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Heating/Cooling load

Heating/Cooling load

Heating/Cooling load

(OP)
Can someone tell me heating and cooling load rules of thumb for Fort Mcmurray Alberta Canada? This would be greatly appreciated.





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RE: Heating/Cooling load

If your asking for heating degree days = 6529

RE: Heating/Cooling load

Rule of thumb - heating lots. Cooling, not quite so much.

Type of building makes a big difference, but for intial oversizing 50 Btu/hr ft2 for heating and 35 Btu/hr ft2 for cooling will give you an idea of the order of magnitude.

RE: Heating/Cooling load

(OP)
Thanks for the number people.

Buffer72

RE: Heating/Cooling load

Rules of thumb are the cause of lots of lawsuits against professionals.....

RE: Heating/Cooling load

(OP)
Yes I understand rules of thumb are cause of lawsuits. I’ve only used it to give me a direction. I will be doing a CLTD calculation

Thanks again you guys are grate.

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