Fundamentals of HVAC

Introduction to HVAC

• The need for HVAC
• References, standards and codes
• Terms, definitions and units
• HVAC system type overview
• Ventilation and air quality
• Buildings and energy efficiency

Psychrometrics

• Properties of moist air
• Psychrometric chart
• Sensible and latent
• Combined processes
• Mixing of air streams
• Design conditions

Refrigeration in HVAC

• Phase change and refrigerants
• Vapor compression cycle
• Chilled water vs. D/X cooling
• Decarbonization and heat pumps

Hydronic Systems

• Definition of "hydronics"
• Comparison to air systems
• Types of hydronic systems
• Heating Hot Water
• Chilled Water
• Condenser Water: Tower and Geo-exchange
• Glycol Water
• Types of central equipment
• Boilers
• Chillers
• Cooling Towers / Fluid Coolers
• Pumps
• Heat Exchangers
• Types of terminal equipment
• Coils
• Unit Heaters
• Fan Coil Units
• Chilled Beams
• Radiant
• System Comparison – Advantages / Disadvantages

All Air Systems

• Definition of "all air systems"
• Types of all supply and return air systems
• Recirculating / Mixed Air Systems
• Dedicated Outside Air (DOAS) Systems
• Overhead / Dilution Type: Constant Volume (CAV) and Variable Volume (VAV)
• Displacement / UFAD Type
• Types of exhaust systems
• General – Toilet, etc.
• Laboratory, process, or other specialty systems
• Types of central equipment
• Packaged / Unitary systems
• Split systems
• Air handling units
• Fans
• Types of terminal equipment
• Air Terminal Units / VAV Boxes
• Grilles, Registers, & Diffusers
• System Comparison – Advantages / Disadvantages
• Hybrid approaches
• Applications / Examples 

Steam and Steam Condensate

• Definition of "steam"
• Comparison to air and hydronic systems
• ASME Codes / Safety
• Types of steam and condensate systems
• Low Pressure
• High Pressure
• Condensate Collection: Gravity return, Pumped return, Vacuum
• Types of central equipment
• Boilers
• Heat Exchangers
• Make-up water systems
• Types of terminal equipment
• Coils
• Humidifiers
• Unit Heaters
• Fan Coil Units
• Radiant
• System Comparison - Advantages / Disadvantages
• Applications / Examples

Field Tour - Wisconsin Energy Institute

Controls: Building Automation Systems

• Definition / Purpose of "Building Automation System (BAS)"
• Types of HVAC control systems
• Local
• Centralized (Building-wide)
• Pneumatic
• Direct Digital Control
• Pneumatic-Hybrid
• Programmable Logic Control (PLC)
• Type of control equipment
• Valves
• Dampers
• Actuators
• Sensors and thermostats
• Types of Controls
• Proportional/Modulating Control Concepts
• Open/Closed Loop Control/li>
• Wisconsin Energy Institute 
• Sequence of Operations
• Mechanical Flow Diagrams

Registration Date/Time:
3/10/2026 8:0am Central Time

Event Dates/Times:

• 3/10/2026  8:30am - 5:00pm Central Time
• 3/11/2026  8:30am - 5:00pm Central Time
• 3/12/2026  8:30am - 4:00pm Central Time

• Program Director

  Mark Malkin

• Brett Friedman

  Principal / Market Leader

  Brett is a registered professional mechanical engineer at Affiliated Engineers, Inc., a MEP engineering consultant with 16 offices where he focuses on complex HVAC systems analysis and design for industrial, manufacturing, and test system clients. Design experience includes facilities containing test stands for diverse engine types, chassis types (passenger, trucking, agriculture, etc.), and fuel types (diesel, natural gas, gasoline, dimethyl ether, methanol, etc.). He is adept at facility utility and infrastructure design (process water, chilled water, steam, natural gas, etc.) with attentiveness given to excellent test data collection. Clients include Caterpillar, Cummins, Deere & Company, and PACCAR.

• Deanne Walz

  Project Manager

  Deanne is a Project Manager at Affiliated Engineers, a national MEP engineering consulting firm with 16 offices. She began her career in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where she contributed mechanical design expertise to several projects at the National Institutes of Health. Now based in Madison, Deanne focuses on healthcare projects, currently leading the design of a new 332,000-square-foot hospital for Bay Area Medical Center in Marinette, Wisconsin. Her recent work also includes MEP and utility infrastructure planning for Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee and the mechanical design of a 452,000-square-foot expansion at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware. Deanne is a licensed professional engineer and a LEED Accredited Professional, bringing a strong commitment to sustainable and high-performance building design.

