SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Rehau Inc. has completed a radiant floor heating and cooling system project for an historic warehouse on Pier One, the northernmost pier on San Francisco’s Embarcadero. The Pier One project is unique not because of the use of a radiant floor heating (RFH) system to heat the building, but its use in cooling it, says Rehau. According to industry experts, this is the first documented application of a radiant floor heating and cooling system in North America, the manufacturer says.
Through incentive funding provided by the Port of San Francisco, the pier's entire climate control system was redesigned for commercial and public use by Rehau, Inc. and the San Francisco engineering firm, Flack & Kurtz. The renovated pier opened in December 2000.