Definitely the ASHRAE reference books will come in handy for a few problems. Familiarize yourself with mollier and psychometric charts, they will save you a lot of time. PPI's unit conversion book was really helpful. While reading from MERM is helpful, what helped me the most was just doing...
I've done something recently. In our office we do (50 fpm) x (door area) and it works out close to what a fire protection study would generate. I'll look for that study to confirm. We would have the fan tied to the fire alarm system and it would only activate upon alarm activation. Otherwise, it...
Hi! Long time lurker of the forums but never got around to signing up. I am a mechanical engineer in California doing HVAC & Plumbing work for a small consultant firm. I just passed the PE test so decided to sign up to the forums :).