ARLINGTON, Va. - The Air Conditioning Contractors of America
(ACCA) has published Bob’s House, a step-by-step case study in the proper
design of a residential HVACR system. Written in plain English, the book
follows the ACCA residential design system.
The full ACCA residential design system incorporates Manual
J (load calculation), Manual S (equipment selection), and Manual D (duct
design). Bob’s House explains how the system comes together in the real world.
According to ACCA, this is a useful resource for building
code officials, homeowners, technicians, and anyone else who wants a better understanding
of the HVACR design process. It travels from the delivery of building plans to
contractors until they produce documents that could be used for permit
applications, homeowner proposals or a plan for HVAC technicians to follow as
they install the new system.
This general guide does not teach the reader the laws of
thermodynamics or how to calculate a home’s heating and cooling requirements.
It also does not examine all equipment or duct system types or provide load
calculation tabular data. It does, however, explain how the information from
these calculations is used to properly design a home’s heating and cooling
system.
The guide also includes several appendices that explore what
would happen if Bob’s house were located in a different city or if his builder
had used different building materials and other possible variations. Other
appendices discuss different equipment types and duct challenges and provide an
illustrative example of how information might be presented for a permit
application.
For more information, visit www.acca.org.
Publication
date:06/18/2007
