Course Schedule

Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) Systems: Design, Installation, Maintenance & Troubleshooting

The aim of this course is to provide the participants with a complete and up-to-date overview of the area of Heating, Ventilation and Airconditioning (HVAC). It commences with a review of psychrometic charts and then examines the factors that influence design choices, indoor air quality, load calculations and heating/ventilation and airconditioning systems. Numerous tips and tricks throughout the course make it very practical and topical to your applications.


The course will finish with examples of emerging dual use technologies such as dedicated fire protection lines as a component of the distribution network for deep lake or seawater district cooling systems, grey-water heat pump systems, types of building roofs, road, and building thermal energy systems. A basic introduction to the application of electricity power producing high temperature fuel cells, internal combustion engine, micro-turbine, distributed electric power co-generators use-able waste heat for domestic hot water, heating, and cooling applications will be presented.


During the course, there will be opportunities to practise using the 2005 ASHRAE Pocket Guide for Air Conditioning, Heating, Ventilation & Refrigeration. This easily carried reference provides fast, authoritative HVAC&R information on site. It is packed with practical and useful information that; includes properties performance and pipe sizing for new refrigerants, new data on refrigeration safety, ventilation requirements for residential and non-residential occupancies, occupant thermal comfort, more extensive data on sound and vibration control, thermal storage, radiant panel heating and cooling, air-to-air recovery and more. Data are included from the new ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook 2005 and 2004. The participants also will receive a summary review of how to source HVAC related, building envelope, electrical, fire protection, ozone depletion protection, back-flow, and cross-connection controls codes and standards.


Slide shows of installed operational energy management systems computer controls and instrumentation will enable a broader understanding of future real time data logger systems. The participant will learn about HVAC utilization of advanced metering infrastructures, automated water meter readings for leak detection of district chilled water loops, and end user consumption. Demand response electricity systems using smart meters controlling; air conditioning, thermal storage systems, lighting, variable speed motors for fans, and pumps. These applications plus studying the re-use of waste-water produced by HVAC systems supplying grey-water, are tools HVAC professionals may add to their portfolio of utilities cost reduction for building operations. Similar to energy management systems demand responsiveness is easier, less expensive, and simpler when the control protocol is incorporated into the original design. Practise work sheets will be made available to prove these systems are capable of tracking emissions reductions, and providing an additional revenue stream for building owners by lowering energy consumption.

Upon the successful completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

  • Maintain and troubleshoot HVAC systems
  • Understand and apply the psychrometic chart
  • Design for good air quality
  • Perform basic load calculations
  • Initiate an effective inspection and maintenance program
  • Minimise forced outages and prevent serious damage to HVAC equipment
  • Provide an overview of the legislative requirements plus the essential steps and responsibilities for the maintenance and repair of HVAC Systems
  • Prepare material take-offs, and layout from a HVAC mechanical plan, and sequence of operations drawings
  • Develop an understanding of various controls, piping, duct work, and equipment available in relation to the applicable codes, and standards
  • Select the most cost effective HVAC systems parts available for the buildings location, and intended users
  • Develop an understanding of the principles of heat transfer, air leakage and condensation negative costs, and effects on building occupants
  • Develop an understanding in the prevention of airborne and waterborne dispersions passing through mechanical systems into a building environs
  • Analyze the quickest payback period for properly selected energy management systems without compromising the building occupants comfort
  • Develop an understanding of compliance engineering principles, and demonstrate the maintaining of due diligence log books
  • Prepare an emissions inventory based on business as usual, and propose cost effective reductions
  • Demonstrate the relationship between healthy indoor air quality, and improved building occupants health resulting in less absenteeism, and increased productivity
  • Develop a written safety plan based on the known hazards of an operating HVAC system
  • HVAC Managers, Superintendents, Engineers, Supervisors, Foremen and Technicians.
  • Utilities Managers, Superintendents, Engineers, Supervisors, Foremen and Technicians
  • Maintenance/Plant Managers, Superintendents, Engineers, Supervisors, Foremen and Technicians
  • Operation, maintenance, inspection and repair managers, supervisors and engineers
  • Mechanical engineers & Technicians, Design engineers ,electrical engineers and technicians, and consulting engineers


This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours:-

30% Lectures

30% Workshops & Work Presentations

20% Case Studies & Practical Exercises

20% Videos, Software & General Discussions

The course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons with no prior notice to participants.