- Building Performance DatabaseFind performance data for U.S. buildings.
ENGINEERING
For more information, review the engineering guide.
- Engineering VillageSimultaneously search 3 databases for articles, patents, and conference proceedings.
- Engineering Case Studies Online This link opens in a new windowAccess video and texts about engineering failures and successes.
For research about patents, check out the Patents and Trademark research guide.
STANDARDS
- ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library This link opens in a new windowAccess standards and technical information in civil engineering and material science.
- ASCE Library This link opens in a new windowFind standards and other literature within civil engineering.
- Techstreet EnterpriseDownload PDFs from ASCE, ASME, ISEA, SAE, and ISO. Read with Adobe Acrobat with the FileOpen add-on, available from Techstreet.
- Incorporated by Reference [IBR] StandardsVia the American National Standards Institute [ANSI], access standards that are incorporated by reference in the US Code of Federal Regulations.
ASHRAE
- Read-Only ASHRAE StandardsAccess ASHRAE's read-only versions of their IBR standards.
- Standard 62.1 2022 Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air QualityDownload a PDF from TechStreet.
- Standard 62.2 Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Residential BuildingsView the 2019 version in print in the AFA Library or download the 2022 PDF from TechStreet.
- Standard 55-2020 Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human OccupancyReference the print copy in the AFA Library or download a PDF from TechStreet.
- Standard 90.1-2019 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-rise Residential BuildingsReference the print copy in the AFA Library.