Strategy Guideline: HVAC Equipment Sizing
This guide describes the equipment selection of a split system air conditioner and furnace for an example house in Chicago, IL as well as a heat pump system for an example house in Orlando, Florida. The required heating and cooling load information for the two example houses was developed in the Department of Energy Building America Strategy Guideline: Accurate Heating and Cooling LoadCalculations.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1036047
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/SR-5500-52991; DOE/GO-102012-3442; KNDJ-0-40341-02; TRN: US201206%%67
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: Work performed by IBACOS, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
AIR
AIR CONDITIONERS
AIR CONDITIONING
COOLING LOAD
DESIGN
DISTRIBUTION
FURNACES
HEAT PUMPS
HEATING
HVAC SYSTEMS
OCCUPANTS
RECOMMENDATIONS
SIZE
VENTILATION
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)
right-sized
whole house energy use
equipment selection
air distribution
42 ENGINEERING
AIR
AIR CONDITIONERS
AIR CONDITIONING
COOLING LOAD
DESIGN
DISTRIBUTION
FURNACES
HEAT PUMPS
HEATING
HVAC SYSTEMS
OCCUPANTS
RECOMMENDATIONS
SIZE
VENTILATION
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)
right-sized
whole house energy use
equipment selection
air distribution