This book is an advanced text for graduate students in ventilation and air-conditioning engineering, building technology, refrigeration technology etc. as well as a reference book for air conditioning professionals or building energy-conservation professionals. It deals with the building thermal process which is the fundamental of load calculation for air-conditioning system design and also the basics of building energy-conservation analysis and retrofittings. The analysis of building thermal process covers the dynamic heat transfer through the opaque building envelope, the heat transfer...