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HVAC Design: Level I – Essentials (MENA)

HVAC Design: Level I—Essentials (MENA) provides intensive, practical guidance that accelerates attendee transformation into effective members of a design, construction, or facilities maintenance team. The training has been customized to consider the special design requirements of the Middle East.

This 18-hour HVAC Design: Level I—Essentials training program provides real-world experience based on ASHRAE standards to HVAC designers and others involved in the delivery of HVAC services in the MENA region. Attendees will gain practical design skills and knowledge that can be put to immediate use. Developed by industry-leading professionals selected by ASHRAE and customized for the Middle East, Africa and parts of Asia, the training provides the fundamental and technical aspects needed to design and maintain HVAC systems.

Course Objectives:

• Calculate heating and cooling loads to ensure right sizing of equipment and minimizing energy use while still providing for human comfort.
• Learn the basics of psychrometrics and explain the basics of hydronic and air system design and how these systems directly impact building efficiency and performance.
• Explain HVAC controls and building automation systems as they relate to occupant health and comfort as well as building system optimization.
• Explain the basics of hydronic and air system design and how these systems directly impact building efficiency and performance.
• Describe different HVAC equipment and systems.
• Discuss system selection and its correlation to sustainable building design.

Who Should Attend:

• Engineers new to the HVAC industry, including recent engineering graduates lacking practical experience.
• Facilities managers involved in new construction or major renovation projects.
• Technicians who would like to gain design knowledge.
• Architects who want to understand HVAC system design.

How Your Firm Will Benefit

The training helps attendees understand:

• The need to improve overall building performance.
• The technologies that lead to improved building performance.
• The economics of sustainable buildings and the roles of the designer and facilities manager.
• The basic skills needed to design high-performance buildings.
• The skill set that will be required by designers of the future.
• Techniques to interact effectively with all design partners (architects, owners, other engineering disciplines) in an integrated design team.
• The capacity to participate in the design of high-performance buildings.

Day 1 – Feb 14, 2022 (4-7 PM Gulf Standard Time)

Fundamentals

• Components of HVAC
• Understanding Heat Transfer
• Heat Transfer through a Surface
• Fan & Pump Laws
• The Refrigeration Cycle

Heating and Cooling Load Calculations

•  Human Comfort, Standard 55, Thermostat Set Points, Weather Data
•  Manual Load Calculations
•  Heating Load
•  Cooling Load
•  Ventilation

Questions & Discussions

Day 2 – Feb 15, 2022 (4-7 PM Gulf Standard Time)

Cooling Load (Continued)

Direct and Indirect Evaporative Cooling

Questions & Discussions

Day 3 – Feb 16, 2022 (4-7 PM Gulf Standard Time)

Air System Design

Questions & Discussions

Day 4 – Feb 17, 2022 (4-7 PM Gulf Standard Time)

Design Process

Commissioning

System Selection

Questions & Discussions

Day 5 – Feb 21, 2022 (4-7 PM Gulf Standard Time)

Codes, Standards & Guidelines

Hydronic System Design

Questions & Discussions

Day 6 – Feb 22, 2022 (4-7 PM Gulf Standard Time)

HVAC Equipment

HVAC Systems

BAS Controls

Questions & Discussions 

HVAC Design: Level II – Applications (MENA)

HVAC Design: Level II—Applications (MENA) provides intensive, advanced information that allows practicing engineers and designers an opportunity to expand their exposure to HVAC system design procedures. The training has been customized to consider the special design requirements of the Middle East.

This 12-Hour HVAC Design: Level II—Applications training program provides real-world case-studies based on ASHRAE standards to HVAC designers and others involved in the delivery of HVAC services in the MENA region. Over these two days, students will improve their understanding of system options to save energy and improve indoor air quality. Developed by industry-leading professionals selected by ASHRAE and customized for the Middle East, the training provides an in-depth look into ASHRAE Standards 55, 189.1 and the Advanced Energy Design Guides.

Course Objectives:

• Describe the importance and impact of energy codes on the design process.
• Apply concepts of thermal comfort and air quality utilizing industry-accepted design standards.
• Describe standard practices and design processes used by HVAC industry.
• Explain the difference and advantages of certain HVAC systems for specific applications.
• Determine the basic design parameters for multiple HVAC systems including VAV, chilled beams, and UFAD.

Who Should Attend:

• Engineers with HVAC design experience (2–10 years).
• Participants who attended the HVAC Design: Level I-Essentials (MENA).
• Architects who want an in-depth understanding of HVAC design.
• Facilities managers involved in new construction or major renovation projects.
• Technicians who would like to gain thorough design knowledge.
• Construction project managers involved with mechanical systems.

Day 1 – Feb 28, 2022 (4-7 PM Gulf Standard Time)

Sustainability: High Performance Buildings

Energy Codes & Standards

Design Guides

Building Rating & Certification

Introduction to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1

Questions & Discussions

Day 2 – Mar 1, 2022 (4-7 PM Gulf Standard Time)

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55-2021 Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy

Organization and Purpose

Thermal Comfort

Methods of Compliance

Design Compliance

Appendix K

Evaluation of Comfort

Questions & Discussions

Day 3 – Mar 2, 2022 (4-7 PM Gulf Standard Time)

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2019 Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality

Outdoor Air Design Procedures

Ventilation Rate Procedure: Single Zone System

Ventilation Rate Procedure: Multiple Zone System

Questions & Discussions

Day 4 – Mar 3, 2022 (4-7 PM Gulf Standard Time)

Example 1 – Education Facility

Example 2 – Multi Story Office Application: Chilled Beam with DOAS

Example 3 – Multi Story Office Application: Under Floor Air Distribution (UFAD)

Questions & Discussions

Hassan Younes, Member ASHRAE, BEAP, BEMP, HBDP, CPMP, HFDP, OPMP

Samir Traboulsi, Ph.D., P.Eng., Fellow Life Member ASHRAE