HVAC Design for High-Performance Buildings Training

This training registration cost (not including travel and expenses) will be paid for by the federal government’s Code Acceleration Fund for New Brunswick Residents.

The training covers the fundamental principles of high-performance buildings, including typologies such as passive buildings, NZEB, and carbon-neutral designs, as well as energy and environmental performance targets. It provides a detailed exploration of the building envelope—insulation, glazing, compactness, thermal bridging, and infiltration—and its impact on the energy demand of HVAC systems.

Special attention is given to the National Energy Code for Buildings (NECB): its history, structure, compliance pathways (prescriptive, trade-off, performance), envelope requirements, thermal bridging, air leakage, changes in HVAC systems, NECB tiers, and future energy codes.

The training also covers energy load profiles, energy modeling, climate resiliency, and the importance of system sizing. It presents water-side heating strategies (low-temperature systems, geothermal, air-source energy, ventilation heating, renewable energy integration, district heating, and domestic hot water) and air-side cooling and dehumidification strategies, tailored to different building types.

The commissioning process and post-construction verification of energy savings are also covered.

Real-world case studies from Canada will be presented, analyzing technical choices, outcomes, and challenges, followed by interactive discussions on practical applications in the context of New Brunswick.

Target audience is the HVAC design community: mechanical engineers, designers and technologists.

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