6. Decide which statements are true and which ones are false.

1. HVAC is an initialism or acronym that stands for "heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration".

2. HVAC system design is a major subdiscipline of heating engineering.

3. Heating, ventilating, and air–conditioning seek to provide thermal comfort, acceptable outdoor air quality, and high installation, operation, and maintenance costs.

4. HVAC Engineers can design systems for residential, industrial, institutional and commercial buildings.

5. HVAC engineers have to identify and determine the effectiveness of different system options.

6. Engineers usually must determine the costs of fixing HVAC system failures and the hours of work involved in these activities.

7. Complete the following sentences by adding the phrases given in part b.

Part A

1. HVAC is sometimes referred to as climate control and …

2. HVAC is based on the basic principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer…

3. For larger buildings where required by law, "building services" designers and engineers …

4. When working in this career area, individuals must have …

5. HVAC engineers often have to figure out why a particular component in a system failed …

Part B

A. … a thorough understanding of how these types of systems function.

B. … to operate correctly and test manufactured HVAC products.

C. …and inventions and discoveries made by Faraday, Carrier, Trane, Joule, Rankine, Carnot, and many others.

D. …analyze, design, and specify the HVAC systems.

E. …is particularly important in the design of medium to large industrial and office buildings.

8. Answer the questions on the text.

1. What does an initialism HVAC stand for?

2. Is HVAC particularly important in the design of medium to large industrial and office buildings and in marine environments?

3. What is heating, ventilating, and air conditioning based on?

4. New methods of modernization, higher efficiency, and system control are constantly introduced by companies and inventors all over the world, aren`t they?

5. What can HVAC systems provide?

6. Who specifies the HVAC systems and equipment for large buildings?

7. Who builds and commissions the HVAC systems?

8. Can HVAC engineers design schools, office buildings and health care facilities?

9. What can heating systems be powered by?

10. What do HVAC engineers have to identify and determine?

11. Why does business area of HVAC engineering also involve frequent testing?

12. HVAC Engineers can’t work for consulting or design firms, government agencies, facilities offices or HVAC equipment sales offices, can they?

Language Focus

9. Translate the following pairs of derivatives.

N – Adj	V – N
industry – industrial	to educate – education
architecture – architectural	to construct – construction
electric – electrical	to inspect – inspection
mechanic – mechanical	to distribute – distribution
nation – national	to organize – organization
history – historical	to invent – invention
commerce – commercial	to designate – designation
function – functional	to organize – organization