ME 452HVAC Load Analysis and Design Fundamentals

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Engineering
Subject: Mechanical Engineering

When it runs

Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Advanced psychrometric analysis applied to HVAC system design. Duct design and fan selection. Indoor air quality and thermal comfort. Heating and cooling load calculations. Heat flow through building elements. Solar radiation and solar gains through windows. Infiltration and exfiltration.

Prerequisites

Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 4A or higher
- Enrolled in H-Architectural Engineering, H-Chemical Engineering, H-Civil Engineering, H-Environmental Engineering, or H-Mechanical Engineering

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
Section	Class	Enrolled	Meets
LEC 001	4432	0 / 80	M 09:30–11:20 Th 11:30–12:20
LEC 701	1793	46 / 9999	Online or by arrangement

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Midterm and Final (open book for this term), Project. Course is well organized, very HVAC relevant.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

3 posts and comments in 2 threads mention ME 452, April 2018 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2019

Nov 27, 2019 HVAC courses to take at UW? 2 points, 7 comments

“Upper year ChE and really interested in taking an HVAC course. But I couldn’t seem to find anything. Does anyone know if there’s a course offered about it?”

u/ehhhk: “ME 452. Also, normally there are mech special topics courses on building science. Some are cross listed as civil courses.”

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Winter 2018

Apr 30, 2018 need some advise on 4th year mech courses 6 points, 10 comments

u/shaysura: “… ME 436 - Welding & Joining Processes ME 533 - Non-metallic and Composite Materials   ME 452 - Energy Transfer in Buildings ME 456 - Heat Transfer 2 ME 459 - Energy Conversion ME 557 - Combustion ME 567 - Fire Safety Engineering ME 571 - Air Pollution   I'm not …”

u/WarpdriveEngineer: “… ME 452: haven't taken this, but friends say it's not hard. Look to all the HVAC courses (is there still an ME 599?) for bird courses. ME 456: difficult, but I enjoy thermodynamics so I liked it. …”