Uponor-Radiant Heating Saves Tennis Club $40k Annually (Sept. 2004)
Keeping the White Bear Racquet & Swim Club warm and toasty through an arctic winter in White Bear, MN, is neither easy nor-until recently-inexpensive.
In Jan. 2001, WBRS found itself saddled with a $5,590 heating bill for its aging, five-court tennis "bubble" structure, which sat adjacent to the main building. With such hefty utility costs, it is little wonder that management decided to replace the old bubble with a new, well-insulated, five-court metal building constructed during the summer of 2002. But instead of conventional forced-air heating, the new facility is equipped with an in-court radiant heating system in which warm water is supplied by six ground source heat pumps.