Mastering Autodesk Revit MEP 2014: Autodesk Official Press

Part 2

Autodesk Revit MEP for Mechanical Design

• Chapter 8: HVAC Cooling and Heating Load Analysis
• Chapter 9: Creating Logical Systems
• Chapter 10: Mechanical Systems and Ductwork
• Chapter 11: Mechanical Piping

Chapter 8

HVAC Cooling and Heating Load Analysis

Accurate modeling of a building is essential in designing and sizing an energy-efficient HVAC system for today’s market. The majority of time during the mechanical design phase of a project can be spent on correctly modeling the building in a load-simulating program, such as Trane TRACE 700, DOE-2, or Carrier’s Hourly Analysis Program (HAP).

Although these programs are essential to you, the mechanical designer, for equipment sizing, setting up the building accurately within these programs ...