Topics include:

• Basic principles of heat transfer, R-values, U-values, and heat transfer multipliers
• A step-by-step example of a single-zone, single-family, detached calculation for a whole house and room-by-room.
• Sample calculations for multi-zone variable-air-volume systems and multi-zone split-coil systems
• Mobile home load calculations
• An optional procedure for making leakage area and infiltration CFM calculations on a component-by-component basis (Berkley Model)
• Review of the methods used to estimate annual energy consumption and operating cost