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Air Conditioning Performance Based TestingTradewinds Appropriate Technologies is certified by the National Comfort Institute in Air Balancing and Performance Based Testing. We feel that True Performance Testing is the wave of the future for testing homes for HVAC performance. These diagnostic procedures yield real world data about how a home is performing at a given moment. There are no "smoke-and-mirrors" unreal numbers, but rather, we can tell you how your home is performing under the real loads and conditions it faces.
These data points allow us to see what steps can be taken to re-mediate under-performance, humid conditions and inefficiency—to name only a few. Tradewinds was intimately involved in developing the protocols that were adopted in 2005 for testing homes in the Texas region for true performance testing. Some elements of the True Performance Testing
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We also measure the actual energy use
using a power analyzer and by computing that data
against the performance of the system under real
conditions, we are able to calculate the actual EER (Energy
Efficiency Ratio) under the current
conditions and compare that with the Manufacturer's
EER rating for those conditions. 
We measure the
entering and exiting air temperatures at the
AC condenser to determine the work the
condenser is doing at the current conditions.
We
measure the power used by the system to
produce the BTU's with a power analyzer.
The most important tool in our
arsenal—the trained, certified technician. Our techs,
who are multi-certified in several disciplines, are
trained to spot troubles and to take careful records
of how your system is working. 