Career Exploration & Preparation
- LearningExpress PrepStep for Colleges This link opens in a new window
Practice tests and computer basics. LearningExpress PrepSTEP for Colleges: Core Math, Science, English, Computer, and College Success Skills; High School Equivalency, Placement, and ACT-SAT; Test Preparation; Career Preparation; Recursos Para Hispanohablantes. - Ferguson's Career Guidance Center This link opens in a new windowType "Heating and Cooling Technicians" or "Energy Consultants" in Search Box to view various careers within this field. Oakton username and password required.
- Occupational Outlook HandbookProvides information on training and education, earnings, expected job prospects, and working conditions
- Occupation Information Network Online (O*Net)Provides detailed descriptions of occupations and local employment outlook
Science & Technology for the Built Environment - Read journal articles
Science & Technology for the Built Environment (formerly titled HVAC &R Research) publishes articles about:
- Indoor environmental quality, occupant health, comfort, and productivity
- Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) and related technologies
- Thermodynamic and energy system dynamics, controls, optimization, fault detection and diagnosis, smart systems, and building demand-side management
- Experiments and analysis related to material properties, underlying thermodynamics, refrigerants, fluid dynamics, airflow, and heat and mass transfer
- Renewable and traditional energy systems and related processes and concepts
- Integrated built environmental system design approaches and tools
- Novel simulation approaches and algorithms and validated simulations
- Building enclosure materials, assemblies, and systems for minimizing and/or regulating space heating and cooling modes
Featured Books
When searching for books, articles, websites, videos, and various other media within Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Technology, consider optional keywords such as:
- Heating, ventilation, air condition and refrigeration
- Energy Consumption
- Energy Conservation
- Air condition & refrigeration systems
- Mechanical systems
- Residential Comfort Systems Installer
- OWL
OWL (Oakton's Whole Library) is your Oakton Library catalog and discovery service for books, articles, journals, and multimedia.