Successful Cool Storage Projects: From Planning to Operation

Provides guidance to those who seek to successfully design, install, and operate cool storage systems. It offers recommendations for all phases of a project, from the initial planning stage through the ongoing operation of the system. These recommendations emphasize making a commitment to a quality implementation process, defining the requirements that the system will be expected to meet, and selecting qualified team members. In addition, a cool storage project team should develop a detailed statement of design intent, perform an accurate feasibility study, and produce a complete design based on detailed engineering analysis. The guide also recommends that the performance of a cool storage system be tested during the acceptance phase and monitored on an ongoing basis.

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing, and continuing education.

The ASHRAE Handbooks are the design standard for control of built environments with volumes on Systems and Equipment, HVAC Applications, Refrigeration and Fundamentals. Each is updated every four years. In addition to publishing design guidance for engineers, architects, and facility managers, we also publish a series of texts for classroom use.

Some of the areas we publish in include:
-Energy Modeling and Auditing
-High Performance Building Design
-Psychrometrics
-Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Quality
-Data Center Energy Efficiency
-Noise & Vibration Control
-Humidity Control
-HVAC for Healthcare Facilities