Ed Janowiak
Ed Janowiak’s influence on the HVAC industry comes from a rare combination of deep field experience and an unwavering commitment to doing the math. For more than 30 years, he worked across every layer of the trade. He held roles as an installer, service technician, contractor, company owner, and educator. From these experiences developed a reputation for telling the truth about HVAC system performance, even when it makes people uncomfortable.
Ed currently serves as Manager of HVAC Design Education for the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA). This is a a role he assumed in 2021. In that position, he is responsible for helping create, update, and deliver ACCA’s HVAC design standards and educational content. That content includes Manuals J, S, D, and T. His work focuses on ensuring contractors understand not just how to use the manuals, but why they exist — and what happens when systems are designed without them.
Hands-On Experience Counts
Before joining ACCA, Ed spent more than 15 years working hands‑on in the field. He held roles as a technician, installer, and service manager. He later owned and operated Bramante Energy, an HVAC and energy consulting company. Here, Ed gained firsthand perspective on the business, design, and performance pressures contractors face every day. That real‑world experience shaped Ed’s belief that comfort problems, efficiency failures, and dissatisfied customers almost always trace back to poor design decisions — not bad equipment.
Education has been a central thread throughout Ed’s career. He has spent over 25 years teaching HVAC professionals in classrooms, training facilities, and at industry events across the country.
An Industry Approach from an Association Perch
Before ACCA, he served as technical director for the Eastern Heating and Cooling Council. In that position, he helped develop and deliver technical education programs for contractors and technicians. He has also contributed to the development of industry standards and certification exams for organizations such as ACCA, NATE, and BPI (Building Performance Institute).
Well-known across the industry as the host of ACCA’s “Hey Ed” educational series, Janowiak has become a trusted voice for contractors seeking clarity on system design, airflow, and load calculations. His teaching style is direct, practical, and grounded in physics, not rules of thumb. He challenges contractors to replace assumptions with measurements. As pros, they should treat design work with the same seriousness they expect when getting paid for their labor.
His Influence and Gift
Ed holds a New Jersey Master HVACR license, multiple NATE certifications, and serves on the NATE Technical Committee. In those positions he continues to help shape technician competency standards nationwide. Based in Manahawkin, New Jersey, he works nationally with contractors, educators, and industry groups. The mission is to raise expectations for how HVAC systems are designed, installed, and verified.
Ed Janowiak built his influence on experience, integrity, and a refusal to let the industry guess its way forward.
His dedication to math‑based design, education, and accountability has helped countless contractors deliver systems that perform as designed to meet customer needs and expectations.
This commitment is exactly why he was selected as a High‑Performance HVAC™ Influencer, Class of 2026.
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