HCB Help - CD of tables and graphics


All of the appendices in the first edition of Heating and Cooling of Buildings: Design for Efficiency have been converted to electronic format and are contained on the CD.  The CD contains much more information than was in the first edition and it is faster and easier to locate data.  It is also possible to now "cut and paste" the electronic information into spreadsheets, reports, and homeworks.  

To access these electronic appendices, put the CD into a computer and run the Appendices program.  Of course, if you are reading these help files then you probably have already done this.  When you run this program, you should see a screen like this:

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Screen buttons
The buttons at the top of the screen are used for accessing the different information and examples.

  • The Home, Back, Forward, and Stop buttons act just like the equivalent buttons on an Internet browser.
Click on the Home button to
return to the main screen
.
  • The Graphics button lets you view all of the graphics that exist in the textbook.  This can be helpful when making presentations and for instructors who do not wish to redraw these graphics on a blackboard.

  • Pressing the HCB button allows you to run the HCB program from the CD or to install the HCB program on the local hard drive.  When you click this button, you get the screen shown below.  The first option will let you run the HCB program directly without having to install it, but it may run slowly.  The second option lets you install the HCB software directly onto the local hard drive so that you can run the program without having to use the CD. 

               The HCB software is freeware. You can find updates
               to this software at the HCBCentral web site.

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  • The last two buttons on the main screen, HCB web and Update, will let you browse the HCBCentral.com web site.  These buttons will only work if you have a connection to the Internet.  The HCB web site contains information about the book, additional information, and useful links