The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) put the spotlight on contractor, OEM, and software points of view at its annual meeting. The goal of the seminar, "Practical Viewpoints on Residential Load Calculations," was to drive these concerns home to the engineers and hopefully drive research into better, more practical methods for use in the field.
"There has been a lot of controversy on residential load calculations," said Charlie Culp, P.E., Ph.D., the session's moderator and professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. "This seminar offers a field of viewpoints," he said.