What Does HVAC Stand For?

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What does HVAC stand for?

What does HVAC mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: HVAC.

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HVAC	Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Academic & Science » Electronics -- and more...	Rate it:
HVAC	Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Academic & Science » Architecture	Rate it:
HVAC	High Voltage Alternating Current Academic & Science » Electronics -- and more...	Rate it:
HVAC	House Veterans' Affairs Committee Governmental » US Government	Rate it:
HVAC	Honesty Value And Comfort Miscellaneous » Unclassified	Rate it:
HVAC	Holden Vehicles Are Cool Governmental » Transportation	Rate it:
HVAC	High Velocity Air Conditioning Miscellaneous » Unclassified	Rate it:
HVAC	Heating And Miscellaneous » Unclassified	Rate it:
HVAC	Heating and Cooling Miscellaneous » Unclassified	Rate it:
HVAC	Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning Miscellaneous » Unclassified	Rate it:
HVAC	Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning Miscellaneous » Unclassified	Rate it:
HVAC	Heating Ventilation And Cooling Miscellaneous » Unclassified	Rate it:
HVAC	Heating , Ventilating and Air Conditioning Community » Housing & Amenities	Rate it:
HVAC	Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning Miscellaneous » Unclassified -- and more...	Rate it:
HVAC	Heating Ventilation and Airconditioning (System) Academic & Science » Electronics	Rate it:
HVAC	High Voltage Alternative Current Academic & Science » IEEE	Rate it:

What does HVAC mean?

HVACHeating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an enclosed space. Its goal is to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality. HVAC system design is a subdiscipline of mechanical engineering, based on the principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. "Refrigeration" is sometimes added to the field's abbreviation as HVAC&R or HVACR, or "ventilation" is dropped, as in HACR (as in the designation of HACR-rated circuit breakers). HVAC is an important part of residential structures such as single family homes, apartment buildings, hotels, and senior living facilities; medium to large industrial and office buildings such as skyscrapers and hospitals; vehicles such as cars, trains, airplanes, ships and submarines; and in marine environments, where safe and healthy building conditions are regulated with respect to temperature and humidity, using fresh air from outdoors. Ventilating or ventilation (the "V" in HVAC) is the process of exchanging or replacing air in any space to provide high indoor air quality which involves temperature control, oxygen replenishment, and removal of moisture, odors, smoke, heat, dust, airborne bacteria, carbon dioxide, and other gases. Ventilation removes unpleasant smells and excessive moisture, introduces outside air, keeps interior building air circulating, and prevents stagnation of the interior air. Methods for ventilating a building are divided into mechanical/forced and natural types.

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