Eco Friendly HVAC Design 1

[Airforce2]

I am not sure if I have posted this in the correct forum. If I have not, I sincerely apologize.

I have been wanting to incorporate a more Eco friendly aproach in HVAC design for some time now.

Does anyone know of a College/University (of good reputation) that has HVAC Design courses involving Eco friendly approaches to designs?

Thanks for your help,

 

[GMcD]

Based on my own surveys and research, you will be hard pressed to find any place other than an elective course somewhere. The accreditation system, tenure system and general state of the art for HVAC design in North America (assuming that's where you are looking- not clear from your post)is about 20 years behind many other places in the world. Europe has some excellent building physics faculties and degree tracks at many of the Colleges and Universities over there. I am most familiar with the University of Berlin and the ETHZ in Zurich- excellent building physics programs there.

You can start by your own web-based research and self- teaching by going to these websites:

http://www.eccacoil.com/main-end-uses/buildings/document.asp?Ref=42&RefTop=57

http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/684_sust.html

http://doas-radiant.psu.edu/

http://www.geoexchangebc.ca/

http://www.greenerbuildings.com/

http://www.healthyheating.com/

http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/buildsmart/

http://greenbuildings.santa-monica.org/index.html

http://www.hpac.com/microsites/egb/index.htm

And that's just a taste of what's out there. Look into any colleges with hydronics courses - radiant heating/cooling etc. Good luck with the research and hopefully some others will chime in here with other suggestions.

 

[quark]

http://www.squ1.com

is, presently, going through upgradation. It is an excellent website with online free courses.

 

[willard3]

You know, I have been pondering the response that:
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"The accreditation system, tenure system and general state of the art for HVAC design in North America (assuming that's where you are looking- not clear from your post)is about 20 years behind many other places in the world. Europe has some excellent building physics faculties and degree tracks at many of the Colleges and Universities over there. "
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This is an archaic response. Europeans really do not measure up in University Engineering education in the present day; American Universities attract the brightest Engineering students from all over the world.....let's guess why that is......

By any and all measures, American universities are superior in almost every dicipline, including Engineering.

European and other places HVAC systems are different than American by virtue of the fact that Europe is so tightly packed with people. District heat and cooling don't work here because we live so far apart and etc......this is only one example.......

 

[GMcD]

To Willard3: OK, so show me a list of North American Universities that offer as a core Engineering Faculty course anything to do with "building services engineering and design", or "building physics". The only University courses on HVAC systems, if available, are a third year elective course. Architectural Faculties have some courses on buulding physics, but they are not open for engineers. The North American HVAC design community is built around "all-air systems" and there is virtually nothing out there for passive building design or other low-energy HVAC systems design.

Using a general statement like "Europeans really do not measure up in University Engineering education in the present day" is deflecting the issue and demeaning to the many Europeans reading this board. Europeans have much superior building systems design and building physics courses and faculties compared to North American Universities and Technical Schools. Thinking that "the best and the brightest" are attracted to American Universities is ignoring the fact that there is a whole world out there where maybe, just maybe, some other folks actually know what they are doing too, and could do things better and produce brighter, more educated students.

 

[KiwiMace]

It appears I am lucky to be getting along ok, my school was neither in the US or Europe. fancy that. As with all schools, in all countries, get what you can from the coursework, and go to the specialists for the detail. try looking at the continuing education courses offered by ASHRAE, CIBSE, or other institutions. ASHRAE is starting to make a big deal out of directives on the sustainability platform.