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A complete business guide for the heating and air conditioning professional. Covers the complete range of topics: equipment and inventory; building a viable business plan; getting insurance; marketing and advertising; establishing credit; pricing labor and materials; finding a niche; collecting money; and fine-tuning for continued success. ... Read more

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Nothing new
the book is lacking information for starting up a business in the HVAC/R industry. i have found the same if not more information from books about "starting a home based business". ... Read more

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A supplement to the "HVAC Systems Design Handbook", this text comprises a collection of about 60 columns published in the "Heating/Piping/Air Conditioning Magazine". ... Read more

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Developed over the course of many years of on-the-jobprojects involving HVAC energy auditing, testing/balancing and costestimating, and refined through feedback from thousands of engineersand technicians who have used them, the forms contained in this manualare concise, comprehensive, and optimally organized for easyreference. Complete sets of forms are provided for all aspects oftesting and balancing, energy auditing, indoor quality diagnosis, andload calculations. The first edition, entitled HVAC Energy Audit &Balancing Forms Manual compiled these time-saving forms for the firsttime in a single reference. This enhanced second edition adds a newchapter on technical management, providing procedures for achievingthorough, systematic and accurate problem solving, troubleshooting anddecision making in building systems management and contracting. ... Read more

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An indispensable, quick-and-easy reference for HVAC professionals, this all-inclusive sourcebook offers instant access to a wealth of technical HVAC information and data. Now architects, designers, and engineers can have at their fingertips everything they need to successfully design HVAC facilities in common use today without having to search through scores of manuals, texts, catalogs, and bulletins. A well-organized, ``no-frills'' guide that is packed with condensed information, HVAC Design Data Sourcebook contains basic data and formulas for designing HVAC systems. . .methods and properties of materials for estimating heat loss in structures. . .and tabular data for calculating heating fuel used. ... Read more

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HVAC Design Data Sourcebook
I was looking for a book to help me design HVAC systems.This isn't it.It is a book full of mathematical equations and reference tables which could be applied if you already new how to do the design.

I did the best I could to read the reviews of the book before purchase, but couldn't make that determination.Even then, having lots of data is great, but barely a word of guidance.ie.Not some useful instruction and lots of tables to apply.No instruction, just tables.

Obviously, there were some words there, but not many. ... Read more