大多数工程师都会同意，建筑业主将暖通空调设备维护视为一种必要的邪恶。当建筑师向建筑业主提交最终开发预算时，业主的主要考虑是底线。他的财务和业务安排取决于底线，因此，建筑业主将暖通空调设备维护视为其总拥有和运营预算中的另一个项目。本文将讨论建筑业主对暖通空调设备维护的看法，以及工程师如何在决策过程中尽早引起业主的注意，从而改变其对暖通空调设备维护的看法。 引文:新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基市阿什雷学报第84卷第2部分

Most engineers will agree that the building owner views HVAC equipment maintenance as a necessary evil. When the final development budget is presented to the building owner by the architect, thb owner's main consideration is the bottom line. His financial and business arrangements depend upon the bottom line and, consequently, the building owner views HVAC equipment maintenance as another line item in his total owning and operating budget. This paper will deal with the building owner's view of HVAC equipment maintenance and how engineers can get the owner's attention early in the decision process 'to effect a change in his view of HVAC equipment maintenance.