Energy efficiency - Articles - Page 29

Energy-efficient thermostat for radiant heating

Warmup’s 3iE is a fully interactive thermostat with touch technology and energy monitoring for radiant heating that learns from the user’s programming changes and temperature selections.

April 17, 2014

The thermostat can be used as a floor-temperature sensor, an air-temperature sensor or both. It automatically adjusts to changing external conditions to give optimal start-up times so there is no wasted energy.

Device helps retrofit UK homes for solar thermal

The Pod is a solar heat store where cold water is rapidly preheated on demand as it flows through a high-surface area coil of pipe inside the unit before entering the existing heating system.

March 31, 2014

United Kingdom-based Viridian Solar unveiled its Pod solar device March 4 at this year’s Ecobuild in the UK.

Sewage to heat Milwaukee sewer plant buildings

Sewage gets its warmth from heated water from homes and businesses that is flushed down drains to sewers and mixed with heated wastewater from industries.

February 28, 2014

Here’s another big city harvesting “waste” heat from sewage. Milwaukee wants to use sewage to warm buildings at two sewage treatment plants.

Cost-effective geothermal heating and cooling

When considering geothermal heating and cooling, do your homework.

February 25, 2014

When considering geothermal heating and cooling, do your homework.

As seen at AHR: Remote monitoring of pump performance

Taco expands its iWorX control platform to provide a dynamic graphical interface for remote monitoring of pump and system performance in real time.

February 25, 2014

Taco expands its iWorX control platform to provide a dynamic graphical interface for remote monitoring of pump and system performance in real time.

Energy Saver 101 infographic: Home heating

This infographic lays out everything you need to know about home heating.

February 25, 2014

This infographic lays out everything you need to know about home heating.

Air-source heat pumps vs. ground-source heat pumps

Variable-speed compressor technology has leveled the playing field for this type of heating and cooling equipment.

February 25, 2014

Variable-speed compressor technology has leveled the playing field for this type of heating and cooling equipment.

Comparing baseboard heating to forced-air systems

Bob Vila discusses electric baseboard, hydronic baseboard and forced air.

February 14, 2014

At BobVila.com, the pros and cons of baseboard electric and hydronic heating systems, compared to forced-air heating systems, are discussed.

Using wood-gasification boiler for space heating and repurposed thermal storage tank

January 2014 The Glitch and The Fix

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

January 30, 2014

A homeowner wants to use a wood-gasification boiler as his primary source of space heating. He also wants a propane-fueled boiler to automatically come on for backup should he decide not to tend the fire, or if he is away. The owner has read that a generously sized thermal storage tank is necessary to allow a gasification boiler to operate at consistent high efficiency.

Free Hot Water wins solar thermal innovation award

A panel of solar industry judges chose Free Hot Water for its innovative and cost-effective design of a solar hydronic heating, hot water and photovoltaic system that was shown to be cost-competitive with a natural gas system.

October 17, 2013

A panel of solar industry judges chose Free Hot Water for its innovative and cost-effective design of a solar hydronic heating, hot water and photovoltaic system that was shown to be cost-competitive with a natural gas system.