ACCA’s Manual J (Load Calculation)

This course covers the fundamentals of residential heat loss and heat gain calculations in the nationally-recognized Manual J standard. The topics are broken down so it’s easy to understand and apply. This course also teaches an HVAC professional the basic elements needed to use approved software to calculate heat loss/gain. Populating fields in a program is easy, but if you’re not 100% sure what you’re populating, this is the class for you.

Topics covered include: • Heat transfer • How To Perform a Proper Survey • Design Conditions • Building Components Insulation Fenestration (window, skylights, glass doors) Opaque Surfaces (walls, floors, ceilings, etc.) • System Loads Infiltration Ventilation Adequate Exposure Diversity Duct Systems

Registration fees includes: Catered lunch

Instructor:Ed Janowiak, Manager HVAC Design Education at Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), has 35-plus years of HVAC experience and more than 20 years delivering technical topics from his time as the technical director at Eastern Heating and Cooling Council based out of Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. He has more than 15 years of practical experience in the field as a service manager, technician, and installer working at various companies and as the owner and president of Bramante Energy Inc.