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The Library of Congress classification for HVAC is TH. More specifically, TH is broken down as follows:

TH7005-7699 Heating and ventilation. Air conditioning
TH7010-7015 General works
TH7121-7145 Heating engineering. Industrial heating
TH7201-7699 Heating of buildings, including domestic heating, and works which discuss special aspects of both heating and ventilation of buildings
- TH7221-7227 General works
- TH7325-7337 Specifications. Drawings. Estimates. Measurements. Quantities and costs.
- TH7391 .A-Z Special rooms
- TH7392 .A-Z Special classes of buildings (apartment houses, chemical plants, churches, garages, machine shops, office buildings, prisons, schools, theaters, etc.)
- TH7395 .A-Z Special installations
- TH7400-7417.5 Heating by special fuels or forms of energy (coal, oil, gas, electric, solar, geothermal)
- TH7418-7458 Local heating (radiative, open fires, convective heating, stoves, etc.)
- TH7461-7643 Central heating (regulators, thermostats, hydronic systems, warm-air heating and fixtures, etc.)
- TH7647-7699 Ventilation of buildings (natural ventilation, air conditioning, dust removal, etc.)

H Social Sciences

HD7285-7630 Housing (includes apartments, shared housing, rural housing, vacation homes, industrial housing, mobile homes, model communities, etc.)
HD9715.5 Economic aspects of prefabricated buildings

K Law (as it pertains to the Building and Construction Industry)

K891 .B8 Contracts
K1803 .B8 Hours of labor
K1835 .B8 Safety regulations
K2405 .B84 Arbitration and award
K4372-4373 Occupational law
KF865 Government contracts
KF901-902 Contracts
KF1950 Regulations for building contractors
KF3409 .C65 Collective labor agreements
KF3450 .C65-.C651 Collective labor disputes (construction industry)
KF3452 .C6 Collective labor disputes (construction workers)
KF3505 .C65 Wages. Minimum wage
KF3574 .C65 Labor hygiene and safety
KF3580 .C6 Labor law
KF3825.5 Construction of health facilities and hospitals
KF5701-5710 Building laws (by type of building and by type of installation)
KF6495 .C6 Income tax
KFC224.3 Government contracts (California)
KFC230 .B8 Contracts (California)
KFC424 Regulation (building contractors) (California)
KFC586 .B8 Labor hygiene and safety (California)
KFC813-819 Building laws (California)
KFN5230 .B8 Contracts (New York)
KFN5224.3 Government contracts (New York)
KFN5424 Regulation (building contractors) (New York)
KFN5562 .C6 Collective labor agreements (New York)
KFN5594 .C6 Workers' compensation (New York)
KFX2030 Regulation (New York City)
KFA-KFZ275 Regulation
KFA-KFZ336 .C6 Labor hygiene and safety
KFA-KFZ459 .P7 Prefabricated buildings: building laws

L Education

LB3201-3325 School architecture and equipment. School physical facilities. Campus planning
- LB3221-3222 Architecture, and school building plans. Specifications. Joint occupancy of buildings. Multiple use of buildings. High-rise school buildings
- LB3225 Teachers' dwellings
- LB3226-3229 Dormitories. Residence halls. Student housing
- LB3241-3250 Acoustics. Heating. Lighting. Ventilation. Air conditioning
- LB3325 .A-Z Special, A-Z (e.g., art rooms, auditoriums, classrooms, nursery schools, offices, etc.)

N Fine Arts

N512-880 Art museums, galleries, etc. in the United States (by state)
N908-3990 Art museums, galleries, etc. elsewhere (by country, then city)

R Medicine

RA607 Public comfort stations
RA967 Health facilities. Hospital buildings. Architectural planning and construction
RA969.33 Plumbing in hospitals and health facilities
RC439 Psychiatry hospitals, clinics, etc.

S Agriculture

S770-790 Agricultural structures. Farm buildings
SB416 Greenhouse construction, including design, environmental engineering, etc.
SB481-485 Parks and public reservations
SF310 Riding clubs and schools

T Technology

T351-385 Mechanical drawing. Drawing instruments and materials. Computer graphics
TA180-183 Engineering specifications. Estimates, quantities, and costs
TJ163.26-163.5 Energy conservation
TJ793.2 Internal combustion engines for construction equipment
TJ809812.8 Solar energy
TJ899-927 Pumps and pumping engines
TK4661 Electric furnaces
TN677 Metallurgical furnaces
TP490-497 Refrigeration
TP1185 .P5 Plastic pipes
TS186 Factory buildings. Industrial buildings
TS231 Cupola furnaces
TS425 Manufacture of stoves and ranges
TX657 .O Ovens
TX657 .S Stoves and ranges

U Military Science

UG400-442 Fortification
UG460 Military architecture and building

Z Library Science

Z675 Classes of libraries (e.g., art, church, fishery, high school, medical, prison, university, etc.)
679-680 Library buildings. Library architecture, including design, construction, etc.