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Sustainability Starts at Home: Physical dimensions for the hydronic coil

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Sustainability Starts at Home. Sunday, October 21, 2012. Physical dimensions for the hydronic coil. The furnace area where I intent to insert the hydronic coil has a maximum inside dimension of 25"x25". The air channel is 22"x22". Posted by Andre Lochin. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Edmonds Center for Suburban Sustainable Lifestyle. Hot Tub Heat Exchanger. Physical dimensions for the hydronic coil.

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Sustainability Starts at Home: Blue Moon

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Sustainability Starts at Home. Saturday, September 1, 2012. The Blue Moon, Friday morning. Magical light. Posted by Andre Lochin. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Edmonds Center for Suburban Sustainable Lifestyle.

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Sustainability Starts at Home: Solar Panel Set

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Sustainability Starts at Home. Sunday, September 30, 2012. I still have to connect the panel to the hot tub. Posted by Andre Lochin. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Edmonds Center for Suburban Sustainable Lifestyle.

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Sustainability Starts at Home: September 2011

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Sustainability Starts at Home. Saturday, September 24, 2011. I started looking at how much it would cost to build such a dehumidifier. The cheapest thermoelectric element I could find is this one:. 92Watts max, about 60 Watts optimal under 12V. The following heatsinks may be attached to each side:. The hot side can be equipped with a 80mm fan, such as this quiet fan:. The small 100W dehumidifier could be set in areas of high moisture, while the 1KW dehumidifier could be integrated inside the furnace.

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Sustainability Starts at Home: June 2014

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Sustainability Starts at Home. Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Update - June 2014. Not much has happened, the house is in need of repairs before I can decide to upgrade our energy system. I just looked at heat pump forced air systems, and they are advertised to cut 30 to 40% of an electric bill, which seems low and pushed the ROI to beyond 10 years. So I am still considering a hydronic system that can use solar. It really seems a hydronic system is the best, with combined heat pump and solar heating.

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Sustainability Starts at Home: May 2012

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Sustainability Starts at Home. Thursday, May 24, 2012. The initial idea of a 1400 gallon storage tank in the main downstairs room appears today unpractical. The alternative is too have a tank in the water heater closet, and another one in the furnace room, which means two separate systems. The furnace closet can accomodate a 4' x 4' x 5' tank, with a water capacity of 270 gallons, and an energy storage (assuming 140F - 110F temp range) of 20KWh, equivalent to 1 day of heat in the winter. Optimum solar fr...

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Sustainability Starts at Home: June 2012

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Sustainability Starts at Home. Friday, June 29, 2012. Unfortunately, all the water heater heat pumps I found online are designed to work indoor, with intake air temperature around 20C, or 70F. I haven't found the right product yet. The heat pump is an air-to-water heat pump, with intake air temperature as low as 35F. Posted by Andre Lochin. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Edmonds Center for Suburban Sustainable Lifestyle.

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Sustainability Starts at Home: August 2011

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Sustainability Starts at Home. Monday, August 22, 2011. Yesterday, I was at a friend's house, and we talked about a swimming pool heater. His 24FT pool is cold, even in July. We talked about the idea of laying a 300FT coil of black irriguation pipe on the deck around the pool to heat it. With that requirement, the simplest pool heater I found is based on the Thomason trickle collector, described [here]. The tilt angle, optimized for September, will reduce the effective size of the collector in June-Augus...

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Sustainability Starts at Home: October 2011

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Sustainability Starts at Home. Friday, October 14, 2011. Wainscoting panels as space heaters. The heating system may have just 4 loops: 1 loop for each living room (because they have a wood stove), and one zone for all the other rooms, upstairs, and downstairs. The thermostat for the other rooms may be installed in each master bedroom (upstairs and downstairs). So this idea put the focus back on radiant heating, since it becomes cost competitive with forced air. Posted by Andre Lochin.

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Sustainability Starts at Home: Solat Water Heater Diagram

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Sustainability Starts at Home. Thursday, January 10, 2013. Solat Water Heater Diagram. Assembly should start soon, and hopefully it will be installed on time to collect some of our summer heat. Posted by Andre Lochin. January 13, 2013 at 11:54 AM. October 10, 2013 at 8:32 AM. Thank you for sharing. Did you know the life expectancy of the average water heater is 8 to 12 years? May 3, 2014 at 2:57 AM. You have brought up very fantastic points, thank you for the post. installers. Solat Water Heater Diagram.