• Jacob Weber

  Project Engineer

  Jacob is a registered professional mechanical engineer at Affiliated Engineers, Inc where he focuses on HVAC and utility system analysis and design for industrial test, manufacturing, and university clients. His design experience includes hydraulic shaker test cells, aircraft hydraulic test systems, engine and chassis test cells, wind tunnels, and climatic chambers. In addition, he is well versed in utility and infrastructure designs such as steam, heating hot water, chilled water, process water, and tower water systems. Jacob’s current prominent clients include General Motors, Collins Aerospace, and University of Wisconsin – Madison.

• Mark Malkin

  Program Director and Teaching Faculty

  Mark P. Malkin, PE, is a program director in the Office of Interdisciplinary Professional Programs in the College of Engineering at UW-Madison. He is a registered Professional Engineer with over 25 years of experience in university facilities project management and HVAC systems design. His course offerings include HVAC, plumbing and fire protection fundamentals, building code reviews, and design and operation of science labs, data centers, museums and libraries. Mark received his bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from UW–Madison.

• Joel Boado

  Principal

  Joel joined Affiliated Engineers, a MEP engineering consultant with 16 offices, in 2004 as a mechanical engineer. His early tenure primarily focused on the design of data centers for multiple client types; however, for the past several years, he has been focused on large-scale healthcare buildings as project manager and lead mechanical engineer. He managed the new, 496,000 sf UW Health at The American Center (Madison WI) and provided mechanical engineering services for the 1.2 million sf Center for Care & Discovery at The University of Chicago Medicine. He currently is managing the 1.5 million sf North Campus Expansion on the Houston Methodist Hospital campus. Joel is a registered engineer and a LEED Accredited Professional.

• Doug Showers

  Senior Project Engineer

  Doug Showers, PE, is a Project Engineer at Affiliated Engineers, Inc. in Madison, WI, focusing on the instrumentation and controls design for complex industrial, energy and utilities, and research building projects.  Doug has experience managing control systems on a large University campus, including multiple heating and cooling plants, and is currently leading the control system design for several large research lab facilities.  Doug is a registered engineer and holds a Power Plant Operating Engineer license from ASOPE.

• Brian Clark

  Registered Mechanical Engineer

  Brian Clark, PE, is a registered mechanical engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. His experience is extensive and includes HVAC design of health care, laboratories, clean rooms, manufacturing, office space, and indoor waterpark resorts to name a few. He now focuses on building energy security and resilience research. Brian received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering.

• Tim Fritsche

  Building Manager

• Dave Meinzer

  Sr. Project Design Engineer

  David J. Meinzer, DES, is a Sr. Project Design Engineer in the Science/Technology and Healthcare department at Ring & DuChateau, LLP (Ring & Du) Madison office, focusing on Laboratory and Healthcare HVAC design. Dave is a registered Designer of Engineering Systems (in the state of Wisconsin) with over 24 years of experience in HVAC systems design, including coordinating and collaborating design concepts with clients, other disciplines, and contractors. He has been leading or co-leading the mechanical design of Lab research projects for the last eight years. Dave is fluent in Revit modeling (including revit BIM 360), load calculations, and systems design.

If you are planning to attend an Interdisciplinary Professional Programs course, payment is required at the time of registration. Below are the payment options:

Pay by Credit Card

Enroll online and pay by credit card.

• Search for the course on the website and then click on the Enroll Now button from the course webpage.
• Enter all necessary course attendee information and payment information on the course enrollment page.
• You will receive an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Enroll over the phone and pay by credit card.

• Call CERC Registrations at 608-262-2451.
• Provide the registrations representative with:
  • the course name, dates, and/or course number.
  • the necessary course attendee information and payment information.
• You will receive either a mailed document or an email to confirm successful enrollment payment.

Pay by Check

Mail in a completed registration form and check payable to UW Madison.

• Fill out a registration form (found either in the back of the course brochure you received in the mail or here).
• Prepare a check, made payable to UW Madison.
• Mail the registration form and check to: CERC Registrations 21 N Park St, Ste 7101 Madison, WI 53715
• You will receive either a mailed document or an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Pay by Purchase Order

• Request Purchase Order information from interpro@union.wisc.edu
  • If a fee quote is needed, contact custserv@interpro.wisc.edu first
• You will receive an invoice from UW–Madison Business Services for payment, usually within 3–5 business days

Military

If using SF-182 form, please call our registration number at 608-262-2451 or email interpro@union.wisc.edu for details and instructions.

Event Cancellation

We reserve the right to cancel a course due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen events. If we cancel a course, participants will be notified via email or phone and will be given the option for a full refund or to transfer their registration and any fees paid to another course. We are not responsible for non-refundable plane tickets, hotel reservations, and other travel related expenses. For enrollee Course Cancellation, refer to notes on course page.

If you cannot attend, please notify us no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.

