Humidity Control Design Guide for Commercial and Institutional Building [Hardcover]

G. Brundrett (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Guild Pub Co Inc (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883413981
• ISBN-13: 978-0883413982
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,695,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lew Harriman is the Director of Research & Consulting at Mason-Grant. Much of his work over the last 35 years has concerned humidity and moisture control in buildings and industrial processes, along with related phenomena which are affected by humidity and moisture, such as indoor mold, HVAC systems, energy consumption and the drying rates of materials and structures.

Lew has served as a National Peer in the Construction Excellence Program of the Public Buildings Service of the U.S. General Services Administration. He is well-known as a writer and lecturer in North America, Europe and Asia. In July 2009 Lew was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Lew is the author of The Dehumidification Handbook published by Munters Corporation, and was the lead author and project manager for both the ASHRAE Humidity Control Design Guide and The ASHRAE Guide for Buildings in Hot & Humid Climates. He also wrote the California Builder's Guide to Avoiding Mold Risk, and served as the Chair of ASHRAE's Presidential Committee on Indoor Mold. He is an active member of ASHRAE's Technical Committee 1.12 - Moisture Management in Buildings, and Technical Committee 8.12 - Desiccant Dehumidification Equipment and Components.


BACKGROUND
1986 - present: Mason-Grant Consulting - Director of Research & Consulting

1976 - 1986: Munters Dehumidification Division - Director of New Applications and New Product Development

1971 - 1976: US Air Force, HQ Strategic Air Command - Engineering & Services - Housing Management and Construction Planning

1967 - 1971: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH & Universidad de Salamanca, Spain - AB, Visual Studies/Architecture

1959 - 1967: Calasanctius, Buffalo, NY and Escolapios de Puigcerda, Gerona, Spain