As ASHRAE seeks to expand its mission around the globe, the ASHRAE Bookstore continues to add to its selection of other language publications. Order a print edition and receive your shipment via mail, or purchase a downloadable digital version for instant access.
ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2016, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
This standard is intended to be used to guide the improvement of indoor air quality in existing buildings. It specifies minimum ventilation rates and other measures intended to provide indoor air quality that is acceptable to human occupants and that minimizes adverse health effects. It is intended for regulatory application to new buildings, additions to existing buildings, and those changes to existing buildings that are identified in the body of the standard.
Available in Arabic and English
ASHRAE Standard 55-2017, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy
This standard specifies the combinations of indoor thermal environmental factors and personal factors that will produce thermal environmental conditions acceptable to a majority of the occupants within the space. The environmental factors addressed in this standard are temperature, thermal radiation, humidity, and air speed; the personal factors are those of activity and clothing. It is intended that all of the criteria in this standard be applied together, as comfort in the indoor environment is complex and responds to the interaction of all of the factors that are addressed herein.
Available in Arabic and English
ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2019, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings (SI Edition)
This standard provides minimum requirements for the energy-efficient design, construction, and a plan for operation and maintenance and for utilization of on-site, renewable energy resources in buildings except low-rise residential buildings for (1) new buildings and their systems, (2) new portions of buildings and their systems, (3) new systems and equipment in existing buildings, and (4) new equipment or building systems specifically iden¬tified in the standard that are part of industrial or manufacturing processes. It also provides criteria for determining compliance with these requirements.
Available in Chinese or English
ASHRAE Standard 111-2008, Measurement, Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing of Building HVAC Systems
This standard applies to building heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems of the air-moving and hydronic types and their associated heat transfer, distribution, refrigeration, electrical power, and control subsystems.
Available in Chinese or English
Humidity Control Design Guide for Commercial and Institutional Buildings
This book is designed to help technical professionals design humidity control systems for commercial buildings. It provides complete coverage of humidity control from basic principles to real-world design advice in an easy-to-follow layout.
Available in Chinese or English
ASHRAE Position Document on Building Decarbonization
This position document recommends embracing building decarbonization strategies to reduce building GHG emissions. Buildings provide many benefits to society but have a significant worldwide environmental impact due to their GHG emissions. The building industry accounts for roughly 40% of global GHGs, and the global building stock is expected to double by 2060. As society faces the challenge of mitigating climate change, ASHRAE’s position is that decarbonization of buildings and their systems must be based on a holistic analysis including healthy, safe, and comfortable environments; energy efficiency; environmental impacts; sustainability; operational security; and economics. By 2030, the global built environment must at least halve its 2015 GHG emissions, whereby all new buildings are net zero GHG emissions in operation, widespread energy-efficiency retrofits of existing assets are well underway, and embodied carbon of new construction is reduced by at least 40%.
Available in Portuguese and English
ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2007, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
This standard establishes the minimum energy efficiency requirements of buildings other than low-rise residential buildings for a) design, construction, and a plan for operation and maintenance and b) utilization of on-site, renewable energy resources. The requirements are supplied for the design and construction and a plan for operation and maintenance of 1) new buildings and their systems, 2) new portions of buildings and their systems, 3) new systems and equipment in existing buildings, and 4) new equipment or building systems specifically identified in the standard that are part of industrial or manufacturing processes. It also supplies criteria for determining compliance with these requirements.
Available in Portuguese and English
ASHRAE Position Document on Indoor Carbon Dioxide
This position document discusses the role of indoor CO2 in the context of building ventilation and IAQ based on ASHRAE’s long involvement with those topics as well as the interests of its members and stakeholders. The positions stated within address the use of CO2 as a metric of IAQ and ventilation, the impacts of CO2 on building occupants, the measurement of CO2 concentrations, the use of CO2 to evaluate and control outdoor air ventilation, and the relationship of indoor CO2 to airborne infectious disease transmission. This document recommends research into the impacts of CO2 on occupant health, comfort, and performance and on the application of indoor CO2 concentrations in building operation, as well as the development of guidance on the measurement and practical application of CO2 concentrations
Available in Portuguese and English
Building Our New Energy Future
If you are a buildings professional, it is highly likely you will experience significant changes in your professional practice during your career. That’s because a rapid evolution is underway in the electricity sector that will also have a significant impact on the buildings sector. As a critical organization for buildings professionals, ASHRAE and its members must take an active role in the ongoing changes that will create this new energy future. This document is intended to explain the issues and terminology, as well as the challenges and opportunities, associated with changes underway in the electricity sector that affect buildings professionals.
Available in Portuguese and English
ETF One-Page Guidance for Polling Place HVAC
This document provides a summary of the key general recommendations related to HVAC and water supply systems. Note that many different HVAC system types are used in polling places, so adaptation of these guidelines to specific cases is necessary. Practitioners should consult the full guidance on this topic for important details and consider reaching out to qualified design professionals for detailed analysis as needed.
Available in Portuguese and English
ETF One-Page Guidance for Reopening Schools
This document provides practical information and checklists to help minimize the chance of spreading SARS-CoV-2 in school buildings, including a summary of key general recommendations related to HVAC and water supply systems. Note that many different HVAC system types are used in educational facilities, so adaptation of these guidelines to specific cases is necessary. Please consult the full guidance on this topic for important details and consider reaching out to qualified design professionals for detailed analysis as needed.
Available in Portuguese and English
ETF One-Page Guidance for Reopening Buildings
This document provides practical information and general recommendations to help HVAC systems mitigate the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Practitioners should consult the full guidance on this topic for important details and consider reaching out to qualified design professionals for additional analysis as needed.
Available in Portuguese and English
Translations of ASHRAE books, standards, and guidelines into Spanish are available here.
ETF Guidance for Reopening Schools and Universities
This guidance is meant to provide practical information and checklists to school district and university campus environmental health managers, facility managers, administrators, technicians, and service providers to prepare educational buildings to resume occupancy. This information describes how the HVAC systems should be operating to help minimize the chance of spreading SARS-Cov-2 and how to practically check/verify that operation.
Available in Turkish and English