Items Tagged with 'zoning'

Edward Little High School in Auburn, Maine, utilizes an efficient radiant floor heating system designed by Harriman Associates, using lower temperature water and primarily geothermal energy for a comfortable, sun-like warmth.

In Ottawa, a homeowner's dream of a luxury clubhouse with an outdoor pool comes to life with True North Mechanical's innovative heating system, ensuring a perfect New Year’s Eve party despite the freezing temperatures.

The Z-one valve is a universal zone valve that can be used in a wide range of commercial and residential applications; from fan coils to baseboard, radiant to high rise, the Z-one can be used in both chilled or hot water and low-pressure steam applications.

More and more hydronic heating and cooling systems are being designed around air-to-water and water-to-water (geothermal) heat pumps. When the heating distribution system is extensively zoned, a buffer tank is typically installed between the heat pump and that distribution system.

The ZoneBraker touchscreen multi-zone snow melting controller allows for zoned control of a snow melting system, breaking total heating coverage into four separate zones.

The choice between ∆T and ∆P operation of a circulator has, at times, been the subject of rather “heated” debates. It’s almost as if a few Yankee fans are disputing superior pitching or batting performance with a few Red Sox fans. There appears to be some strong opinions involved.

Viega’s Radiant Auto-Balancing System (RABS) gives users the ability to independently control each zone in the system, the company says.

We’re only human, and most humans like to put off things until they absolutely have to be done. 

A heating designer is asked to create a three zone radiant floor heating system using a 5-ton (60,000 Btu/h) geothermal heat pump as the primary heat source, and a mod/con boiler as the auxiliary heat source. 

A zone is any area of a building for which indoor air temperature is controlled by a single thermostat (or other type of temperature controller).