HVAC/Facilities Maintenance: Getting Started
HVAC Information Sources Including OSHA
- PCC Facilities Maintenance program website.
- Data.Energy.Gov. Part of the U.S. General Services Administration. Includes maintenance and facilities services schedules for property that houses federal employees.
- Facility Maintenance & Operations Committee
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Part of the National Institute of Building Sciences.Industrial Quick Search. (IQS). Similar to Thomas.net (below), this helps you find manufacturers and vendors of pumps, compressors, etc.
- OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration. U.S. Department of Labor.
- Thomas.net
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is an organization of manufacturers. They have articles on air conditioner maintenance, maintaining metal roll-up doors, dust collectors, noise control and other topics. Free!
Article Collections (Online) from the Library Collection.
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Building GreenInformation on a wide range of topics related to sustainable building, including energy efficiency, recycled-content materials, land-use planning and indoor air quality. Integrates online versions of GreenSpec, Environmental Building News (EBN), and a database of more than 100 high-performance building case studies.
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Vocational and Career CollectionFull text coverage for more than 300 trade and industry-related periodicals including Modern Machine Shop, Pediatric Nursing, Wireless Week, Drug Store News, Restaurant Business, Advertising Age, and many more.
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Vocations and Careers (Gale OneFile)Providing content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
Fun
How Much Do You Know About Solving Global Warming?
How HVAC Knowledge Can Save the World Take the quiz.
Streaming Videos!
Residential Heating and Ventilation. A 24 minute video, a bit dated, 2008, but includes forced-air furnaces, ignition systems, and the parts of gas furnaces.
How a Furnace is Made (2015)
