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Sustainable Energy Management: Standards & Codes

ASTM International (formerly American Society for Testing and Materials)

ASTM Compass
ASTM Book of Standards -- Research Reports -- Special technical publications -- Monographs.

ASHRAE Standards (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers)

The library has some ASHRAE standards in print.

You can look here to see what the library has available.

ASME (Boiler & Pressure Vessel Codes)

BCIT Library puchases the sections recommended by the Power Engineering Department.

These are kept in the Reserves area -ask for them at the Service desk - call # TJ 290 A51

ASHRAE Handbooks (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers)

ASHRAE Handbooks are available through the Library's subscription to Knovel.

CSA (Canadian Standards Association)

CSA Online: Canadian Standards Association
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Note: To view documents, please use the "View Online" button. To download a PDF, please follow these instructions. Printing is not possible, even from a downloaded PDF file.

Building & Fire Codes

BC Building, Fire and Plumbing Codes
National Building Code 2019 - Alberta edition
Scroll to bottom of page for free access
National Building Code of Canada - 2015 edition
Scroll to bottom of the page for free access.

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

NFPA Codes Online
Provides NFPA (US National Fire Protection Association) codes and standards online.

IEEE Standards

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ANSI (American National Standards Institute)

BCIT Library has some ANSI standards in our online collections and in print.

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