Building Services Handbook, 7th Edition

Index

Absolute pressure, 155, 160

Access fitting, 322–323

Accessible switches and sockets, 516

Access to drains, 322–326

Acidity in water, 21

Acoustic detector, 639, 642

ACPO alarm policy, 637

Activated carbon filter, 256

Active infra-red detector, 639, 644

Adiabatic humidification, 296

Aerobic bacteria, 348

Air admittance valve, 319

Air changes per hour, 189, 237–238, 241, 263, 299

Air compressor, 63

Air conditioning, 273–311

Plant sizing, 299–300

Air curtain/door, 260

Air diffusion, 258–259, 285

Air eliminator, 147

Air filters, 254–256

Air flow

In ducting, 257, 262–266

Flow resistance, 269–270

Air gap, 53, 88, 265, 387

Air heating, 186, 534

Air infiltration, 236

Air mixing, 298

mixing unit, 281

Air permeability, 298

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