Accompanied by Handbook 2009 fundamentals CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- ASHRAE Technical Committees, Task Groups, and Technical Resource Groups -- ASHRAE research: improving the quality of life -- Preface -- Principles -- Psychrometrics -- Thermodynamics and refrigeration cycles -- Fluid flow -- Heat transfer -- Two-phase flow -- Mass transfer -- Fundamentals of control -- Sound and vibration -- Indoor environmental quality -- Trerman comfort -- Indoor environmental health -- Air contaminants -- Odors -- Indoor environmental modeling -- Load and energy calculations -- Climatic design information -- Fenestration -- Ventilation and infiltration -- Residential cooling and heating load calculations -- Nonresidential cooling and heating load calculations -- Energy estimating and modeling methods -- HVAC design -- Space air diffusion -- Duct design -- Pipe sizing -- Insulation for mechanical systems -- Airflow around buildings -- Building envelope -- Heat, air, and moisture control in building assembiles -- fundamentals -- Heat, air, and moisture control in building assembiles -- material properties -- Heat, air, and moisture control in building assembiles -- examples -- Materials -- Combustion and fuels -- Refrigerants -- Thermophysical properties of refrigerants -- Physical properties of secondary coolants (brines) -- Sorbents and desiccants -- Physical properties of materials -- General -- Energy resources -- Sustainability -- Measurement and instruments -- Abbreviations and symbols -- Units and conversions -- Code and standards -- Additions and corrections.