation with jet-fan smoke management
• A full ASHRAE Guideline 36 building automation implementation — network
architecture, points list, and energy-saving reset sequences — explained
point by point
• Specialty systems: Tier III data center precision cooling, tenant HVAC
design criteria, energy benchmarking and demand response, and HVAC
electrical/emergency power coordination
• Commissioning, test and balance, and project closeout — including the
post-occupancy findings that feed back into the next project's basis of
design
• Three reference appendices: a standards and code index, a complete
deliverable register organized by phase, and an engineering formulas quick
reference

Written for engineering students, HVAC designers, and facilities professionals
who want to see how a complete high-rise HVAC workflow fits together — not
just how each individual calculation works — and current with ASHRAE, SMACNA,
and NFPA standards.

Important: This is an educational case study built around a fictitious
reference project. All engineering content is illustrative; every real HVAC
system must be developed, stamped, and sealed by a licensed Professional
Engineer for the specific project and jurisdiction.