Overview
Heating and cooling systems are the largest single consumers of energy in buildings. These systems condition the air within a building so that occupants are comfortable. Heating and cooling systems consist mainly of chillers, boilers, cooling towers, and pumps. There are central heating and cooling systems, and unitary systems that combine heating and cooling. Opportunities exist for improvement to both central and unitary systems.
In this course, the student will learn strategies for improving heating and cooling systems through system upgrades and optimization of operating methods..
The student is expected to read and review the material contained in the Heating And Cooling System Upgrades - Energy Star Buildings Manual.
The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty (20) questions at the end of this course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Advantages of right sized systems
- Ways to save cooling system energy
- Ways to save heating system energy
- Boiler upgrades
- Cooling tower water treatment options
- Furnace upgrades
- Heat pump advantages
- District heating and cooling advantages
- Radiant heating and cooling
- Cool storage
Course
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Heating and Cooling System Upgrades
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