Learn to analyze, design, install, commission, and troubleshoot residential and commercial HVAC systems using real engineering methods and practical examples.
17 modules and 9 complete real-project design packages, with worked calculations, drawings, field documentation, and a certificate of completion.
Heat transfer, sensible vs. latent heat, psychrometrics, airflow, and the refrigeration cycle — the vocabulary the rest of the program assumes.
Air handlers, chillers, cooling towers, heat pumps, VAV boxes, pumps, and compressors — how engineers select and apply them.
The program’s hallmark module — 17 concept pairs from CFM vs. ACH to economizers and indoor air quality.
Heating and cooling loads, solar gains, occupancy, ventilation, and infiltration — with complete worked examples.
Duct sizing, velocity calculations, static pressure, diffuser selection, and air balancing.
Pipe sizing, pump selection, expansion tanks, chilled/hot water systems, and balancing.
Refrigerants, compressors, evaporators, condensers, metering devices, and charging procedures.
Thermostats, sensors, actuators, VFDs, sequences of operation, and BAS/DDC controls.
Mechanical floor plans, duct layouts, piping plans, control diagrams, and riser drawings.
ASHRAE, IMC, UMC, SMACNA, and ACCA — why the code exists, not memorization.
Equipment placement, duct/pipe installation, air/water balancing, and startup procedures.
Real diagnostic scenarios — insufficient cooling, short cycling, high static pressure, and compressor failures.
A Manual J/S/D residential design — why residential HVAC differs fundamentally from commercial.
Per-unit conditioning vs. a central plant, corridor pressurization, and common-area load calculation.
The program’s baseline commercial project — every later project deviates from this VAV-with-central-plant chain.
ASHRAE 62.1 ventilation rates, demand-controlled ventilation, and occupied/unoccupied scheduling.
ASHRAE 170 pressure relationships, air change rates, and redundancy for critical air handling.
PTAC/PTHP guestroom conditioning and the tension between guest comfort control and energy management.
High-ceiling heating/ventilation strategy and the minimal-cooling design philosophy.
Process heat load contribution, makeup air for process exhaust, and spot cooling.
Precision cooling, hot/cold aisle containment, and N+1 redundancy — the cooling side of a data center.
Energy audits, high-efficiency equipment, heat recovery, and demand-controlled ventilation.
Design reports, specifications, shop drawing reviews, RFIs, and cost estimating.
A downloadable kit of 12 real project templates, from Manual J/S worksheets to commissioning checklists.
A final design assignment, drawing-interpretation and troubleshooting exercises, and your certificate of completion.
12 real project templates — a Manual J/S load calculation worksheet, a duct sizing worksheet, an equipment schedule, a sequence of operations template, air and water balancing report templates, a commissioning checklist, a preventive maintenance schedule, a refrigerant charging log, a submittal log, an RFI template, and a punch list template. Available for download from Module 16 (Documentation & Resource Kit) once you've unlocked the program.
Coming later: CAD block libraries and video demonstrations. Not included in this release.