{"id":400704,"date":"2018-05-23T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T11:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/?guid=8c9f3118a0fe21a8e02d2e9e9936dc10"},"modified":"2018-05-23T11:05:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T11:05:17","slug":"how-to-read-manual-j-reports-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/how-to-read-manual-j-reports-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Read Manual J Reports"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Prime:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                     prime        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Subtitle:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    If you know what to look for, it&rsquo;s easy to check for accuracy        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Images:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/how-read-manual-j-reports\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/sample-manual-j-heating-cooling-load-calculation-report-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sample load calculation report\" width=\"144\" height=\"85\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/how-read-manual-j-reports\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/square-feet-per-ton-air-conditioner-sizing.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Square feet per ton for 40 of our projects\" width=\"144\" height=\"87\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When you enter the world of building science &mdash; whether through building a house, becoming a home energy rater\/building analyst, or just hanging out in cyberplaces like this &mdash; everyone talks about the importance of getting actual heating and cooling load calculations based on ACCA Manual J. A great number of <span>HVAC<\/span><span>(Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning). Collectively, the mechanical systems that heat, ventilate, and cool a building.<\/span> contractors sell and install oversized equipment with air distribution systems that don&#8217;t work because these contractors base their choices on rules of thumb.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/how-read-manual-j-reports\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12802,14895,14896,14136,12804],"class_list":["post-400704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","tag-cooling-load","tag-design-heat-load","tag-heat-load","tag-load-calculation","tag-manual-j"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}