[FLPERMACULTURE] heating systems

[Christianne White]

Dear Charlotte and others on permaculture.  Anybody with hydronic heat, either baseboard or radiant should check out the new company in Freeville, called MODUHEAT.  Started by an engineer at Cornell, they've developed a 'modular' approach to heating hot water, and streaml;ined the connections that usually take a lot of pipe in the basement to go to the different heating zones in the house.  www.moduheat.com  C White
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Charlotte Williams 
  To: fingerlakespermaculture at lists.mutualaid.org 
  Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 9:28 AM
  Subject: [FLPERMACULTURE] heating systems


  I'm wondering if anyone has any experience, advice, or thoughts on using a ground source heating system in this climate (ithaca)?  We currently have a natural gas baseboard hydronic system. We really like the heat it puts out, but the furnace will have to be replaced at some point. So we are pondering what would be the most economically and ecologically thoughtful replacement - a high efficiency natural gas furnace? Ground source heat pump? Something else? 

  We'd appreciate hearing your thoughts. Thanks.
  Charlotte



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