[FLPERMACULTURE] Re: heating systems (Joel and Sarah Gagnon)

[Kristie Snyder]

We are finally just finishing with some work being done by Perfomance 
Systems Contracting, including a furnace replacement, and our experience 
with them has not been good, for a variety of reasons, which I'd be happy to 
discuss privately with anyone. Hopefully (maybe in part as a result of my 
prolific complaining!), things will improve in the future.
-Kristie


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> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:10:49 -0400
> From: Joel and Sarah Gagnon <joel.and.sarah.gagnon at lightlink.com>
> Subject: Re: [FLPERMACULTURE] heating systems
> To: fingerlakespermaculture at lists.mutualaid.org
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> 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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