Before you can size the branch circuits for a dwelling, you must calculate the loads. Article 220 allows two distinctly different calculation methods: the standard method in Part III and the optional ...

Not long ago a residential load calculation — also known as a heat loss calculation or a load calc — was something you had the luxury of skipping. There was a good reason for avoiding it. It was ...

QUEBEC CITY - The great divide between HVAC contractors and engineers is probably at its widest point where residential load calculations are concerned. Contractors don't see a practical way to do ...

EDS Load Calculator Software (Energy Design Systems, www.eds.tech, 877/EDS-TECH) is a residential heat loss/heat gain block load calculator designed to be used both as a tool as part of the sales ...

This is part 1 in an ongoing series on HVAC load calculations. The folks at SNIPS have asked me to do a basic how-to article about HVAC Manual J load calculation as that is allegedly a big part of my ...