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Ayres, J.M. and B.W. Levy, “Air Temperature Gradients in Panel Heated Room,” Heating Piping and Air Conditioning, ASHRAE Journal Section, October 1947.
Ayres, J.M., “Air Temperature Gradients in Panel Heated Structure”, Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning Contractors Association Bulletin, Volume 55, September 1948.
Ayres, J.M., “Why radiant Panel Heating,” California Radiant Heating Institute, June 1950.
Ayres, J.M., Series of nine articles on various aspects of radiant heating, Western Plumbing and Heating Journal, July 1950 through March 1951.
Ayres, J.M., “Radiant Panel Heating Tested and Proven,” Artistic Homes, May 1951.
Ayres, J.M., and F.A. Sayler, “Tremendous Heat Loads When Air Conditioning CBS Television City”, Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning, May 1954.
Ayres, J.M. “Modern Office Building Must Satisfy Tenant’s Need,” Southwest Builder and Contractor, May 25, 1962.
Ayres, J.M. and T.Y. Sun, “Computer Programs for Air Conditioning Engineers,” ASHRAE Journal, June 1967.
Ayres, J.M., “Field Validation of ASHRAE Energy Calculation Procedure,” ASHRAE Journal, December 1968.
Sun, T.Y., A. Halperin, and J.M. Ayres, Portions of Mechanical/Electrical Chapters 15/16, AIA/Ramsey & Sleeper: Architectural Graphic Standards, Sixth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1970, pp. 520-631.
Ayres, J.M., “From the Ground Up; Evolution of an Office Building, Building Operation Systems,” Skyscraper Management, December 1970.
Ayres, J.M., T.Y. Sun, and F.R. Brown, “Nonstructural Damage to Buildings,” The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964: Engineering, National Acadamy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1973, p. 346.
Prepublication by Consulting Engineers Association of California 1971, and mechanical section only by Building System Design, November and December 1971.
Ayres, J.M., “Damage of Building Equipment and Contents,” The San Fernando California Earthquake of February 9, 1971 Geological Survey Paper No. 733, 1971 p.220.
Ayres, J.M. and T.Y. Sun, “Nonstructural Damage,” The San Fernando Earthquake of February 9, 1971, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C., 1971, p. 735 (Vol. 1B).
Ayres, J.M., “Fire Safety, Lease Economic Dictate Office AC Design,” Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning, September 1971.
Ayres, J.M., Fire and T.Y. Sun, “Criteria for Building Services and Furnishings,” Building Practices for Disaster Mitigation, Building Science Series 46, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, February 1973, p. 253.
Ayres, J.M. and T.Y. Sun, “System Optimization Energy Conservation for LA Megastructure,” Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning, January 1974.
Ayres, J.M., “Energy Calculations,” ASHRAE Journal, December 1974.
Ayres, J.M. “Technology Transfer from Research to Practice,” ASHRAE Journal, August 1975.
Merz, K.L. and J.M. Ayres “Nonstructural Component Considerations,”Architects and Earthquake Research Needs, AIA Research Corporation, Washington, D.C., 1976.
Ayres, J.M. “National Security and Resource Study Center - A Solar Cooled Building “Proceedings of the Second Workshop on the use of Solar Energy for the Cooling of Buildings”, U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration, Division of Solar Energy, Contract No. E(04-3)-1122, July 1976.
Ayres, J.M., Predicting Building Energy Requirements, “Heating Piping and Air Conditioning, February 1977.
Lau, H. and J.M. Ayres, “Building Energy Analysis Programs,” Proceedings of 1979 Winter Simulation Conference The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., December 1979.
Ayres, J.M., “Design and Sizing of Ice and Chilled Water Storage Systems,”Seminar Proceedings Thermal Energy Storage: Cooling Commercial Buildings Using Off-Peak Energy, Electric Power Research Institute, EPRI EM-2244.
Ayres, J.M., M. McBride, “Explanation of Errata on the Modified Degree Day Formula,” ASHRAE Journal, May 1982.
Ayres, J.M., H. Lau, and J. Scott, “Sizing of Thermal Storage Systems for Cooling Buildings with Time-or-Use Electric Rates,” ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 90, Part 1, 1984.
Ayres, J.M., H. Lau, “Building Energy Simulation in the Engineer’s Office - A Useful Tool”, Proceedings of the 1985 Building Energy Simulation Conference, Passive Solar Group of the United States Department of Energy.
Ayres, J.M., H. Lau “Comparison of Residential Air-to-Heat Pump and Air Conditioning/Gas Furnace Systems in 16 California Climate Zones”, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 93, Part 2, 1987.
Ayres, J.M., H. Lau, “Assessment of Unitary Cool Storage Systems,” Electric Power Research Institute, EPRI CU-6376, June 1989.
Ayres, J.M., J. Druzik, J.C. Haiad, H. Lau, S. Weintraub, “Energy Conservation and Climate Control in Museums, A cost Simulation under Various Outdoor Climates”, The International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship, 1989.
Haiad, J.C., J. Druzik, J.M. Ayres, Henry Lau, “Museum Environmental Requirements: A Literature Survey”, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 96, Part 2, 1990.
Ayres, J.M., H. Lau, J.C. HAIAD, “Energy Impact of Various Inside Air Temperatures and Humidities in a Museum When Located in Five U.S. Cities”, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 96, Part 2, 1990.
Ayres, J.M. “History of Earthquake Resistive Design for Building Mechanical Systems”, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol 99, Part 1, 1993.
Ayres, J.M., E. Stamper, “Historical Development of Building Energy Calculations”, ASHRAE Journal, February 1995.
Ayres, J.M., R. Phillips, “Water Damage in Hospitals Resulting from the Northridge Earthquake”, ASHRAE Transactions Vol Part 1, 1998.