11-02-2014, 06:11 PM
He's not the one looking to upgrade, Robert is. That's not the system he has.
Building-scale water circulation is what's used on many large commercial buildings. Also for high load cooling in computer rooms. I don't think water is as efficient as a phase-change heat transfer medium, but on a huge scale like something meant for the entire building, I'm sure it's better than giving everyone their own individual systems. Cpndos and apartment buildings in the US, at least the ones I've lived in, rarely have a whole building heating a cooling system, everyone is on their own, often with wall or window air conditions and electric baseboard heat.
--Randy
Building-scale water circulation is what's used on many large commercial buildings. Also for high load cooling in computer rooms. I don't think water is as efficient as a phase-change heat transfer medium, but on a huge scale like something meant for the entire building, I'm sure it's better than giving everyone their own individual systems. Cpndos and apartment buildings in the US, at least the ones I've lived in, rarely have a whole building heating a cooling system, everyone is on their own, often with wall or window air conditions and electric baseboard heat.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad of the 1950's in HO
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