Curriculum based ideological and political educatiom is an effective way to realize Three-Whole Education. The overall ideas and specific ways of implementing ideological and political education in the course of principles and equipment of heat and mass exchange is explored. Based on the characteristics of this course, the ideological and political education goals of the course is formulated. Under the student-centered concept, the ideological and political elements of the course are deeply excavated from three aspects, including cultivating the thinking ability, conveying the scientific spirit and establishing the concept of green and low-carbon development. The inquiry-based teaching organization and process evaluation and assessment can ensure that ideological and political education is efficiently integrated into the teaching process. Taking the teaching content of air conditioning system with temperature and humidity independently control as an example, the specific implementation steps and processes of ideological and political education in the course are provided.