Last month I shared some thoughts on how to get on the Path to High-Performance HVAC™. A growing group of contractors across North America are on this continuous improvement path to delivering measured, verified, proven performance in the systems they install and service.

Part of this journey includes optimizing air distribution systems — a major key to improving performance. Professionals who get trained and certified soon learn that they rarely need to tear out all the ducts and start over.

They learn through testing they can often surgically repair systems with amazing results. NCI recently coined a phrase that refers to these professionals as Duct Surgeons™.

Duct Surgeons: A Medical Analogy

Many decades ago NCI started teaching the analogy between static pressure and blood pressure, comparing the two, even showing equivalency charts between the effects of high blood pressure in humans and potential dangers and effects of high static pressure on an HVAC system.

Over the years we expanded this analogy to include several vital signs taken by doctors and nurses like temperature, weight, etc.
We came up with these comparisons to make it easier for contractors to explain issues to homeowners in laymen terms. This approach helps customers understand the benefits of having their systems tested correctly and surgically optimized to solve issues and improve performance.

Better performance typically increases the safety, health, comfort, and energy efficiency of the HVAC system, the home, and its occupants. This is a true win-win for both your customers and your company, and sets you apart in your market.

The path to becoming Duct Surgeons and over time, TOTAL High-Performance HVAC™ professionals who measure, balance, and verify delivered Btus to every area of the house is not easy but also not complicated.

It does take some investment, hard work, and a willingness to do things differently.

Ready to get started? There are several steps. Try to follow them in order. This will drastically reduce your learning curve.

Step 1 – Air Testing and Upgrades

If you are not already on this path, the easiest way to get started is to attend a live online NCI Airflow Testing and Diagnostics class. This class is currently held every other month and is broken into two, four-hour sessions over two days.

In this training you will learn how to measure static pressures and airflows based on NCI’s diagnostic workflows. You will then be able to prescribe solutions to insure the equipment operates within factory pressure, airflow, and system capacity specifications.

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