Introduction to HVAC

• The need for HVAC
• References, standards and codes
• Terms, definitions and units
• HVAC system type overview
• Ventilation and air quality
• Buildings and energy efficiency

Psychrometrics

• Properties of moist air
• Psychrometric chart
• Sensible and latent
• Combined processes
• Mixing of air streams
• Design conditions

Refrigeration in HVAC

• Phase change and refrigerants
• Vapor compression cycle
• Chilled water vs. D/X cooling
• Decarbonization and heat pumps

Hydronic Systems

• Definition of "hydronics"
• Comparison to air systems
• Types of hydronic systems
• Heating Hot Water
• Chilled Water
• Condenser Water: Tower and Geo-exchange
• Glycol Water
• Types of central equipment
• Boilers
• Chillers
• Cooling Towers / Fluid Coolers
• Pumps
• Heat Exchangers
• Types of terminal equipment
• Coils
• Unit Heaters
• Fan Coil Units
• Chilled Beams
• Radiant
• System Comparison – Advantages / Disadvantages

All Air Systems

• Definition of "all air systems"
• Types of all supply and return air systems
• Recirculating / Mixed Air Systems
• Dedicated Outside Air (DOAS) Systems
• Overhead / Dilution Type: Constant Volume (CAV) and Variable Volume (VAV)
• Displacement / UFAD Type
• Types of exhaust systems
• General – Toilet, etc.
• Laboratory, process, or other specialty systems
• Types of central equipment
• Packaged / Unitary systems
• Split systems
• Air handling units
• Fans
• Types of terminal equipment
• Air Terminal Units / VAV Boxes
• Grilles, Registers, & Diffusers
• System Comparison – Advantages / Disadvantages
• Hybrid approaches
• Applications / Examples 

Steam and Steam Condensate

• Definition of "steam"
• Comparison to air and hydronic systems
• ASME Codes / Safety
• Types of steam and condensate systems
• Low Pressure
• High Pressure
• Condensate Collection: Gravity return, Pumped return, Vacuum
• Types of central equipment
• Boilers
• Heat Exchangers
• Make-up water systems
• Types of terminal equipment
• Coils
• Humidifiers
• Unit Heaters
• Fan Coil Units
• Radiant
• System Comparison - Advantages / Disadvantages
• Applications / Examples

Field Tour - Wisconsin Energy Institute

Controls: Building Automation Systems

• Definition / Purpose of "Building Automation System (BAS)"
• Types of HVAC control systems
• Local
• Centralized (Building-wide)
• Pneumatic
• Direct Digital Control
• Pneumatic-Hybrid
• Programmable Logic Control (PLC)
• Type of control equipment
• Valves
• Dampers
• Actuators
• Sensors and thermostats
• Types of Controls
• Proportional/Modulating Control Concepts
• Open/Closed Loop Control/li>
• Wisconsin Energy Institute 
• Sequence of Operations
• Mechanical Flow Diagrams

Registration Date/Time:
9/29/2026 8:0am Central Time

Event Dates/Times:

• 9/29/2026  8:30am - 5:00pm Central Time
• 9/30/2026  8:30am - 5:00pm Central Time
• 10/1/2026  8:30am - 4:00pm Central Time

• Program Director

  Mark Malkin

• Brett Friedman

  Principal / Market Leader

  Brett is a registered professional mechanical engineer at Affiliated Engineers, Inc., a MEP engineering consultant with 16 offices where he focuses on complex HVAC systems analysis and design for industrial, manufacturing, and test system clients. Design experience includes facilities containing test stands for diverse engine types, chassis types (passenger, trucking, agriculture, etc.), and fuel types (diesel, natural gas, gasoline, dimethyl ether, methanol, etc.). He is adept at facility utility and infrastructure design (process water, chilled water, steam, natural gas, etc.) with attentiveness given to excellent test data collection. Clients include Caterpillar, Cummins, Deere & Company, and PACCAR.

• Deanne Walz

  Project Manager

  Deanne is a Project Manager at Affiliated Engineers, a national MEP engineering consulting firm with 16 offices. She began her career in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where she contributed mechanical design expertise to several projects at the National Institutes of Health. Now based in Madison, Deanne focuses on healthcare projects, currently leading the design of a new 332,000-square-foot hospital for Bay Area Medical Center in Marinette, Wisconsin. Her recent work also includes MEP and utility infrastructure planning for Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee and the mechanical design of a 452,000-square-foot expansion at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware. Deanne is a licensed professional engineer and a LEED Accredited Professional, bringing a strong commitment to sustainable and high-performance building design.

