Advance HVAC System Designing using Artificial Intelligence

Set the project location in Revit MEP to access weather data for HVAC design, using the default city list or internet mapping to pin the site.

Import a Revit file by linking Revit, selecting the project, binding the level, and ungrouping 3D elements to begin design work.

Use the analyze tab's space panel to define and place spaces in each room, then name each space in identity data, creating dining and waiting areas for the hotel project.

Define spaces per ASHRAE standards by configuring dining and waiting areas in the energy analysis panel, setting heating, cooling, and space properties.

Define spaces per ASHRAE standards by configuring a hotel waiting area with area per person, load densities, infiltration, occupancy, and heating and cooling setpoints.

Select construction type and materials for HVAC design, choosing roof, exterior walls, interior walls, ceilings, floors, doors, and glazing, and compare u-values and shading coefficients such as SC and GC.

Explore advanced properties in AI-driven HVAC design, including export complexity, building envelope options, and detailed thermal properties for walls, doors, and windows within a two-pipe system.

Explore advanced energy settings to define thermal properties for walls, doors, windows, and interior elements of a hotel building envelope, then apply these values in energy settings.

Set up an energy analytics system by adding space equipment: water loops (chilled and hot), an air system with cooling and heating coils, and an FCU with a VAV box.

Define chilled water loop and hot water loop, add air systems and coils, configure zone equipment and FCUs, and analyze system load and sizing via energy optimization.

Analyze load analyses reports to understand zone and system heat gains, peak conditions, and design cooling and heating coils for multi-unit air handling setups.

Learn to optimize hvac design with a single outdoor air handling unit and shared indoor units, configure zones via the system browser, and run load analyses and design psychometric report.

Demonstrates using a master prompt with ChatGPT to calculate cooling loads by defining location, geometry, walls, doors, windows, glazing, and infiltration; outputs include cooling capacity, sensible heat ratio, and CFM.

Explore pyrevit as an open-source tool that creates extensions and one-click automations in Revit. Learn step-by-step installation—from downloading the installer to running as administrator—to streamline workflows.

Apply the pyrevit AI extension to extract CFM from space loads in Revit, calculating instant and delayed sensible loads, temperature difference, and supply and exhaust CFM for spaces.

Place supply diffusers in each space and use the commercial ai cfm distributor extension to evenly distribute total required cfm across diffusers, adjusting flow rates.

Place a wall-mounted fan coil unit in three spaces by loading its family and setting its elevation, then use the analytical report to input cooling loads and capacities.

Place and duplicate fan coil units in each space, rename them A, B, and C, and add cooling, sensible cooling, and heating capacities and loads to generate an FCU report.

Place an outdoor air handling unit from the system tab using the mechanical equipment panel and load family. Support indoor air quality via outdoor air and the zone load summary.

Learn how and why to place the air handling unit, compare with fan coil units, size AHUs from load summaries, and improve indoor air quality with outdoor fresh air.

Size an air handling unit by calculating total tonnage and chilled and hot water flow rates from system load, using delta t and the psychometric chart.

Size ahu connectors by deleting and re-adding them or by sizing over connectors with duct sizer, define CFM and 0.1 in water gauge loss, then set outlet width and height.

Create an auto ducting system in revit by selecting air terminals and an air handling unit, generating a layout for a supply air system with minimal bands and radius elbows.

Size a ducting system using equal friction method, friction method, or velocity or static regain to set cfm, adjust tees and elbows, and standardize main ducts, then apply insulation.

Learn how to apply duct lining in Revit to absorb sound and reduce vibration near fans and air handling units, choosing fiberglass or textile liners.

Discover how duct insulation protects the duct surface by reducing heat gain and loss. Apply insulation in Revit using fiberglass blanket, mineral wool, elastomeric foam, and rigid foam board.

Learn to add duct dampers in Revit by loading damper families from the HVAC panel and placing control dampers with parallel or opposite blades on the fresh air duct.

Enter project details and select the HVAC supply system to add duct dimensions and friction, then generate the ESP report to determine total static pressure gains and the critical path.

Place an air cooled chiller on the rooftop by creating the roof on level two, selecting the mechanical discipline, and choosing the screw air cooled chiller from the MEP library.

Calculate total cooling capacity from fan coil units and air handling units, then select and configure an appropriate chiller (scroll or screw) from the library for the project.

Size hvac piping for chilled water and heating by configuring fan coil units, setting unit measurements, and using pipe flow expert to determine gpm, pipe diameter, and velocity.

place a gas fired boiler on the rooftop, size 128–146 kw for about 44 ton heating, and load into the project with water in/out and exhaust duct.

Connect fan coil units and an air handling unit to an air cooled chiller, routing cold water outlets to inlets through ceiling sections with piping connectors.

Size chilled water system pipes by gpm and head loss using a pipe sizer, replace copper with stainless steel schedule 40 or carbon steel, and verify connections to coil units.

Set the air handling unit elevation and connect chilled and hot water outlets. Verify 160 gpm flow, select a 3.5 inch pipe, and place a pump to the chiller.

Place a centrifugal pump and arrange two pumps in parallel for a total 160 gpm, 80 gpm per pump, with a header and correctly sized pipes.

Connect the chiller inlet to the pump header and route pipes with drops and sections toward the header. Water flows from the pump to the evaporator, a shell-and-tube heat exchanger.

Select the evaporator in the circle chiller to view the shell-and-tube heat exchanger where refrigerant absorbs heat from water, producing chilled water for air handling and fan coils.

Connect the air cooled chiller piping from inlet to outlet, linking to air handling units and fan coils, while Innova evaporator transfers heat and routes chilled water to each unit.