Heat Pumps For Cold Climates

When buying shoes or clothes, we generally take into consideration so many things such as the design, material, and even the brand name. However, if the fit is not correct, it’d be uncomfortable to wear it irrespective of how good the quality is. The same rule is applicable when buying a new cooling & heating system for your home. Making use of an HVAC unit that is not suitable to the size of your home can cause trouble instead of giving you comfort as it is designed to do. The solution to this problem is call an expert for a Manual J load calculation to determine the HVAC system that is right for your home. 

What’s Manual J Load Calculation?

Developed by the ACCA (Air Conditioning Contractor of America) Manual J load calculation is a procedure that’s employed to precisely size up the heating & cooling needed to a keep a commercial or residential building comfortable. 

What benefits your home will get from Manual J load calculation?

Different residential properties have different heating & cooling needs and it is easy to select a heating and cooling system that is ill-equipped to handle your house. Relying upon the age-old “rule of thumb” usually upshots in an HVAC unit that is either underpowered or overpowered for the said environment. Underpowered HVAC system can make your house intolerable during the summer whereas overpowered unit squanders energy while increasing overall discomfort. 

Manual J allows contractors to select the correct HVAC unit by calculating the precise heating & cooling needs of a home. A standard Manual J calculation takes most of the below listed factors into consideration:

• Square footage
• Building materials
• Location & directional orientation
• Present HVAC unit size & type
• Heat gain & loss all through the entire home
• Duct leakage
• Window types
• Insulation levels

Making use of specially designed software, contractors can suggest an HVAC unit that gives optimum comfort without employing excessive energy or wearing out untimely. Manual J load calculations are usually conducted in combination with other ACCA design protocols, including Manual S equipment selection & Manual D ductwork design. 

No HVAC unit replacement should commence without a Manual J load calculation. Get in touch with Arctic Heat Pumps today and let us handle your heating & cooling needs using our Manual J design service. We employ the industry standard Manual J Calculation software to determine the heating & cooling load. With this you can size any heating cooling equipment from any manufacture.