How do you heat, cool, dehumidify and ventilate a building? What systems make sense and don't make sense? What do VAV, CAV, HRV, ERV, DX, and other common acronyms mean? Are Ground Source Heat Pumps as bad as the measured results show or is it just bad engineering and miselading marketing ("goethermal" without geysers)? How can an architect tell? Are DOAS (direct outdoor air supply) systems as good as engineers claim? Is underfloor air distribution (UFAD) a scam or a FAD? Do you pressurize or do you depressurize? When and why can small distributed systems be cheaper and more efficient than central systems? You might be surprised that pressurization sucks. What engineers don't tell you and what you need to tell your engineer? Questions, questions and more questions. And a whole bunch of answers from one of the superstars of building science - an architect's engineer - Professor John Straube. The full range of HVAC - small buildings to high rises, commercial buildings to institutional buildings.

Please note the seminar is beind held at the BSC Office in Westford, Massachusetts. Click here to download directions and hotel information.

Space is limited!

Dates, Locations and Online Registration

Registration for this course will begin on February 15, 2012.

June 21   Westford, MA

Cost

The registration fee for this seminar is $395 USD.
The fee includes lunch but does not include travel or accommodations.

Agenda

Day 1
Schedule Session Speaker
9:00 - 9:15 Introduction John Straube
9:15 - 11:00 Basic Functional Requirements, Human Comfort Targets John Straube
Break
11:15 - 12:30 Energy Sources, Heat Sources, Cooling, DHW John Straube
Lunch
1:30 - 3:15 Combined Systems, Large Systems John Straube
Break
3:30 - 5:00 Radiant Heating and Cooling, Large Scale Systems John Straube

Reading Material

The reading material for the course is listed below. You are welcome to view or print all of them if you choose. You can find them by following the links below to our Building Science Information website.

Reading Material
Basic Functional Requirements, Human Comfort Targets
GM Review of Residential Ventilation Technologies html pdf (0.3 MB)
Energy Sources, Heat Sources, Cooling, DHW
RR-0007: Advanced Space Conditioning html pdf (0.8 MB)
Combined Systems, Large Systems
BSD-110: HVAC in Multifamily Buildings html pdf (0.7 MB)
Radiant Heating and Cooling, Large Scale Systems
BSI-022: The Perfect HVAC html pdf (0.5 MB)

Continuing Education

Building Science Corporation is a registered Continuing Education Provider for many building industry associations. Participants in our HVAC for Architects (and everyone else) seminar can receive continuing education credits for the following associations:

AIA The American Institute of Architects is the voice of the architectural profession and the resource for its members in service to society. For more information, see www.aia.org.

 
If you have any questions about the continuing education arrangements with any of our partners listed above, or you would like to add Building Science Corporation as a continuing education provider for your organization, please call us at 978-589-5100.

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