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HVAC Courses

Residential HVAC Systems

HVAC 101

Goal: Understand common residential HVAC systems and their effect on indoor air quality.

Lesson 1: Cooling systems

Objective – Go into a home and identify what type of cooling system is installed. We’ll be describing the following:

Split Systems
Heat Pumps
Packaged Units
Sleeve & Window Units
Mini-splits

Lesson 2: Evaporative Coolers

Objective – Become familiar with some of the indoor air quality implications of these systems.

Lesson 3: Heating systems

Objective – Identify common heating systems and potential indoor air quality problems they may cause.

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Commercial HVAC Systems

HVAC 102

Goal: Become familiar with different types of HVAC equipment and systems and understand how they affect indoor air quality. The focus of this class is on commercial and institutional buildings, and excludes single family homes and industrial buildings.

Lesson 1: Components

Objective – Identify the major components of commercial HVAC systems; understand the role they play and how they can affect indoor air quality.

Lesson 2: Distribution systems

Objective – Identify the major components of commercial HVAC systems; understand the role they play and how they can affect indoor air quality.

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Media Filtration

HVAC 103

Goal: Select the right media filter based on understanding media filter mechanisms, properties, and efficiencies.

Lesson 1: Mechanisms

Objective – Describe the mechanisms at work that allow filters to remove particles.

Lesson 2: Categories

Objective – List the three major categories of filters and describe what makes each one unique.

Lesson 3: Selection

Objective – Distinguish between filters based on efficiency, pressure drop, and holding capacity in order to help the student select the right one.

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Air Cleaning

HVAC 104

Goal: Understand how electronic and gas phase air cleaning can be a part of a strategy to improve the indoor air quality.

Lesson 1: Electronic Air Cleaning

Objective – Explain how electronic air cleaners work, and describe situations where they would be useful to improve air quality.

Lesson 2: Gas Phase Air Cleaning

Objective – Describe the benefits and limitations of gas phase air cleaners using adsorption, chemisorption, photocatalytic oxidation, and ozone.

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Ventilation

HVAC 105

Goal: Understand the benefits of ventilation and to identify the different equipment and controls associated with common methods of ventilating.

Lesson 1: Overview

Objective – Define some of the key terms related to ventilation and describe its benefits.

Lesson 2: Equipment & Controls

Objective – Identify both basic and advanced systems that mechanically ventilate buildings.

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Ventilation Standards

HVAC 106

Goal: Become familiar with commercial and residential ventilation standards from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Lesson 1: ASHRAE Standard 62.1

Objective – Become familiar with all the sections of ASHRAE Standard 62.1 and be able to assess a commercial building for compliance with several key provisions.

Lesson 2: ASHRAE Standard 62.2

Objective – Apply several key provisions of ASHRAE Standard 62.2 in order to improve the indoor air quality of low-rise residential buildings.

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HVAC and Humidity

HVAC 107

Goal: Understand how HVAC equipment design and operation can maintain a target relative humidity.

Lesson 1: Target Humidity

Objective – Describe the ideal humidity range that buildings should maintain.

Lesson 2: Equipment

Objective – Identify the HVAC equipment that can humidify and dehumidify the air to maintain the target relative humidity.

Lesson 3: Design and Operation

Objective – Describe design and maintenance problems that can result in humidity levels falling outside of the target range.

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HVAC Maintenance and Hygiene

HVAC 108

Goal: Understand the critical areas of the HVAC system that must be inspected, cleaned and maintained to ensure good indoor air quality.

Lesson 1: Inspection and Maintenance

Objective – Describe the minimum frequency for the inspection and maintenance of several HVAC system components.

Lesson 2: Cleaning

Objective – Describe key cleaning procedures for heat exchangers, ductwork, and cooling towers.

Lesson 3: Prevention

Objective – Identify how filters and ultraviolet lights may be used to prevent equipment and components from getting dirty in the first place.

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