Articles Tagged with ''hydronic systems''

When water is heated, the space required for each molecule increases. Any attempt to prevent this expansion will be met by tremendous forces.

The owner asked for a bid to replace her 35-year-old cast iron boiler which was still operating. She had two requirements: Redundancy in the event of a boiler malfunction and lower fuel costs for the building.

Over the years, our office has received requests for design assistance for systems involving two hydronic heat sources, each in different buildings, where the expectation is to have either heat source supply heat to either building.

Have you noticed the strong interest in cold-climate air-source heat pumps over the last couple of years?

One of the “delights” of designing hydronic systems is looking for synergistic opportunities, where one device provides multiple functions or benefits that would otherwise require two or more separate devices.