In this lesson, you will learn how to enter the audit information about a home’s cooling system into the NEAT software form. You will need to know the following information about the system:
Equipment type (manufacturer and model are optional)
Floor area cooled (square feet)
Capacity (kBtu per hour)
SEER
Year manufactured
Efficiency is the most important variable impacting an air conditioning system’s energy use. In this lesson, you will also learn how to derive the SEER rating from the EER rating using the Help function.
This lesson uses the data from the example site-built home. Please have the home’s details printed and available for your reference with this lesson.