Alan Jones, director of management at Xylem, discusses his whitepaper, Building Sustainable Future Solving Modern Building Challenges with Hydronics Systems, hydronic systems are the future-proofed and sustainable heating and cooling system of choice..
Hydronics have been around for time, and availability and sustainability, we're looking at proven track record of hydronic system equipment lasting 20 to 30 years or even longer.
when you move to large-scale buildings the kind that are often metropolitan areas utilizing more equipment with longer run times the total cost of ownership over the life of VRF system should be considered.
over period it's that you may have already replaced the system.
Picture this removing boiler and installing electric heat pump or establishing connection to geothermal system, all without the need to reconfigure the entire building.
Additionally, hydronic systems can be designed to align with the energy or thermal load that you expect to manage the sweet spot, the system can be supplemented with electricity. .
we can design the system to trim out with radiant system. .
By using efficient motors, How much of emissions reduction can we expect we started to push innovation with Department of Energy, redesigning hydronics for efficiency and adding variable speed controls so that variable speed drives could be used instead of valves to change the flow.
Over the years, we have revisited numerous buildings, retrofitting them with these advancements and seeing remarkable reductions of up to 30 to 40% in annual kilo-watt hours needed for heating and cooling operations due to the switch to variable speed technology.
That's why Bell & Gossett launched Building Better campaign, featured on Bellgossett com, to get the word out about the benefits of hydronics and guidance on how to incorporate these designs effectively.
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