HVAC DDC Networking Design
AMES-40139
This advanced course focuses on the latest available technology
and practical scenarios of communication and networking between direct digital control (DDC) controllers and DDC systems. The course also addresses frequent questions such as How to upgrade existing HVAC DDC systems? What are the advantages and disadvantages of open systems? How to integrate various building automation systems?
This short but powerful course is structured to enable students to better design and understand HVAC DDC systems and emphasizes critical “Do’s and Don’ts” as well as accepted rule-of-thumb checks in HVAC DDC. The significance of web-based open-building automation systems strategies will be examined.
Course Highlights:
- HVAC DDC System Architecture
- Open System Interconnection Model
- HVAC DDC Topologies and Protocols
- ASHRAE BACnet
- Gateways to Closed Systems
- Open Systems and Tridium Solution
- Web Services and the Tridium Solution
- Four Levels of Energy Dashboards
- DDC Wireless Technology
- Net-Zero Energy and Smart Building Automation
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the seven layers of the Open System International (OSI) model
- Identify the four most commonly used topologies in HVAC DDC
- Discern between the two most commonly used network access methods
- Discover how BACnet benefits owners
- Distinguish between LAN technologies for DDC
- Review the concept behind web services
- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the Tridium Solution
- Uncover the benefits of energy dashboards for large campuses
Required Textbook: “The Fundamentals of HVAC Direct Digital Control, Practical Applications and Design” 4th ed. 2022 by Frank Shadpour. Available through Hacienda Blue Publishing.
Optional Reading: ASHRAE 2016 Handbook - HVAC Systems and Equipment (ISBN-13: 978-1939200273) and 2015 ASHRAE Handbook - HVAC Applications (ISBN-13: 978-1936504930)
Course Typically Offered: Online. Please see course matrix as schedule fluctuates.
Prerequisites: Students should have a desire to learn concepts in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC).
Next Step: Upon completion of this course, consider taking other courses in the HVAC Systems Design and Control program.
Contact: For more information about this course, please email unexengr@ucsd.edu.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
Textbooks:
The Fundamentals of HVAC Digital Control 4th
by Frank Shadpour
ISBN / ASIN: 9780578936154
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
Policies:
- No refunds after: 2/4/2025
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Instructor:
Frank Shadpour, M.S., ASHRAE Fellow
President, SC Engineers, Inc.
Frank Shadpour is a Registered Mechanical Professional Engineer with over 30 years of extensive experience in energy efficiency and sustainable mechanical design. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC) and has a Master’s degree from the University of Redlands, California. Mr. Shadpour is also an ACG Certified Commissioning Authority; an USGBC LEED Accredited Professional; an ASPE Certified Plumbing Designer; a CSI Certified Construction Specifier; and an ASHRAE Healthcare Facility Design Professional.
An active member in both the professional and academic communities, Mr. Shadpour is an ASHRAE Fellow and a past President of the ASHRAE San Diego Chapter. He currently serves as the Program Chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee, TC1.4, “Control Theory and Application”. He has also served as an Instructor of “HVAC Design & Control” courses at the University of California, San Diego since 1987.
Beginning his career as a HVAC technician at an early age, Mr. Shadpour has a great deal of experience in the start-up, troubleshooting, and servicing of HVAC and control systems. He currently serves as the President of SC Engineers, a leading engineering and planning firm in Southern California, providing environmentally responsive and technologically advanced solutions for a variety of facility types. To learn more, please visit the firm website at www.scengineers.net.
