Heating And Cooling
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Heating and Cooling With a Dual-Fuel Heat Pump System
What is the best size heat pump to use in combination with a new gas furnace?
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Using NEEP Software to Size a Heat Pump
The Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership provides a tool for analyzing heating and cooling–loads data to inform location-specific selection of heat pump equipment
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Residential Post-and-Frame Construction, Part 6: HVAC System
Mechanical systems, blower-door results, and final thoughts
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Do Women Need Warmer Temperatures Than Men?
The science says: No. ASHRAE’s thermal comfort standard lists six factors that affect everyone's comfort
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Energy-Smart HVAC
How this cutting-edge, energy-lean mechanical system heats and cools a new home
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Design Temperature vs. Degree Days
Both describe important but different climate features for a location
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Understanding Manual J Occupant Loads
How many people? Where and when do they get counted? How much do they contribute?
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Saving Sustainably: Installing the Heat Pump
This system consists of an outdoor compressor and a single indoor head
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Do I Really Need to Heat the Basement?
A homeowner mulls a recommendation that the heating system be extended to include the basement
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There’s More to HVAC Design Than Sizing
Yes, size matters for for designing and sizing an HVAC system, but how the conditioned air is distributed matters more
