RESOURCES
Hydronics Reference Material
- Heating System Key to Health Center Efficiency ASHRAE Journal
- Shared Facility Helps Technology Grow ASHRAE Journal
- Military explains why “NO VRF" US Army
- High-Efficiency Radiant Cooling HPAC Engineering
- RPA Releases Version 6.0 of Its Free Building Efficiency System Tool (BEST 6.0) Official Magazine
- Net-Zero Planned Community Relies on Advanced Geothermal Infrastructure Contractor Magazine
- New Geothermal GSHP Piping Systems Document Available Civil + Structural Engineer
- Chicago's Willis Tower's $500 Million Upgrade Includes HVAC Work FacilitiesNet
- Air-to-water heat pumps offer more than ductless Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine
- Hydronic Heat Pumps - Riding the Tide of Electrification Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine
- Opportunity Knock for Hydronics Heating Industry Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine
- Drop the H Brewing Company Retrofit Magazine
- Advanced Water Heating Initiative New Buildings Institute
- Australia Training Facility Chooses Geothermal Contractor Magazine
- Time to split? Moving away from specifying splits, VRFs and VRVs Airedale News
- Avoid ASHRAE 15 Violations on VRF Projects Contracting Business Magazine
- Decarbonization of Building Energy Systems High Performance Buildings Magazine
- To Employ or Not to Employ VRF? (Winter 2018 page 18) HVAC & Plumbing News Magazine
- Conversion to Active Chilled Beam at 250 S Wacker Project Description
- Hydronic vs. VRF - Which, When and Why? Plumbing and Mechanical Magazine
- Introducing BEST 2.0 - The Building Efficiency System Tool Construction Links Network
- 10 reasons why boilers are still excellent heating systems Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine
- Applying Refrigerant Codes HPAC Engineering
- Hydronic systems offer better efficiency pme Magazine
- Hydronics offers a cool, comfort advantage pme Magazine
- BTUs in a Box - Radiant vs VRF Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine
District Ambient Temperature Loop Resources
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Today’s Technology to Market (T2M) – the bidirectional thermal district Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine
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District systems offer more cost-effective means of heating and cooling
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District systems, which have been around for centuries, provide buildings with a product created with technology beyond what an individual can either afford or apply. The primary advantage is the delivery of more cost-effective heating or cooling to the building.
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White Papers
- BEST Methodology Fundamentals
- AHRI Standard 1230 Proceedings 2018-2019: VRF Equipment Ratings versus Measured Efficiency
- Significant Concerns: AHRI/ANSI Standard 1230 Performance Rating of Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) Multi-Split Air-Conditioning and Heat Pump Equipment
- Design Flexibility & Premium Performance in One Solution
- Controlling Capital Costs in High Performance Office Buildings
- Don’t Believe VRF Manufacturers Claims of Superior Energy Efficiency
- UMass dedicates new net-zero economics department building
- Radiant Heating & Cooling For Net Zero Buildings
- Energy Performance of Commercial Buildings with Radiant
- Evaluating Life Cycle Cost of Various HVAC Systems on the Basis of Energy Use, First Cost and Life Expectancy
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GeoMicroDistricts Retrofit Magazine
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Drinking Water Energy: The Time is Now PHC News Magazine
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This and other fluid exchange technologies provide real solutions that play a vital part in converting our building stock over to heat pumps.
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When we are talking about water energy, there is another type of hydropower that has to do with using water movement to transfer energy in the form of BTUs. It is one of the most basic and simple uses of water in every form. It has been safely done for generations and is the most efficient form of heating and cooling energy transfer.
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Existing water infrastructure may hold key to generating more hydropower
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Millions of miles of pipelines and conduits across the United States make up an intricate network of waterways used for municipal, agricultural and industrial purposes.
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In a new report, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found potential opportunities in all 50 states to efficiently utilize existing infrastructure to harvest this otherwise wasted energy.
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Breaking Down Barriers Official Magazine
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With the release of the 2021 UMC®, IAPMO became the first international code-development organization to provide regulatory guidelines in a mechanical code for installing geothermal energy systems used for HVAC and heating water.
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These provisions break down barriers hindering the growth of these technologies. Local codes lack direction, with planners wanting to know things like “If it’s not in the code, what do we do?” or “Whose jurisdiction is this?”
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By providing answers to questions like these, IAPMO is educating developers, assets
managers, designers, code officials and others about the benefits of geothermal energy and making it easier to consider them — which is less likely to happen if geothermal isn’t in the code.
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- Better budgets with BEST™
- Hydronic Systems Enable Beneficial Electrification
- How BEST design practices prove the superiority of hydronic systems
- Explanation of why water works as a refrigerant in HVAC systems
- Why Water for HVAC (with audio)
- Hydronics Comfort Systems Increase or Maintain Building Efficiency
- EER vs. SEER IEER for Designers
- EER vs. SEER IEER for Building Owners
- What is VRF and Strategies to promote Hydronics? for Designers
- VRF and Building Owners - What you need to know before investing in an HVAC System
Articles
- Applying Refrigerant Codes HPAC Engineering
- Hydronic systems offer better efficiency pme Magazine
- Hydronics offers a cool, comfort advantage pme Magazine
The ASHRAE Journal articles are copyrighted and used with permission from ASHRAE Journal, May, September and December 2014. These articles may not be copied nor distributed in either paper or digital form without ASHRAE’s permission. ©ASHRAE www.ashrae.org.
White Papers
- Why Water? By John Siegenthaler
- Small-Scale Hydronic Cooling By John Siegenthaler
Training
- Bell & Gossett Little Red Schoolhouse Training Programs
- Xylem's Bell & Gossett Little Red Schoolhouse has been approved by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) as a provider of continuing education for LEED professionals. The Schoolhouse’s Large Chilled Water Design Seminar and Modern Hydronic System Design Basic Seminar are the first such courses to be approved by GBCI to provide credit toward the credential maintenance requirements of the LEED Green Associate and LEED AP certifications. The content provided in the seminars meets GSCI's goals of facilitating access to high –quality professional development for those in the green building industry. The courses focus on the application of pumps and related products to enable water and energy conservation and improve building system efficiency.
- Seminar reservations must be made through a Bell & Gossett representative
- Bell & Gossett ESP-PLUS Pump Selection
- Bell & Gossett Electronic System Syzer Download
- Bell & Gossett Pump Service Videos
System Solutions:
- Fan Coil
- Chilled Beam
- Radiant
- Water Source Heat Pump
- Net Energy Overview Approved for continuing education credit by New York State
- 1x4 Pipe
Major Components:
- Boiler
- Chiller
- Cooling Tower
- Pump
- Pipe