BT115 HVAC – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
21st Century Building Expo & Conference

BT115 HVAC - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

November 13, 2024  |  8:00AM - 10:00AM

Room: Coming Soon
Track: Building Technology
Session Code: BT115
Session Type: NCBI
CE Credit: 2

Few things in a home have more potential to improve the quality of life for home occupants than a professionally designed and properly installed HVAC system. At the very least, a system should do no harm. Unfortunately, mistakes in design and defects in installation can turn lives upside down. This course will highlight the choices that need to be made to protect the health and well-being of the occupants with a well-considered HVAC system while reducing the liability risk for the builder. Designations: AB, AA, AR, ARS


Speaker

Danny Gough

Energy Solutions, Inc.

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Almost 45 years ago, Danny Gough was moving toward a career in medicine, when microbiology and biochemistry inspired a change to engineering. Fortunately human structure & function came in handy studying the effects of thermal comfort on physiology and psychology. Adding building science physics, fluid mechanics and psychometrics, Gough became a certified nerd with a mechanical engineering degree and a contractor’s license by age 30.

Since then, Gough has engineered and managed hundreds of projects from single-family homes to 4-story buildings. Investigating and diagnosing numerous building failures, comfort complaints, high-energy bills and building related illnesses, he claims to have seen hundreds of creative ways to do things wrong.

Working with Energy Solutions, Inc., in Winston Salem, NC, Gough provides professional HVAC design across North Carolina, placing the homeowner in the center of the process. He’s also a Residential Energy Service Network (RESNET) accredited Home Energy Rater (HERS) and a verifier for the EPA’s Energy Star Homes program as well as the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Zero Energy Ready Homes Program (ZERH).

As a certified instructor with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), The Comfort Institute and Carrier Enterprises, Gough has trained contractors, inspectors and owners how to improve the quality of homes thus improving the quality of life for the occupants. He is an entertaining and engaging speaker, investigator and instructor with nearly 40 years of relevant experience and knowledge.