Agenda: - Basic to advanced boiler room design - Piping layouts - Individual hydronic components, how they work, and work together - Pump selection - ECM (electronically commutated motor) pumps – why, where, and how to use them - Zoning options - Air management - Water quality in closed-loop hydronic systems - Contractor VIP Rewards […]
Date: February 13, 2026 Time: 12 pm – 1 pm Location: Virtual PDH: 1.0 PDH Trainer: Robert Barrett This presentation differentiates between “air control” and “air elimination” systems, provides information on components required to make a close system work properly with a large focus on expansion tank selection and the role an expansion tank play […]
Date: February 27, 2026 Time: 12 pm – 1 pm Location: Virtual PDH: 1.0 PDH Trainer: Robert Barrett This presentation looks at how power is produced at the plant level, the mix of fossil fuel and non-fossil fuel-based energy within our energy grid. “Point-of-Use” efficiency of electric appliances. The COP requirements of heat pumps are […]
Date: March 13, 2026 Time: 12 pm – 1 pm Location: Virtual PDH: 1.0 PDH Trainer: Chris Abbott This presentation provides a history of balancing, discussing fundamentals such as Cv value, what it is, and why it is important. Examples of unbalanced circuits and resulting overflows are shown. Pressure independent balancing is explained and current PICV technology is […]
Date: March 27, 2026 Time: 12 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Virtual PDH: 1.0 Trainer: Chris Abbott -Affinity law -Pump efficiency -pump brake horse power -Head loss calculation -ASHRAE 90.1 -Open and closed system -Constant and variable head -Pump curve -Best efficiency pump -Constant and variable speed -ASHRAE guidelines -Efficiency island and load profile -Energy […]
