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Home Performance: HVAC Duct Design: Manual D, Fittings, Friction Rate, Pressure Loss, & Static Pressure w/ Alex Meaney

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A high level discussion about duct design calculations, the Manual D and ASHRAE ways.

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The Building Performance Workshop’s Corbett Lunsford talks with HVAC design calculations trainer Alex Meaney (https://MeanHVAC.com), about duct design calculations, the Manual D, and ASHRAE ways.

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