There are now a number of large-scale radiant slab building systems being designed and built around the world to address indoor comfort issues and low energy use concerns.
More than 80% of the states in the U.S. are adopting the International Building Code that addresses the installation of fire sprinkler systems in seismic zones.
A common method of regulating the heating or cooling output of hydronic air handlers and other types of HVAC terminal units is to vary the water flow rate through their coils.
The control of hot water pressure and temperature after it leaves its source (boilers and water heaters) must be accomplished by additional control devices designed into the system.
The Grunau Co. recently completed the hvac, plumbing and specialty metal work on the two-year $125 million first phase project of Northwestern Mutual's Franklin campus.
S.A. Armstrong recently turned to Toronto-based information technology specialists konvergeandknow to design a system to take the complexity out of purchasing their pumps.
Once the piping system in a hydronic circuit is quantified, the next design task is to select a circulator for the piping system, like matching up an engine with a body and transmission.