AHUs
The "outer skin" of an air handling unit.
Casing
A system that serves several rooms, spaces, and scenarios.
Multizone system.
A device used to ramp up or ramp down fans, pumps, etc.
Variable Frequency Drive (VFD)
The psychrometric property you can measure with a standard thermometer.
Dry-Bulb Temperature
The best part of lunch.
Monday's macaroni and cheese.
The most common fan wheel for HVAC applications.
Forward curved (squirrel sage).
A fan that can be used to help heat or cool large open spaces.
Temperature, humidity, static pressure are examples of these.
(Analog) Inputs
The psychrometric property that is is most affected by evaporative cooling.
Dry-Bulb Temperature
Beth Clark's dream job.
PSFEI Education Manager
A series of small fans in lieu of a larger fan.
Fan wall.
A control method that prevents the flow of contaminants into or out pf zones.
Pressure Control
0-10 Volts, 4-20 milliamps, and pulse width modulation are examples of this.
(Analog) Signals
The psychrometric property portrayed as a percentage that varies with air temperature even when other factors are constant.
Relative Humidity
This instructor once held a powerlifting record.
Kevin Lynch.
The filter category with the "tightest mesh".
HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air)
An airlock type that that supports flow from high pressure, to medium pressure, to low pressure.
Cascade
Start/stop, open/close, enable/disable are examples of these.
Binary Output Signal.
The process of mixing outdoor air above the minimum required rate to save energy and money.
Economizer Cycle.
The instructor that is from New Jersey, but often references being from Missouri sarcastically.
Antonette Mitterando
The process of using a wheel or another device to temper air.
Energy Recovery
In 2010 the DOE determine 6% of total commercial building energy used was lost to this.
Leakage (Infiltration, Exfiltration)
ANSI/ASHAE Standard 135-2024.
The current standard for BACnet.
The psychrometric property PSFEI advises the economizer cycle be controlled off of.
Enthalpy
May 19th through May 21st.
The Effective Facilities Management (EFM Course).