Building Performance for Health and Sustainability

James E. Woods, Ph.D., P.E., is an Indoor Environments Consultant residing in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the former Executive Director of the Building Diagnostics Research Institute. In 1997 he retired as the William E. Jamerson Professor of Building Construction at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Previously, he served as Senior Engineering Manager and Senior Staff Scientist at Honeywell (1983-1989), and was Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Architecture at Iowa State University (1974-1983). He has over 50 years experience in energy and environmental analyses, and has been responsible for more than 30 research projects and 250 investigations related to indoor environmental quality, energy utilization, and human responses in residences, office buildings, public assembly and monumental buildings, hospitals, schools, laboratories, and commercial aircraft. He has authored or co-authored seven books, more than 200 technical papers and is the co-holder of two patents. He has served as a consultant or advisor to many private and public agencies, including design engineering and architectural firms, building owners, insurance companies, law firms, utility companies, and state and federal agencies. Dr. Woods is Fellow and Distinguished 50-year Member of the American Society of Heating Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). He has chaired and served on numerous ASHRAE committees related to indoor air quality, environmental health, building energy utilization, industrial air conditioning, physiology and human environment, thermal conditions for human occupancy, and ventilation and infiltration requirements.

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction and Overview. Historic Perspective. Methods of Control. Measurable Criteria. Design Procedures. Diagnostic Procedures for Virtual and Actual Buildings. Examples of Case Studies. References and Bibliography. Appendices. Index.