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Online Courses

Learn the basics with MCDLG! Our online resources include continuing education courses and training courses for installing, operating, and maintaining louvers and dampers. Learn more about stationary louvers, adjustable louvers, control dampers, and UL life safety dampers with MCDLG.

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Louver Installation Guide

Introductory Course: In our Louver Installation Guide, we cover preparing the louver, mounting it into an opening, and securing it in place with angle clips. We also cover best practices for louver cleaning and maintenance.

Education Installation Louvers

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Standards for Hurricane Louvers

Hurricane louvers are held to a higher standard than other severe weather louvers. They must complete a series of rigorous tests before they can be used in HVHZ. Learn the test standards and their ratings with…

HVAC Standards

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Actuator Installation Guide

In our Actuator Installation Guide, we explain how to install the three primary types of actuators: manual, pneumatic, and electric. Learn how to mount each actuator type and how to properly test each actuator.

Actuator Education HVAC

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Damper Installation Guide

In our Damper Installation Guide, we go over the proper methods for installing a non-UL damper. This course includes preparing the damper for installation and how to mount it to a duct or ventilation opening. We…

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AEC Daily Online Courses

These online courses are maintained, managed and supported by AECDaily.com. You will need an AECDaily user account to start one. Registration is easy and takes about 30 seconds.

ONLINE An Introduction to Air Control Dampers
Air control dampers are an essential component of a building’s HVAC system, regulating heating, cooling, and ventilation performance. Presented here is an introduction to control, balancing, backdraft, industrial, and multizone dampers; each type plays an important…
ONLINE Fire & Smoke Protection with Life Safety Dampers
The use of life safety dampers is driven by requirements in various building codes. There are many different applications for which fire, fire/smoke, smoke, and/or ceiling radiation dampers can be used, each having its own specific…
ONLINE Louvers for Style and Aesthetics
Louvers are an essential part of every HVAC system, facilitating appropriate airflow and inhibiting unwanted penetration by water, snow, or debris through wall openings and into HVAC ductwork. However, they can have other purposes. Their simple…

AEC Daily Live Courses

These live courses are maintained, managed and supported by AECDaily.com. You will need an AECDaily user account to start one. Registration is easy and takes about 30 seconds.

LIVE An Introduction to Air Control Dampers
Air control dampers are an essential component of a building’s HVAC system, regulating heating, cooling, and ventilation performance. Presented here is an introduction to control, balancing, backdraft, industrial, and multizone dampers; each type playing an important…
LIVE Fire and Smoke Protection with Life Safety Dampers
This course provides an overview of life safety dampers: fire, smoke, and combination fire and smoke dampers with a focus on different styles and types. It focuses on their uses and benefits and has a discussion…
LIVE Louvers for Style and Aesthetics
Louvers are an essential part of every HVAC system, facilitating appropriate airflow and inhibiting unwanted penetration by water, snow, or debris through wall openings and into HVAC ductwork. However, they can have other purposes. Their simple…