Meeting/Event Information

Dinner Session: 6:45 - 8:30 pm

Duct Design- Good, Better and Best Practices

This presentation will cover the fundamentals of duct design for air distribution systems.  It will provide a good overview for those new to air distribution as well as be a good referesher for the more expereinced.  The focus will be on the fundamentals of design and a discussion of factors to consider when evaluating options.  

Specific topics covered will include air distribution system design methods; the fan laws and duct fitting selection (converging, diverging)

Sound control in duct design is explored, along with various options available to the designer to manage noise.

Leakage control and its impact on design and performance, will be discussed. Finally, a basic look at exposed ducwork design and systems are covered, with specific examples given of various types.

Tech Session: 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Sound Control and Duct Design

The presentation on sound and duct design will be a review of acoustical theory as it relates to duct systems, acoustical terms and definitions as well as how sound / noise moves in ductwork.  Acoustic calculations are reviewed. 

The speaker will present design practices, installation methods and products available for dealing with sound issues in duct work.

Dinner / Tech Session Speaker - Gerard L. Iacouzze, member ASHRAE

Gerard Iacouzze is currently a national technical service engineer for McGill AirFlow LLC, in Bowie Maryalnd.  He has been with McGill AirFlow for 24 years during which time he was responsbile for sales, training, application engineering and liasion services.

In the course of his 40 year carreer, Gerard was an associate technical director of SMACNA; served on the ASHRAE Duct Design Committee TC 5.2 and Central Forced Air Heating and Cooling Systems Committee TC6.3.  He began his career as an HVAC design engineer.

Gerard has authored  / co-authored 12 manuals, standards and duct construction documents.  He holds a mechanical engineering degree from West Virginia University and is a member of the National Capital Chapter of ASHRAE in Washington D.C.