DA manuals

AIRAH’s Design Application (DA) manuals are technical publications to assist you in your day-to-day work in the HVAC&R industry.

AIRAH continues to update its DA manuals to align them to industry standards and maintain best practices.

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Latest releases

DA09 is one of a series of application manuals prepared to assist mechanical engineering designers and maintenance engineers with their day-to-day tasks, and the discharge of their duties. This manual seeks to set down knowledge of the art and current practice in air conditioning load estimation and psychrometrics. It will also be of use to all those engaged in the energy-efficient planning, design, construction, operation, servicing, and management of buildings and air conditioning systems.

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DA05 provides a holistic overview of smoke control in buildings, as applied by Australian Standard AS 1668.1-2015 The use of ventilation and air conditioning in buildings. Part 1: Fire and smoke control in buildings. It covers the basic fundamentals behind the six “methods” of smoke control and outlines how and where AS 1668.1 applies them, depending on the smoke control strategy called for by the building and building regulations.

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DA06 steps through the entire damper life-cycle, from the fundamentals of the whys and hows of fire, smoke, and air dampers, through to individual performance testing, design, and selection considerations; the details of installation, labelling, and commissioning; and the inspection and maintenance of dampers through their operational lives. The focus is on the major compliance standards – AS 1668.1, AS 1682.1/.2 and AS 1851 – with sections of the manual dedicated to design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance topics.

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DA04 Air System Balancing – in HVAC discusses the testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) of air distribution systems in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) applications.

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DA24 is a publication on the commissioning and testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) of hydronic water systems in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) applications.

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In October 2019, AIRAH released a major update to DA19 HVAC&R Maintenance, alongside Specifying a Maintenance Package with DA19 – an online user guide designed to assist building owners and managers to better understand the steps they need to take when using DA19 to specify their maintenance needs.

DA19 has been the definitive reference for HVAC&R maintenance in Australia for more than 20 years. It is used throughout the Australian property, facility management and HVAC&R maintenance industries. Now in its fourth edition, DA19 has been developed with considerable industry engagement and features significant updates relating to energy efficiency, system sustainability, asset management and the digitisation of maintenance (smart maintenance).