暖通空调教育中需要进行系统设计，但严重缺乏合格的教员，他们大部分都接受过研究培训。部分答案是，感兴趣的教师可以在暖通空调系统设计专业人士社区工作并学习一年。作者在一个大城市的一家著名咨询工程公司接受了这样的休假。描述了在休假期间学到的知识以及由此产生的课程改进，还为其他希望采用这种方法的教师提出了建议。以这种方式使用休假安排对公司、学院和教授都有一定的好处。 课程改进包括增加一个高级系统设计实验室，采用改进的案例研究方法。也许更令人惊讶的是，还有人提出了改进基础知识的建议，其中包括增加一门燃料和燃烧高级课程。关键词:建筑服务、设计、教育、工程、大学。引文:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，第96卷，pt。1990年3月2日，圣路易斯

There is a need for systems design in HVAC education but there is a serious lack of qualified faculty, who are for the most part trained in research. A partial answer is for interested faculty to spend a sabbatical year working in and learning from the HVAC system-design community of professionals. The author undertook such a sabbatical with a prominent consulting engineering firm in a major city. Describes what was learned on the sabbatical and the resulting curriculum improvements that were made, it also makes recommendations for other faculty who might wish to pursue this approach. There are definite advantages to the firm, the college, and the professor in using a sabbatical arrangement in this way. Curriculum improvements that were made include the addition of a senior systems-design laboratory that uses a modified case study approach. Perhaps more surprisingly, recommendations were made for improving the basics as well, which include the addition of a senior course in fuels and combustion.KEYWORDS: building services, designing, education, engineering, universities.