2.  Outdoor Design Conditions

3.  Indoor Design Conditions

4.  Cooling Load Components

5.  HVAC Design Issues

• Cooling and Heating Load Estimation (TRG-TRC002-EN, April 2011), Trane Air Conditioning Clinic https://www.tranebelgium.com/files/book-doc/13/fr/13.5cbzdt11.pdf
  
• Bruning, S. F., 2012. Load calculation spreadsheets: Quick answers without relying on rules of thumb, ASHRAE Journal, 54 (1): 40-46. [PDF]
• HVAC Made Easy: A Guide to Heating & Cooling Load Estimation http://www.pdhonline.org/courses/m196/m196.htm
  
• Course Content http://www.pdhonline.org/courses/m196/m196content.pdf
• Cooling Load Check Figures:
• Cooling Load Check Figures http://www.iklimnet.com/expert_hvac/cooling_load_check_figures.html
• Cooling Load Check Figures and CLTD Equations [PDF]
• Cooling Load Check Figures (based on the  AIRAH Handbook 3rd edition) [PDF]
• Cooling load calculation methods -- examples:
• Cooling load calculation sheet https://hvac4offshorevn.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/cooling-load-calculation/
• Heating & Cooling Load Calculation Form - CLTD/CLF/SCL Method (IP units) [http://geokiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/TideLoadFeb17_1.xlsm]
• Cooling load calculation of a single family house using CLTD/CLF method [PDF]
  
• Air conditioning cooling load calculations - Example from ASHRAE 2013 Handbook - Fundamentals Chapter 18, Single Room [PDF]
  
• RTS cooling load calculations - input and results [JPG]
• Cooling load components [JPG]
• RTS example XLS (IP units) http://www.hvac.okstate.edu/Software/RTS_example_Montreal_ASHRAE_Chapter_6Oct2003.xls

• ASHRAE, 2017. ASHRAE Handbook Fundamentals 2017, Chps. 14-18, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc., Atlanta, GA. [ASHRAE Catalog: 697 A82 T4]
• Chapter 14. Climatic Design Information
• Chapter 15. Fenestration
• Chapter 16. Ventilation and Infiltration
• Chapter 17. Residential Cooling and Heating Load Calculations
• Chapter 18. Nonresidential Cooling and Heating Load Calculations
• Pedersen, C. O., et al., 1998. Cooling and Heating Load Calculation Principles, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [697 C77]
• Spitler, J. D., 2014. Load Calculation Applications Manual, 2nd ed., SI ed., American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [HKU ebook]
• Gang W., Wang S., Shan K. & Gao D., 2015. Impacts of cooling load calculation uncertainties on the design optimization of building cooling systems, Energy and Buildings, 94: 1-9.
  
• Taylor, S., Scofield, C. M. & Graef, P. T., 2020. Improving IEQ to reduce transmission of airborne pathogens in cold climates, ASHRAE Journal, 62 (9) 30-47.
  
• Hui, S. C. M. and Zhou, Y. C., 2015. Analysis of cooling load calculations for underfloor air distribution systems, In Proc. of the 13th Asia Pacific Conference on the Built Environment: Next Gen Technology to Make Green Building Sustainable, 19-20 Nov 2015 (Thu-Fri), Hong Kong, 15 pp. [PDF]) http://ibse.hk/cmhui/APCBE-HK2015-SamHui_fullpaper02.pdf
  
• Bauman F., Feng J. & Schiavon S., 2013. . Cooling load calculations for radiant systems: are they the same as traditional methods?, ASHRAE Journal, 55 (12) 20-27.

• Heat transfer in buildings http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Heat_transfer_in_buildings
  
• Thermal performance of buildings http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Thermal_performance_of_buildings
  
• U-values https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/U-values
  
• Thermal transmittance - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_transmittance
• Sizing residential air-conditioners - mistakes and remedies (HK Engineers, Vol 42, Nov 2014) http://www.hkengineer.org.hk/issue/vol42-nov2014/notices_others/
  
• Cooling load temperature difference calculation method - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooling_load_temperature_difference_calculation_method
• Heating, Cooling Loads and Energy Use http://www.iklimnet.com/expert_hvac/cooling_load.html
  
• Plenum space - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plenum_space
  
• TRACE 700 Ceiling Load and Plenum Heat Balance https://tranecds.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/339/~/trace-700-ceiling-load-and-plenum-heat-balance/
  
• Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) Cooling Load Design Tool https://cbe.berkeley.edu/research/underfloor-air-distribution-ufad-cooling-load-design-tool/
  
• UFAD Cooling Load Design Tool (online) http://www.cbe.berkeley.edu/ufad-designtool/online.htm
  
• Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD)* (Energy Engineering) https://what-when-how.com/energy-engineering/underfloor-air-distribution-ufad-energy-engineering/