Specifying underfloor plenums

HPAC Heating, Piping, AirConditioning Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 42-48

  Beaty, Donald L ^a  

^a DLB ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ENGINEERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR LEAKAGE; DUCTED SYSTEMS; PLENUM PERFORMANCE; UNDERFLOOR-AIR-DISTRIBUTION (UFAD);

FLOORS; HEATING; INTEGRATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL PANELS; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 9744247516     PISSN: 15274055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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