TAB Advanced Air & Water Systems Course
This course trains students in Total System Balancing for complex HVAC systems required for the AABC Test and Balance Engineer (TBE) Exam. The program covers advanced topics such as UFAD, smoke control testing, energy recovery, laboratory and healthcare HVAC, chilled beams, steam fundamentals, vibration testing, and chilled and heating water systems.
Through hands-on training at EAB’s Training Center and daily problem-solving challenges, students apply classroom concepts to real-world scenarios. Led by instructors with decades of industry experience, the course builds the technical and analytical skills needed to balance complex systems in healthcare, research, manufacturing, and mission-critical facilities.
Recommendations: TAB Fundamentals, TAB Air & Water Systems, and Control Systems Verification courses with a minimum of 8-10 years of TAB experience.
Classroom Instruction Time: 25 Hours | Hands-On Instruction Time: 10 Hours | AABC Continuing Education Credits: 24 Hours
What's Included in the Course?
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5 Days of Instruction and Hands-on Training
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Resource Materials:
- AABC National Standards
- EAB Training Workbook
- EAB Equations Quick Guide
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Instrumentation Instruction
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Daily Breakfast and Lunch
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24 AABC CEUs
What Should I Bring to EAB Training?
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Calculator
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Safety Glasses
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Safety Gloves
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Mobile Device (capable of reading QR codes)
What About Meals and Snacks?
Breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be included for EAB Training Students. Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.
Advanced Air & Water Systems Course
This course develops the following skills:
- Explain underfloor air distribution (UFAD)
- Verify smoke control system operation
- Balance a single lab system
- Explain and balance basic healthcare HVAC systems
- Laboratory and Healthcare Ventilation
- Domestic hot water recirculation system balancing
- Analyze and solve complex psychrometric processes
- Describe advanced central plant testing and control strategies
- Describe and compute capacity testing calculations for cooling towers
- Perform TAB for common energy recovery systems
- Balance chilled beam air and water
- State a TAB professional’s steam system procedures
- Take vibration measurement of HVAC rotating equipment
Recommendations: TAB Fundamentals, TAB Air & Water Systems, and Control Systems Verification courses with a minimum of 8-10 years of TAB experience.
Classroom Instruction Time: 25 Hours
Hands-On Instruction Time: 10 Hours
AABC Continuing Education Credits: 24 Hours
Course Date:
October 5, 2026 – October 9, 2026
Daily Agenda
Day One
Underfloor Air Distribution Systems
Psychrometrics
Day Two
Smoke Control Testing
Domestic Hot Water Balancing
Energy Recovery
Wrap Around Heat Pipe and Air to Air H.E. Demo
Day Three
Laboratory Systems Classroom Instruction
Laboratory Systems Demo
Healthcare Systems Classroom Instruction
Healthcare Systems Demo
Chilled Beams Classroom and Demo
Day Four
Humidifiers Classroom Instruction
Steam Systems
Vibration Testing Classroom and Demo
Chilled Water Systems
Cooling Tower Balancing
Day Five
Cooling Tower Capacity Testing
Heating Systems
