Heat Loss/Heat Gain calculations explained

Review for the Heat Loss / Heat Gain course

Date: February 14, 2026 Written by: Simon Wells, EcoJia From: Lake Country, British Columbia

This course was simple to follow and interactive. Our instructor Sharrah was a really good teacher. She simplified the concepts and didn't overwhelm us with too much information at once. We were made to feel at ease and free to ask our questions. Discussing them together helped us follow the material and digest the information. She was a wealth of knowledge and dignified our learning, never speaking down to us or making us feel like we were behind. The class was well paced. I feel confident calculating F280 heating/cooling loads myself after completing this course.

Review for the Heat Loss / Heat Gain course

Date: May 7, 2025

I thought Andrew and Sharrah were great with the questions, responding to chat and verbal questions. I thought going slowly through the example was helpful. I think 5 hours sessions were long, especially at the end of a workday. Maybe spread it out more and then give more opportunity for homework in between? Less time spent with the lecture, could have given more time for the examples, where I thought the most value was. Alternatively incorporate the building science into the example to break it up?

Review for the Heat Loss / Heat Gain course

Date: April 23, 2025

Slow down:-) Quite fast-paced course. Let people know beforehand they will need multiple screens to follow along. Course should be longer. It should probably explained beforehand that there will be an assignment that is not done within the course hours. Recording the class and rewatching it would've helped me immensely.

Review for the Heat Loss / Heat Gain course

Date: April 18, 2025

I feel Chris is a great instructor. I personally would like a bit slower pace to go through the course.

Review for the Heat Loss / Heat Gain course

Date: April 2, 2025

He clearly knows his information. It was a fast presentation and should be extended by a day. At least one day should be spent on breaking down the HLHG calculator sections into segments to help students understand the process and how the data is integrated into the software.

Review for the Heat Loss / Heat Gain course

Date: March 29, 2025

The instructor really knows his stuff. Unfortunately, it was a lot of math related material presented to a lots of not math related people much more quickly than they expected or needed.

Review for the Heat Loss / Heat Gain course

Date: March 28, 2025

The instructor's patience with people having technical difficulties was great. I feel more examples to work through would help greatly.

Review for the Heat Loss / Heat Gain course

Date: February 14, 2025

I have talked to some of our guys who took this course before and they mentioned, there is an exam (few questions) after the course and every student needs to pass, to be able to get the certificate, which is fair.

Review for the Heat Loss / Heat Gain course

Date: February 13, 2025

Very thorough, had good flow and great structure. The instructor was exceptionally engaging.

Review for the Heat Loss / Heat Gain course

Date: February 13, 2025

Instructor did exceptionally well engaging the class. Recommend to do a super quick overview where the class only watches the instructor do inputs on a very simple project. See the results. THEN follow along with the inputs. Also be aware of display screen size on Zoom. At times the instructor's screen displayed too small to be able to focus clearly on what was being shown. (I watch on a large monitor - it would be worse for people on laptops or other devices)