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HVAC Hacks - Module 11: Heating System Design – Essential Tips and Rules of Thumb
In HVAC Hacks - Module 11: Heating System Design – Essential Tips and Rules of Thumb, you'll learn ...
- Fundamentals of heat loss—keys to understanding heating loads.
- Practical methods for calculating heating loads based on real conditions.
- The impact of construction materials and insulation on heat loss and efficiency.
- Passive design strategies to reduce reliance on mechanical heating.
Overview
Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 7 PDH
Length: 174 pages
Struggling with the cold and rising heating costs? Transform chilly spaces into cozy, energy-efficient havens. Welcome to "HVAC Hacks," a comprehensive course series packed with essential tips, industry standards, and rules of thumb to simplify your HVAC design process.
This Module 11: "Heating System Design – Essential Tips and Rules of Thumb" delves into the fundamentals of heat loss and heating load calculations. You’ll learn how to accurately size and design heating systems that perform efficiently in any climate—without unnecessary complexity. You’ll gain access to key performance metrics and practical, easy-to-follow “Rules of Thumb” derived from real-world experience and industry best practices.
This online course is applicable to mechanical and HVAC engineers as well as other technical professionals interested in learning more about building heating systems.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify key types of heating systems, equipment, and fuel sources.
- Apply efficiency metrics, including AFUE, COP, and HSPF.
- Explain how climate zones influence heating design strategies across the United States.
- Describe how buildings lose heat through conduction, convection, and radiation.
- Explain the role of insulation and the building envelope in controlling heat loss.
- Calculate heating loads using surface-area and HDD methods.
- Estimate heat loss through walls, roofs, floors, windows, and infiltration.
- Apply Heating Degree Days (HDD) to energy analysis, performance monitoring, and system sizing.
- Evaluate the thermal performance of materials based on U-values and insulation types.
- Explain how glazing properties, including U-value, SHGC, VT, and air leakage, affect heating efficiency.
- Use rules of thumb to estimate heating loads during conceptual design.
- Incorporate passive heating design strategies to reduce reliance on mechanical systems.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 35 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 7 PDH
Length: 174 pages
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