Hydronic snowmelt systems can bring convenience and comfort to places like zoos, sidewalks, decks, pools, and driveways — but they can also save lives.
Guest instructors Anthony Reikow, trainer for Bensalem, Pennsylvania-based B. J. Terroni Co., and Eric Grant, regional sales manager for Fernox, made a compelling case for “keeping it clean” when it comes to hydronic system performance and efficiency.
Anyone can buy a bunch of high-quality components, stick them together, keep the water on the inside, and call it a hydronic heating system. It’s not that difficult. The real skill of an exceptional professional lies in understanding what these different components do and then picking the ones that will work together best for each individual system.
Nobody would argue the building needed a mechanical retrofit, so once the Providence Center raised the funds, Victory Heating and Air Conditioning Co. Inc., Bellingham, Massachusetts, was hired to design and install components that would provide a solution.
With an economy that is still weak in many parts of the country, making the time to choose the right software package is an important step toward improving the bottom line.
Renewable energy sources are now being developed at a greater pace than was anticipated just a few years ago, and one of the fastest growing trends in the commercial building industry is the use of water-source heat pumps for heating and cooling.
Green building, energy efficiency, and IAQ. All of these are hot topics today. But rarely do all of these issues come together under one topic as they do with IAQ.