ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) has launched a new education initiative to make professional, consistent training available to industry professionals all over the country. ACCA’s first online certificate program, “Residential HVAC Design for Quality Installation,” is available 24/7, offering a comprehensive grounding in the concepts required to properly design a residential air conditioning system.
Quality Installation (QI) of residential HVAC is built on the fundamentals of sound system design using American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved standards such as ACCA Manual J (Load Calculation) and ACCA Manual D (Residential Duct Design). QI requirements, as outlined in ANSI/ACCA Standard 5 (the HVAC Quality Installation Specification), are increasingly incorporated into codes, state, and local government rules, utility rebate programs, federal incentive programs (including Energy Star for New Homes), and others.