Cooling Load Check Figure

(based on the AIRAH Handbook 3rd edition)

Cooling Load W/m2 (air
conditioned area)

Occupancy
Apartments / Residence Night only
Apartments / Residence (Insulated & not facing west)
Apartments / Residence (un-nsulated & facing west)
Auditorium
Banks
Hairdresser
Beauty Shop (consider appliances)
Cafeteria
Classroom
Clinic
Clothing Store
Computer Room (allow for future expansion)
Conference Room
Department Store Basement
Department Store Main Floor
Department Store Upper Floors
Factory - light manufacture
Factory - Heavy manufacture
Food Stores
Hotel & Motel Rooms
Laboratory
Library
Mall
Medical Offices
Milk Bars, Fast Food (count kW of appliances)
Office - General (Perimeter)
Office - General (Interior)
Office - Private
Post Office
Restaurants
Residential - Check Figure
Shoe Store
Super Market
Theatre

100
150
200
280
175
215
260
350
95
190
165
480
275
125
150
125
275
490
160
120
130
150
135
185
270
170
100
180
180
350
kW=m/6
185
180
280

Only use these figures for preliminary estimates or to check a full load estimate.

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DUCT SIZE - 3.0m/sec

150
200
250
300
350
400
450
DUCT SIZE - 4.0m/sec
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
550
DUCT SIZE - 5.0m/sec
300
350
400
450
500
550
600

AIR QUANTITY - l/sec

0- 60
51 -100
101 -160
161 -250
251 - 400
401 - 450
451 -500
AIR QUANTITY - l/sec
130
200
280
380
480
630
750
1000
AIR QUANTITY - l/sec
350
485
650
780
1100
1250
1500

DUCT

Outlet Supply Duct

DUCT

Branch Duct - two or

more diffusers

DUCT

Main Duct - Main SA

off fan coil

Refrigerated Systems
Litres/m2
watts/m2

Low
7.1
95-100

Average
High
Very High
7.8
8.5
9.5
130 - 155 160 - 175 180 -200

Evaporative Cooling
Litres/m2
Return Air Duct
Supply Air Duct
Return Air Filter
Outlet neck

Low
18.5

Average
20.3

3
3.0 to 4.5
1.8 to 2.2
2.5 - 3.5

m/sec
m/sec
m/sec
m/sec

High
21.1

Very High
24.7

Air Changes - Overhead Systems

Ceiling Height (m)
Air changes per hour

2.4
6.0

2.6
6.0

2.7
7.0

2.8
7.0

3.0
8.0

3.2
8.0

3.3
8.0

3.6
8.0

4.0
9.0

Return Air Grille Sizes

Length mm
300
400
450
500
500
550
550
600
600
600
600
700
700
700
750
750
750
750
750
800
800
900
900
900
900
900
1000
1000
1150
1200
1200
Air Flow m/s
Reduction Factor

Width mm
300
400
450
400
500
250
550
300
400
500
600
400
500
550
400
450
500
550
600
500
550
400
450
500
550
600
400
500
550
400
600

L/sec
144
256
324
320
400
220
484
288
384
480
576
448
560
616
480
540
600
660
720
640
704
576
648
720
792
864
640
800
1012
768
1152
2
0.8

Side wall Grille Sizes

Duct
1 x 250
1 x 300
1 x 350
1 x 350
1 x 400
1 x 300
1 x 450
1 x 350
1 x 400
1 x 450
2 x 350
1 x 450
2 x 350
2 x 350
1 x 450
2 x 350
2 x 350
2 x 350
2 x 400
2 x 350
2 x 400
2 x 350
2 x 400
2 x 400
2 x 400
2 x 450
2 x 350
2 x 400
2 x 450
2 x 400
2 x 500
5
0.7

Length
300
300
300
350
400
400
400
400
400
450
450
500
500
500
500
600
600
600
600

Width mm
100
150
200
150
100
150
200
250
300
150
200
100
150
200
250
150
200
250
300

L/sec
105
158
210
184
140
210
280
350
420
236
315
175
263
350
438
315
420
525
630

Duct
200
200
250
250
200
250
300
350
350
250
300
250
300
350
400
300
350
400
450

e Sizes
Inches
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22