Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Toolkit: Home

  Safety Information

• Remember to always wear your gloves and safety glasses when working on equipment.
• Closed toe shoes are a must.

  Websites

• Ashrae.org
  •  American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers 
• BACnet International
  • BACnet (Building Automation and Control Network) is the global data communications standard for building automation and control networks.
• bestctr.org
  • Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow Center
• Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems
  • A page from the EPA with information on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems.
• Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association
  • The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association provides legislative advocacy, education and training to approximately 3,300 plumbing, HVACR open shop, union businesses, and 65,000 technicians.
• ThomasNet
  • ThomasNet is a searchable database of suppliers, source products, CAD drawings and product news.

  YouTube Channels

    HVAC

• Price Industries
• HVAC School
• T & N Services LLC
• Fox Family Heating and Air Conditioning
• Grayfurnaceman
• Nor-Cal Refrigeration & HVAC
• The Engineering Mindset
• Nortek Global HAVAC
• RealPars

    Building Automation

• Onesight Solutions Niagara NV

  Library Videos

• Residential Heating and Ventilation
• Residential Air Conditioning
• Heat Pumps - An Effective Residential Heating Solution

  Free Apps

• HVAC Check & Charge - Android
• Refrigerant Slider - iOS and Android
• iManifold - iOS and Android
• Bluon - iOS and Android

  Codes

• 2018 NC Fuel Gas Code
• Mechanical Code Q&A from Mecklenburg County

  Library Books

  Databases

• Career & Technical Education Database ProQuest
  • Vocational information on technical topics, such as computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
• Vocations and Careers
  • Vocations and Careers aids users in researching a vocation, finding appropriate institutions of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career.

  Professional Organization

• 10 HVAC Associations
  • The articles discuss 10 important HVAC organizations and associations.
• Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow
  • BEST - Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow - webpage has videos, links and student resources such as building a career map, and career and job listing.

  Career Information

• Occupational Handbook Outlook
  • This page provides information on the duties, training, pay and job outlook for heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics.

  Certification/ Test Prep

  EPA 680 Certification Test

• Practice Test 1
• Practice Test 2

    NC H3 Exam

• Practice Test

  ESCOgroup Practice Tests

• English
  • Practice Test EPA 608 Core
  • Practice Exam EPA 608 - Type I
  • Practice Exam EPA 608 - Type II
  • Practice Exam EPA 608 - Type III
• Spanish
  • ​​​​​​​EPA 608 - Core
  • ​​​​​​​EPA 608 - Type I
  • ​​​​​​​EPA 608 - Type II
  • ​​​​​​​EPA 608 - Type III