What do turf wars, battle lines, and tug of war have in common? They are all being mentioned by people involved in the creation of two rival commercial HVAC load calculation standards, one from the ...

What is a load calculation? A load calc determines just how much heating and cooling is needed for a specific house or building. It takes the guesswork out of sizing HVAC equipment. Its methods have ...

ATLANTA – A new standard for determining load calculations will be developed by ASHRAE in cooperation with ACCA, the Air Conditioning Contractors of America, according to a joint statement from the ...

Developers and owners of residential homes are generally keen on keeping heating and cooling costs as streamlined as possible without sacrificing performance. A properly sized system costs less to run ...

Apparently, contractors who do not perform residential load calculations would prefer to be anonymous. Whether they think they really should be doing load calcs, or whether they simply don't want to ...