The ASHRAE Handbook is now available online to allow for quick and easy access to a vast amount of HVAC&R information. The Handbook online will provide an opportunity for the Society to fulfil its mission of advancing the HVAC&R industry through publishing by making the Handbook more accessible.

“The advantages of the ASHRAE Handbook Online are numerous,” Dennis O’Neal, 2009-10 chair of the ASHRAE Handbook Committee said. “For one, the text is fully searchable and includes live links to figures, tables, footnotes, equations and other Web references. Going online also allows for fast navigation among all four current Handbook volumes. Additionally, having the Handbook online opens it to members globally.”

According to the Society’s press release, the ASHRAE Handbook is the most widely cited reference source for HVAC&R technology in the world. The hardback version of the Handbook is published in a series of four volumes, one of which is revised each year, ensuring that no volume is older than four years. The ASHRAE Handbook Online, however, allows access to all of the four most recent volumes at once.

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