Re: [GBlist] re: Heat Sources

[Chris Koehn <chris@koehn.com>]

Yep but at that minimal level it does very little for dehumidification,
which is more of a battle here in the upper mid-west than actual cooling..

Chris
Top Ridge Timber Frame Homes Inc.

> From: "Mark Ross" <markross@arit.com>
> Reply-To: "Mark Ross" <markross@arit.com>
> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:45:38 -0400
> To: "Chris Koehn" <chris@koehn.com>, <donna@theherbsplace.com>, "GB List"
> <greenbuilding@crest.org>
> Subject: Re: [GBlist] re: Heat Sources
> 
> Chris, if you keep your floor about 1-2 degrees cooler than the air, the
> condensation and cold feeling is not so prevalent, and it does help cooling,
> especially in front of windows.
> 
> Mark Ross
> Architectural/Residential Technologies International Incorporated
> 299 Haskell Lane, Batavia, Ohio, 45103
> 1-877-278-8802
> www.arit.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Koehn" <chris@koehn.com>
> To: "Mark Ross 2" <markross@arit.com>; <donna@theherbsplace.com>; "GB List"
> <greenbuilding@crest.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 5:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [GBlist] re: Heat Sources
> 
> 
> Yep our system provides radiant heat for the lower level floor (exposed on
> the south side), hot air (via an air handler) for the main level, and 2/3 of
> our domestic hot water requirements. In the summer we run the system
> backward and get cooling in the upper level. Installed system cost-
> including the ground loop- was $12K. Average monthly operating costs during
> heating and cooling season is <$30.
> I would not recommend radiant cooling in a concrete floor however. Not
> comfortable, and conducive to condensation.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris
> 
>> From: "Mark Ross 2" <markross@earthlink.net>
>> Reply-To: "Mark Ross 2" <markross@arit.com>
>> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:12:39 -0400
>> To: "Chris Koehn" <chris@koehn.com>, <donna@theherbsplace.com>, "GB List"
>> <greenbuilding@crest.org>
>> Subject: Re: [GBlist] re: Heat Sources
>> 
>> Donna:
>> 
>> Geothermal systems canbe purchased in water to water units for heating
>> radiant floors, they can also be used for cooling water, and then you can
>> run the cool water though a fan coil for air conditioning.  We do this all
>> the time, its easy and cheap, usally about $9,000.00-11,000.00 for all the
>> equipment and ductwork, if you are ambitios to install it yourself.
>> 
>> Mark Ross
>> Architectural/Residential Technologies International Incorporated
>> 299 Haskell Lane, Batavia, Ohio, 45103
>> 1-877-278-8802
>> www.arit.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Koehn" <chris@koehn.com>
>> To: <donna@theherbsplace.com>; "GB List" <greenbuilding@crest.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:58 PM
>> Subject: [GBlist] re: Heat Sources
>> 
>> 
>> Donna-
>> 
>> If you are doing a geo thermal system, why not run tubing in the concrete
>> floor that will be in your basement anyway? This has to be about the most
>> efficient way to heat such a space I can think of, both from an energy
>> consumption standpoint and a build out cost standpoint.
>> I have such a system in my home and it works great.
>> I have put in-floor heat in for folks who aren't using a geo system, and
>> fired it with a water heater. These systems also work well, are low tech,
>> and very efficient. Both Journal of Light Construction and Fine
> Homebuilding
>> have done articles on such systems.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Chris
>> Top Ridge Timber Frame homes Inc.
>> Cascade, WI
>> 
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