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This manual gives you the loads for single-family detached homes, small multi-unit structures, condominiums, town houses, and manufactured homes according to the national ANSI-recognized standard. Proper load calculation, as it is defined by this manual, is required by national building codes and by most states and municipalities.
Manual S helps you choose the appropriate heating and cooling equipment for a home based on the local climate and construction specifications. It covers 11 types of heating and cooling equipment and explains how to use the manufacturer's performance data in your planning.
These HVAC technical manuals are the basis for proper HVAC installations and most technicians worth their salt will follow them to a T. Unfortunately, over half of all HVAC systems are improperly installed, which can increase inefficiencies by as much as 30%!
If you are an HVAC contractor or home energy rater, you know what Manual J is and how important it is for properly sizing an HVAC system. These HVAC guidelines apply to any residential unit that has a HVAC and exhaust system:
Manual D works in conjunction with the other manuals to provide proper design, sizing, and installation of residential duct systems. After you have determined the heating and cooling loads (Manual J), selected the right HVAC equipment (Manual S), and figured out how to distribute the air (Manual T), you can now design the duct system (Manual D).
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I propose we should gather all of the information we have for Manual J and come up with a Standard Template to which we can implement existing MJ8 Formulas that will generate the documents we need. I've also been looking into implementing Manual D&T into Revit's HVAC Design Feature, which is not outside the realm of possibility.
the only thing that looks to be difficult other than (gathering formulas & wall specs cause I don't have the time at this moment) is the behavior of Revit's (and Autocad MEP) wall tool. if you notice it does not come with a built-in Orientation. This is essential for calculating the worst-case building orientation scenario. I know Revit has its own internal load calc that could determine "worst-case" I'm not saying it shouldn't be standard; if anything I would like to compare the two methods to see which one gives the better result.
If it pleases Autodesk, I would like to take on this project and see if they would like to incorporate this in the near future. For the interim, However, If anyone would like to contact me to discuss how we can get this done quicker, or have any questions about Residential HVAC Design, please contact me here or via email: pabl...@yahoo.com.
I hope you find a good place for your project. I just started doing some residential design after 15 years of commercial. Actually, this Manual J has not come up for any of our projects but I am curious about it.
One, denying a huge audience that uses Autodesk for "design" purposes is a waste of a good business opportunity. There is a community who are willing to put the time and effort to make this happen; I'm sure of it.
Two, Manual J has proven to be effective in Sizing Equipment to Meet Sensible Btu/h. At least it has been for the Southern States, where A/C isn't an option, but a Necessary tool for survival. Sure you can always bundle up if your heater goes out, but we have to adhere to these standards for it is imperative that an HVAC Unit is working 24/7 365.
Three, Clearly Autodesk does not want to engage, but I do know for a fact I'm not alone on this. Unfortunately, I cannot find such a place that welcomes guys like me, so I'm taking my place here; a "forum". This is a forum for the people that need solutions and ideas to implement. So instead of letting this thread die, I think I'll be posting here if I find any more solutions & ideas to achieve Manual J, S, T,& D Compliance. If you are curious, I'd be more than happy to discuss my 2 cents on the matter. However, if you're going to post inflammatory comments why waste your time on me?
So, my previous response was meant to be supportive, hardly inflammatory towards you in any way. I thought that you realized that this is not a Revit issue but an issue that can be solved without bashing Autodesk or demanding an improvement in the program. I was hoping that you would find an avenue that was actually productive as opposed to this more than decade old thread and post it hear. It looks like I was mistaken.
The IRC does call for the use of a Manual J and, at least in Jersey, building inspectors have been calling for them more often then not the last year or so. I have been using another software to redraft a building where I have gone rather above and beyond in Revit, just to produce the manual J.
It's been a few years, hoping to revive the conversation. I have been using the energy analysis tool that Revit has and found that is extremely close results (and probably more accurate) than the separate software I've used to produce Manual J and N for projects. I would recommend whatever team is working on the HVAC/Mechanical section of Revit work with ACCA to align it's output information with the ACCA Manual J and N. Or someone with more time than me create a tool to do so.
For many years some professional HVAC businesses have believed that residential HVAC equipment selection was performed following guidance in ACCA Manual J. For example, a home with a 30,000 Btu/h cooling load would use a 2.5 ton air conditioner, right?
WRONG!!
Manual J is only used to calculate the heating and cooling loads. The current, nationally-recognized Manual J8 guides HVAC system designers to use ACCA Manual S Residential Equipment Selection to select equipment that is the right size (see section 10-4).
Why use Manual S
There are three good reasons to use Manual S: It is the nationally-recognized standard, it prevents problems associated with equipment over and under sizing, and it's a requirement in the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC).
Manual S, Residential Equipment Selection, is the ANSI-recognized, national standard providing clear instruction for interpreting and applying original equipment manufacturers' (OEM) expanded performance data. Manual S instructs designers how to select equipment which meets the application requirements (heating, sensible cooling, and latent cooling) at the design conditions that were used for calculating the loads.
Manual S also sets equipment sizing limits, as summarized in Table 1. These sizing limits ensure equipment capacities will keep customers comfortable while preventing the problems associated with equipment over and under sizing which include: health issues associated with excessive humidity, callbacks from comfort complaints, higher building costs (larger equipment is more expensive, more materials are needed, and more labor is used to install it), larger energy consumption, and greater wear and tear on the equipment1.
"Heating and cooling equipment shall be sized in accordance with ACCA Manual S based on building loads calculated in accordance with ACCAManual J or other approved heating and cooling calculation methodologies."
How to Apply Manual S: Heating Example (Part I)
Manual J heating load calculations produce values, in Btu/h, for selecting the heating equipment. This heating example will select a furnace for a home that has a heating requirement of 56,000 Btu/h. The furnace needed must have the capacity to deliver 56,000 Btu/h in order to maintain 70F in the home when the outdoor temperature dips to the outdoor design temperature (refer to Section 3-6 and Table 1A of Manual J8).
How to Apply Manual S: Cooling Example
Load calculations produce cooling capacity requirements for selecting the HVAC equipment. For this cooling example, we will select an air conditioner for a home with the following Manual J cooling loads:
Latent load is the heat associated with airborne moisture (produces relative humidity as measured by a hygrometer or humidistat). During the cooling process, moisture is extracted from indoor air. High latent heat or high relative humidity feels humid, clammy, or steamy. An example is a home that shows a cool temperature on the thermostat but, because of high humidity, still feels uncomfortable. When you walk into this home your initial impression is that it is cool, but then as your body adjusts to the room temperature, you begin to feel sticky, clammy, and uncomfortable. You may even feel warm again. This is why two homes that have the same reading on a thermometer or thermostat can feel very different.
1. Set the design parameters
2. Estimate the target airflow
3. Search for equipment candidates
4. Evaluate and select the acceptable candidates (more than one candidate may be offered to the customer)
Step 1. Design Parameters
There are many design parameters to consider. Some of these parameters were decided during the system design procedure: Equipment type, location, fuel, etc. However, the design parameters considered now come from the load calculations, Manual S, and the OEM performance data.
Two of the design parameters listed in Figure 3: Cooling Design Parameters relate to the design conditions used to calculate the cooling load. Unlike heating equipment, the cooling equipment capacity varies with the outdoor conditions. The outdoor (and indoor) design conditions that were used to calculate the cooling load must be used when selecting the equipment. In this case the indoor conditions were a 63F wet bulb temperature (this is equivalent to 75F dry bulb, 50%Rh), and an outdoor design temperature of 95F.
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