• Mark Malkin

  Program Director and Teaching Faculty

  Mark P. Malkin, PE, is a program director in the Office of Interdisciplinary Professional Programs in the College of Engineering at UW-Madison. He is a registered Professional Engineer with over 25 years of experience in university facilities project management and HVAC systems design. His course offerings include HVAC, plumbing and fire protection fundamentals, building code reviews, and design and operation of science labs, data centers, museums and libraries. Mark received his bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from UW–Madison.

• Joel Boado

  Principal

  Joel joined Affiliated Engineers, a MEP engineering consultant with 16 offices, in 2004 as a mechanical engineer. His early tenure primarily focused on the design of data centers for multiple client types; however, for the past several years, he has been focused on large-scale healthcare buildings as project manager and lead mechanical engineer. He managed the new, 496,000 sf UW Health at The American Center (Madison WI) and provided mechanical engineering services for the 1.2 million sf Center for Care & Discovery at The University of Chicago Medicine. He currently is managing the 1.5 million sf North Campus Expansion on the Houston Methodist Hospital campus. Joel is a registered engineer and a LEED Accredited Professional.

• Brian Clark

  Registered Mechanical Engineer

  Brian Clark, PE, is a registered mechanical engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. His experience is extensive and includes HVAC design of health care, laboratories, clean rooms, manufacturing, office space, and indoor waterpark resorts to name a few. He now focuses on building energy security and resilience research. Brian received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering.

• Jacob Weber

  Project Engineer

  Jacob is a registered professional mechanical engineer at Affiliated Engineers, Inc where he focuses on HVAC and utility system analysis and design for industrial test, manufacturing, and university clients. His design experience includes hydraulic shaker test cells, aircraft hydraulic test systems, engine and chassis test cells, wind tunnels, and climatic chambers. In addition, he is well versed in utility and infrastructure designs such as steam, heating hot water, chilled water, process water, and tower water systems. Jacob’s current prominent clients include General Motors, Collins Aerospace, and University of Wisconsin – Madison.

• Doug Showers

  Senior Project Engineer

  Doug Showers, PE, is a Project Engineer at Affiliated Engineers, Inc. in Madison, WI, focusing on the instrumentation and controls design for complex industrial, energy and utilities, and research building projects.  Doug has experience managing control systems on a large University campus, including multiple heating and cooling plants, and is currently leading the control system design for several large research lab facilities.  Doug is a registered engineer and holds a Power Plant Operating Engineer license from ASOPE.

• Tim Fritsche

  Building Manager

• Dave Meinzer

  Sr. Project Design Engineer

  David J. Meinzer, DES, is a Sr. Project Design Engineer in the Science/Technology and Healthcare department at Ring & DuChateau, LLP (Ring & Du) Madison office, focusing on Laboratory and Healthcare HVAC design. Dave is a registered Designer of Engineering Systems (in the state of Wisconsin) with over 24 years of experience in HVAC systems design, including coordinating and collaborating design concepts with clients, other disciplines, and contractors. He has been leading or co-leading the mechanical design of Lab research projects for the last eight years. Dave is fluent in Revit modeling (including revit BIM 360), load calculations, and systems design.

If you are planning to attend an Interdisciplinary Professional Programs course, payment is required at the time of registration. Below are the payment options:

Pay by Credit Card

Enroll online and pay by credit card.

• Search for the course on the website and then click on the Enroll Now button from the course webpage.
• Enter all necessary course attendee information and payment information on the course enrollment page.
• You will receive an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Enroll over the phone and pay by credit card.

• Call CERC Registrations at 608-262-2451.
• Provide the registrations representative with:
  • the course name, dates, and/or course number.
  • the necessary course attendee information and payment information.
• You will receive either a mailed document or an email to confirm successful enrollment payment.

Pay by Check

Mail in a completed registration form and check payable to UW Madison.

• Fill out a registration form (found either in the back of the course brochure you received in the mail or here).
• Prepare a check, made payable to UW Madison.
• Mail the registration form and check to: CERC Registrations 21 N Park St, Ste 7101 Madison, WI 53715
• You will receive either a mailed document or an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Pay by Purchase Order

• Request Purchase Order information from interpro@union.wisc.edu
  • If a fee quote is needed, contact custserv@interpro.wisc.edu first
• You will receive an invoice from UW–Madison Business Services for payment, usually within 3–5 business days

Military

If using SF-182 form, please call our registration number at 608-262-2451 or email interpro@union.wisc.edu for details and instructions.

Event Cancellation

We reserve the right to cancel a course due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen events. If we cancel a course, participants will be notified via email or phone and will be given the option for a full refund or to transfer their registration and any fees paid to another course. We are not responsible for non-refundable plane tickets, hotel reservations, and other travel related expenses. For enrollee Course Cancellation, refer to notes on course page.

If you cannot attend, please notify us no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.