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What you'll learn

  • What your HVAC systems are doing, and why
  • Where the 25 to 45 percent of building cost tied up in HVAC
  • Basic knowledge and understanding of heating and cooling systems

Fundamentals of Heating and Cooling

Fundamentals of Heating and Cooling

Live Online Webinar

$395.00
$395.00
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4 PDH | .4 CEU
Basic Level Course

What you'll learn

  • What your HVAC systems are doing, and why
  • Where the 25 to 45 percent of building cost tied up in HVAC
  • Basic knowledge and understanding of heating and cooling systems
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  • The thermodynamics behind every heating and cooling load. This is the fundamentals anchor course for the practitioner. Finally understand what your HVAC systems are doing, and why. Connect occupant behavior and space use to real, measurable energy costs.
    Build the foundational mental model that every later HVAC systems course depends on. Recognize where the 25 to 45 percent of building cost tied up in HVAC is really going.

  • By the end of this course, participants will:

    • Master the core thermodynamic principles that govern every heating and cooling load.
    • Understand the three ways heat moves: conduction, convection, and radiation.
    • Follow the vapor-compression refrigeration cycle and its three machines: compressor, condenser, evaporator.
    • Understand sensible versus latent heat, and why outside air is the most expensive air in the building.

    This training course empowers attendees to gain the basic knowledge and understanding of heating and cooling systems. This is foundational to saving energy and making system improvements.

  • Entry-level, and the recommended gateway into next level system courses. Some light math appears in the load formulas; all explained from the ground up. Training is designed for anyone who will make or influence an HVAC decision.

  • Andrew Vaillencourt is a second-generation energy professional who walked his first facility at the age of twelve. As part of numerous consulting firms, utilities, and ESCO’s, Andrew has provided valuable and actionable energy efficiency services for customers in virtually every type of industry. A frequent speaker at energy events and conferences, Andrew explores the often-predatory marketplace of energy conservation in his book, Silver Bullets: (And Other Energy Efficiency Myths and Magic.  (Available from all fine online booksellers). As president and principal ofSRG Energy Efficiency Services, Andrew continues to serve the energy efficiency marketplace as a trusted consultant, trainer, and building-science subject matter expert. His clients cover a wide swath of the energy and sustainability landscape, including technology start-ups, ESCOs, and sustainability-minded companies all over the world.  In addition, Andrew leads a team that can help commercial & institutional customers with all levels of ASHRAE energy audits, feasibility studies, operation cost assessments, energy modeling, scoping, pricing, and project management, as well as provide owner’s (end user) representation.