Southern Gas Association

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• Southern Gas Association
• ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS CONFERENCE
• Bonita Springs, FL

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Hydronics Industry Alliance

• Coalition of 31 members of the Hydronics
  Institute Product Section of the Air
  Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration
  Institute (formerly GAMA). Created in 2006 to
  promote the use of hydronic heating in both new
  and existing residential construction.

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Benefits of Hydronic heating

• Unsurpassed Heating Comfort
• Extremely Efficient Heat
• Easy Zone Control
• Trouble-Free Heating
• Healthy, Environmentally Clean Heating
• Flexible, Expandable Heating
• Combine Hydronics and Warm Air Heating
• Operates with all Heating Fuels

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Benefits of Hydronic Heating

• Unsurpassed Heating Comfort -
• Your home will no longer have hot spots, cold
  spots, or drafts just gentle, even, silent heat
  that automatically regulates itself to your
  desired comfort level.

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Benefits of Hydronic Heating

• Unsurpassed Heating Comfort
• Extremely Efficient Heat - Hydronic heat gently
  heats the walls and furniture in the room, which
  delivers heat to you and your family and
  minimizes heat loss through the windows, doors,
  and ceiling.

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Benefits of Hydronic Heating

• Unsurpassed Heating Comfort
• Extremely Efficient Heat
• Easy Zone Control - Now you can zone heat every
  part of your house for big savings!

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Benefits of Hydronic Heating

• Unsurpassed Heating Comfort
• Extremely Efficient Heat
• Easy Zone Control
• Trouble-Free heating - A hydronic system has few
  moving parts so maintenance is minimized.

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Benefits of Hydronic Heating

• Unsurpassed Heating Comfort
• Extremely Efficient Heat
• Easy Zone Control
• Trouble-free Heating
• Healthy, Environmentally Clean Heating.
• Hydronic heat is gentle and draft-free, so it
  does not circulate dust, odors, spores, or germs
  around the house. Considered Green because of
  high efficiencies and IAQ.

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Benefits of Hydronic Heating

• Unsurpassed heating Comfort
• Extremely Efficient Heat
• Easy Zone Control
• Trouble-free Heating
• Healthy, Environmentally Clean Heating
• Flexible, Expandable Heating - to include
  efficient space heating and domestic hot water,
  swimming pool and spa heating, ice and snow
  melting for driveways and walks and even towel
  rack warming. Consider using snow melting for
  senior residences in the northern climates.

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Benefits of Hydronic Heating

• Unsurpassed Heating Comfort
• Extremely Efficient Heat
• Easy Zone Control
• Trouble-Free Heating
• Healthy, Environmentally Clean Heating
• Flexible, Expandable Heating
• Combine Hydronics and Warm Air Heating -
• There are even hydronic heating solutions to
  convert or supplement existing warm air or heat
  pumps.

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Residential Boilers

• Are up to 95 efficient (AFUE)
• Minimum efficiency of 80 (AFUE)
• Depending on the efficiency of the boiler
  selected, the boiler can be vented
• Atmospherically or through the wall -
• Direct power-vented

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Hydronic Heating Systems

• Uses a central boiler to circulate hot water
  through piping/tubing to
• Baseboard and/or radiators
• Radiant floor or wall panels
• Direct heating applications

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SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS FOR MULTI-FAMILY AND HIGH
RISE

• Units are Now Much Smaller
• Modulating Systems
• High Efficiency
• Green Housing
• Indirect Water Heater
• Can be Matched with High Velocity Air
  Conditioning
• Can be Matched with Solar Systems

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What the Hydronics Trade Offers

• Information on the latest technology
• Equipment specifications
• Equipment design and layout
• Space requirements
• Local code requirement
• Heatloss and system design
• Point out design pitfalls

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You can avoid these pitfalls

• Unbalance heat load
• Insufficient heat
• Code Issues
• Undersized Equipment
• Oversized Equipment
• Equipment Limitations

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Members of HIA offer help..

• All you need to do is to click on
• www.myhomeheating.org and send a question and
  all 31 members have the opportunity to respond.
  They have design engineers on staff to assist you
  with your designs and use of hydronic systems.
• Or, contact the office at
• mcarsonrcei_at_verizon.net

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Need more information?

• Contact Hydronics Industry Alliance website at
  www.myhomeheating.com or
• Any HIA member listed in the Consumer Guide to
  Hydronic Home Heating.