433-HVAC Layout and Design Course 2 of 4: Occupant Comfort & Load/Economic Analysis

By: Eric L. Brault, PE, LEED® AP

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Course Objective

This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description

This informative Course series was developed to equip the HVAC design engineer with vital information needed to complete Code compliant, successful projects. By the end of Course 4, engineers will learn valuable skills necessary to make HVAC equipment and system choices suitable for their specific project application and will have a better understanding of how to apply these designs which allow for improved communication with Clients, design/construction team members and facility Operators.

Course 2 describes key comfort factors necessary for the building’s Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) which help occupants to function efficiently thereby saving Owner’s overhead costs. We will review the psychrometric chart and illustrate how this chart can be used to define equipment specifications during early design and estimate loads based on typical engineering assumptions. These skills are important for developing accurate project budgets early in the design phase.

This Course will also familiarize the reader with manual load calculation techniques, HVAC load analysis software inputs and explain how to utilize the output data. Several benefits of computational flow dynamics (CFD) analysis are discussed, and this Course shows how economic analysis can be used to help make HVAC equipment and system selections. Upon completion of Course 2, the reader will have a full understanding of these design fundamentals which will be used in Course 3 to layout HVAC ductwork systems.

Questions about this course? Email the Author: ebrault@bbacs.net

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(5) 6 Reviews

Review of: HVAC Layout and Design Course 2 of 4: Occupant Comfort & Load/Economic Analysis

Andrew Ivester

12/24/2023

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Very good series. Encourages further work to fully understand utility of Psychometric Charts. Coverage about right for course of this type

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Review of: HVAC Layout and Design Course 2 of 4: Occupant Comfort & Load/Economic Analysis

Erwin L Everett

06/26/2023

Course was excellent particularly in it's coverage of the psychometric chart and it's usage in HVAC calculations

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Review of: HVAC Layout and Design Course 2 of 4: Occupant Comfort & Load/Economic Analysis

Marvin R. Weakly, PE

11/25/2022

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Great course! Especially the details of using the Psychrometric Chart.

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Review of: HVAC Layout and Design Course 2 of 4: Occupant Comfort & Load/Economic Analysis

Alan Mitchell

09/21/2022

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Nice details, thanks to

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Review of: HVAC Layout and Design Course 2 of 4: Occupant Comfort & Load/Economic Analysis

Mr. Robert G Bishop

08/13/2022

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Very good as a basis for design

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Review of: HVAC Layout and Design Course 2 of 4: Occupant Comfort & Load/Economic Analysis

Rick Nelson

07/20/2022

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great course covers all the basic and general calculations to do HVAC design.

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Course Code: 100297-02

Course PDH Hours: 4

Engineering Course Approvals

This course is accepted for engineering continuing education credit in all US states, territories, the District of Columbia, and Canadian provinces.
Ohio rules allow only 6-hours of unsupervised online courses such as this course per license renewal period
Kansas rules allow only 5-hours of self-study courses such as this course per license renewal period

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