Indoor Air Quality: ASHRAE Fundamentals Standard 62.1

Course Description:

Fundamentals of Standard 62.1 ASHRAE elearning System includes:

• On-demand, interactive course of 15 online modules

• Essential electronic extracts of ASHRAE Standard 62.1

• Online Assessment

• Completion certificate for 35 PDHs or 3.5 CEUs

A practical guide to applying the industry standard for the design and operation of ventilation systems to provide acceptable indoor air quality.

Properly designed ventilation systems are essential for the well-being of building occupants, to minimize adverse health effects and improve productivity of workers and students. Standard 62.1, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, is the industry standard for the design and operation of ventilation systems to provide acceptable indoor air quality.

This course is a practical guide to applying the standard’s ventilation rates and demonstrates the regulatory application to new buildings, and additions and changes to existing buildings.

It demonstrates the interaction of ventilation with heating and air-conditioning systems and how various parts of a building affect indoor air quality. This understanding will help you design, construct, operate and maintain buildings with acceptable indoor air quality.

Ideal for:

• Architects,

• HVAC Designers

• HVAC Facility Managers and Operating Staff

• Equipment Design, Application and Sales Engineers

• Mechanical Contractors

• Code Officials

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, you will understand:

• The requirements of ASHRAE 62.1-2007 for design, construction, building operation and maintenance

• How to apply the requirements in a hypothetical new building and an existing building being retrofitted

• The different approaches to HVAC design that result in different quantities of outside air at the outside air intake

• The requirements for ventilation and air-cleaning system design, installation, commissioning, and operation and maintenance

• The mandatory language of ventilation standards

Module Titles

1: Purpose - Why we ventilate buildings

2: Scope, Definitions, and Example Buildings - What is acceptable outdoor air quality

3: Outdoor Air Quality - What is in the air outside

4: Outdoor Air Intakes and Exhaust - How to get good air inside and bad air outside

5: Natural Ventilation and Exhaust - The historical approach to ventilation

6: Indoor Air Quality Procedure - The scientific approach to ventilation

7: Ventilation Rate Procedure (VRP) - The current engineering approach to ventilation

8: VRP Multiple Zones - Ventilation for multi-purpose and large buildings

9: Re-circulating and Treating Indoor Air - Good air separation makes good neighbors

10: VRP Multiple Zones VAV - An approach to saving fan energy

11: VRP Multiple Zones General Case - Complex ventilation systems

12: Varying Operating Conditions - Do we need all this air all the time?

13: Moisture and Mold Control - What's growing in there?

14: Construction, Startup, and Maintenance - Now that we have plan, what do we do next?

15: Documentation - What we did and why

Based on the newly released 2007 edition of Standard 62.1