[FLPERMACULTURE] heating systems

[Joel and Sarah Gagnon]

Charlotte already has a baseboard system in place. The advantage of the 
MODUHEAT approach is in the initial installation. From what I understand, 
they have prefabricated parts that speed the installation.

To address the original question about heat pumps, I suggest consulting 
with the folks at Performance Systems Contracting. They do installations of 
ground-source heat pumps, and can in addition look at the overall energy 
efficiency of the whole building as a system, identifying as result the 
most cost-effective strategies for saving money and energy.

Joel

At 12:17 AM 7/31/06 -0400, you wrote:
>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.  <http://www.moduheat.com>www.moduheat.com  C White
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:charwwill at gmail.com>Charlotte Williams
>To: 
><mailto:fingerlakespermaculture at lists.mutualaid.org>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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