The house, dubbed the greenest New American Home in the program's 31 - year - history, also features tankless water heaters,
hydronic air handlers, intelligent fireplaces and sustainable building materials.
Not exact matches
2005 Country Coach Allure 470 Siskiyou Summit42 feet 400HP Cummins Diesel PusherAllison Transmission84, xxx Miles4 slides (2 in living room & 2 in bedroom) Onan 10K quiet diesel generatorInvertor with automatic generator startFull
air suspensionHWH
air leveling system (no jacks or fumbling with blocks) Powered entry stepsPowered step cover (inside) Power adjustable and swiveling driver and passenger seatsLED interior lighting In dash navigation system with rear view cameraPowered awnings with wind sensor2 couches that fold into bedsDining table features 4 individual chairsQueen walk around rear bedDual sinks (1 in toilet room & 1 in hallway) Electric flushing toiletFull size showerFull size refrigeratorConvection microwave ovenPropane cooktopWasher and Dryer2 fantastic fans (bathroom and kitchen) Flat screen TV in living room and bedroom w / DVD (Bluray in living room) Power amplified Jack TV antennaEagle one satellite dishBlackout shadesTons of storage with some pullout shelvesBasement storage with pullout drawersHeating / cooling:
Hydronic furnace & water heater (diesel and / or electric) 3 rooftop heat pumps with A / CIn floor electric heat
Dual zone 2 - 15 Penguin heat pump and
air conditioning with Oasis
Hydronic heat / endless hot water, central vac, all electric induction cooktop and stainless steel Whirlpool appliances includes residential refrigerator and convection microwave / oven.
dual zone heating and
air conditioning with Oasis
Hydronic heat, central vac system, king size bedFreightliner chassis with comfort steering, (drives like a car) anti lock brakes, engine brake, cruise control, Immaculate paint (well waxed)
Spacious, fully serviced luxury apartment, and B and Bs with private f reverse cycle
air conditioning;
hydronic he shady verandahs and sunny decks.
The Warm
Air system includes a 95 % efficient two - stage, variable speed condensing furnace while the
hydronic system incorporates a modulating, 95 % efficient boiler.
Radiant
hydronic heat is widely regarded as the most comfortable way of heating the home while all - in - one forced
air is typically the most cost - effective.
Hydronic or Baseboard Heat - this heat produces a warm heat because it uses convection and doesn't dry the
air out as much.
Another troubling area for me was when we designed a
hydronic heating system using the Life Breath Clean
Air Furnace that made its hot water with a combination of solar thermal backed up by an on - demand water heater, the calculation for energy consumption was based soley on the AFUE of the back - up water - heater.
The easiest way to retrofit an active solar thermal space heating system in such a house would probably be to install a
hydronic coil in your
air handler.
I totally agree that a poorly designed
hydronic system will perform badly, but equally well - designed
hydronic and forced
air systems will not perform the same... it seems to me to be a matter simply of surface area and leakage losses, both of which will be less in
hydronic systems.
Most American homes have forced
air heating and ventilation, but in much of the world people use
hydronic, or hot water heating.
If
hydronic, then yes, but you'd have to know how to drain the boiler, solder heating element to pipes, and refill / bleed all the
air out.