Re: [GBlist] Zero Energy House on Washington Mall (fwd)

["Dr. Carmine F. Vasile" <gfx-ch@email.msn.com>]

Norbert:

Does a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) enjoy Energy Star Ratings?
Are they also applied to clothes dryers so as to preheat incoming air drawn
into a dryer with waste heat carried by hot air exiting the dryer's blower?

Carmine
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Norbert Senf" <mheat@mha-net.org>
To: <greenbuilding@crest.org>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 9:32 AM
Subject: RE: [GBlist] Zero Energy House on Washington Mall (fwd)


> At 10:09 AM 2001-04-20 -0400, Renewable News Network wrote:
> >Does this mean to say that any and all Zero Energy Houses
> >with heating/cooling demands must have an active climate control heat
> >exchanger system incorporated into the building?  (snip)Will this be the
new
> >green standard for all houses in the future?
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> Depends on your climate.
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> Here in eastern Canada/Northeast US, the short answer is yes. I have yet
to
> see any credible alternative that doesn't involve depressurizing the
house.
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> Heat Recovery Ventilators aren't sexy, unfortunately. Mechanically,
> however, they are quite basic.
>
> Norbert Senf
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