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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The editors express their appreciation to the many international authors
and reviewers who contributed to the Design Guidebook. It is clearly the
volunteer efforts of these dedicated individuals that have made the publica-
tion of this first edition of the Industrial Ventilation Design Guidebook a
reality. We have enjoyed working with this truly outstanding team of scien-
tists and researchers who have been committed to our vision to produce an
international handbook of the highest quality in the field of industrial ven-
tilation.
Special thanks are due to the patience and determination of the contrib-
utors who tirelessly prepared drafts and redrafts, attended meetings and
more meetings, and reviewed proofs, more proofs, and then the final
proofs. It has been a pleasure to work with all members of the professional
team at Academic Press toward the common goal of publishing this book
on schedule.
The editors acknowledge the significant contributions by Esko Vir-
tanen of TEKES during all stages of this project. Also, we would like to
acknowledge the exceptional work and long hours by Kalevi Pontinen at
the Helsinki University of Technology, who has been the overall coordina-
tor for the communications between the editors, contributors, and the
publishing team.
Two organizations that have supplied the fundamental building blocks
and supporting organizations for this vision of publishing the first edition of
the Design Guidebook are the Helsinki University of Technology and COST
Special thanks are due to these organizations. A brief introduction to these
two organizations is presented below.

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