Articles Tagged with ''radiant heating and cooling''

The new RAUMAT™ radiant heating mat system is RAUPEX O2 barrier pipe pre-assembled onto mats which are rolled out on the jobsite to speed installation. RAUMAT is an ideal solution for commercial building projects with large open slab areas such as distribution centers, big box stores, and production halls. 

This AHR Expo educational presentation will teach the typical contractor how to sell radiant even when his price is higher than his competition.

A study released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) confirms the M2G intelligent boiler control from Greffen Systems produces significant savings for heating buildings using hydronic boilers. The DOE’s “Building America Case Study,” which installed and monitored the controllers in Chicago, reported fuel savings up to 14 percent.

Immensely popular in Europe, radiant cooling is steadily gaining popularity in the U.S. because of its potential to reduce energy consumption. About half of net-zero energy buildings use radiant cooling to help them achieve the balance between energy consumption and renewable energy creation.

The Radiant Professionals Alliance (RPA) and the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to cross promote the application of ground source heat pump technology where it overlaps with radiant heating and cooling systems.

As radiant's benefits are becoming more widely recognized, manufacturers are rolling out new products designed to lower labor costs and make radiant more affordable and accessible.

It takes a special set of skills and passion for a contractor to become an expert in hydronic systems, and once these guys get started talking about their work, it’s hard to get them to stop.

Uponor North America has updated its engineering website, uponorengineering.com, to offer more resources for professionals specifying and designing PEX plumbing, radiant heating and cooling, hydronic distribution piping, and pre-insulated piping systems.

The combined cost of hydronic radiant panel heating, along with a separate central cooling system, often strains the construction budget to a point where something has to go, and that something is usually the radiant heating option. It gets trumped by a lower-cost forced-air system that delivers both heating and cooling, albeit often at reduced comfort.