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HVAC Terminology

  • A-Coil
  • AC
  • AC or DC
  • ACCA
  • Acoustical
  • AFUE
  • AGA
  • AHRI
  • Air cleaner (also Air Filtration System)
  • Air Conditioner
  • Air Filtration System (also Air Cleaner)
  • Air flow volume
  • Air handler
  • ASHRAE
  • BTU
  • BTUh
  • Burner
  • Burner Orifice
  • Burner (sealed combustion)
  • CADR Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR)
  • Capacity
  • Celsius
  • Certified Matched System
  • CFM
  • Charge
  • Comfort™ coil (also evaporator coil or indoor coil)
  • Compressor
  • Condensate
  • Condenser coil (or outdoor coil)
  • Condenser fan
  • Contactor
  • Crankcase heater
  • CSA
  • Damper
  • DB (Decibels)
  • DC
  • Defrost
  • Degree-day
  • Dehumidifier
  • Diffuser
  • DOE
  • Downflow furnace
  • Drain pan
  • Dry bulb temperature
  • Dry bulb thermometer
  • Dual Compressors
  • Ductwork
  • DX
  • Ecologic
  • EER
  • Electronic Air Cleaner (EAC)
  • EPA
  • Evaporator coil (also Comfort™ Coil or Indoor coil)
  • Expansion valve
  • Fahrenheit
  • Fan
  • Filter
  • Flue
  • Furnace
  • Fuse
  • GAMA
  • Gas furnace heat exchanger
  • Heat exchanger
  • Heat gain
  • Heat loss
  • Heat pump
  • Heat transfer
  • Heating coil
  • HEPA filter
  • Hertz
  • Horizontal flow
  • HSPF
  • Humidifier
  • Humidistat
  • Humidity
  • Humidity, absolute
  • Humidity, relative
  • HVAC
  • Hybrid heat (also Hybrid System)
  • Hybrid system (also Hybrid Heat)
  • Ignition
  • Indoor coil (also Comfort™ Coil or evaporator coil)
  • Indoor/Outdoor system (also split system)
  • Inverter Compressor
  • Kilowatt (kW)
  • Latent heat
  • Load calculation
  • Media
  • NATE
  • NEC
  • NEMA
  • OEM
  • Operating cost
  • Orifice
  • Outdoor coil (also Condenser coil)
  • Packaged system (or Packaged unit)
  • Packaged unit (or Packaged system)
  • Payback analysis
  • PSI
  • PSIA
  • PSIG
  • PVC
  • Reciprocating compressor
  • Reclaiming
  • Recycling
  • Refrigerant charge
  • Refrigerant lines
  • SEER
  • Self-contained system
  • Sensible heat
  • Sensor
  • Setpoint
  • Spine-Fin™ coil
  • Split system (also indoor/outdoor system)
  • Thermostat
  • Thermostatic expansion valve
  • Ton
  • Two-stage compressor
  • Two-stage heating/Two-stage cooling
  • U-Factor
  • UL
  • Upflow furnace
  • Vacuum
  • Volt
  • Voltage
  • Watt
  • Wet Bulb Thermometer
  • Zoning
  • Zoning System