Steve Kavanaugh is professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. He is a past Chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee 6.8, Geothermal Heat Pump and Energy Recovery Applications, and past Chair of Applied Heat Pumps and Heat Recovery. He is also a Fellow of ASME.
Dr. Kavanaugh is the author of several ASHRAE publications including Geothermal Heating and Cooling: Design of Ground Source Heat Pump Systems (2014), HVAC Simplified (2006), and Ground-Source Heat Pumps: Design of Geothermal Systems for Commercial and Institutional Buildings (1997). He also received the ASHRAE Technical Achievement Award in 2001.
Design of Affordable and Efficient Ground Source Heat Pump Systems
Community Heat Pump Systems: Piping, Pumping and System Controls
What is the System Efficiency of a Community Heat Pump System and How it is Calculated?