Notes
Slide Show
Outline
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The inventor of the capillary tubes system
      • New Approaches to Economical
      • Energy Efficient Building


      • 2009 and Beyond
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Overview
  • “Conventional” All Air HVAC Systems-Benefits & Limitations.
  • Radiant Cooling & Radiant heating-”Thermo active Ceilings”
  • -How does it work?
  • Displacement Ventilation-How does it work?
  • Design Considerations.
  • Energy Consumption.
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Cost.
  • Conclusion.
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Function Of The HVAC System
  • Offset space heat losses/gains.
  • Maintain the space within the thermal comfort limits.
  • Remove/dilute air contaminants from the space.


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Thermal Comfort
  • Thermal Balance between heat generation & rate of heat removal.


  • Human heat generation at rest:
  • 70 to 100 watts (220 to 280 Btu).


  • Human Comfort Zone:
    • Combination of 50% radiation, 30% convection and 20% evaporation.
    • Temperature range: 20-26 C˚ (68˚-78˚F)
    • Relative humidity range: 30-60%
    • Air movement velocities: 0.15-0.25 m/s
    • Surface to Air temperature difference ≤ 2˚ C (4˚F)


  • Space heat gains/losses:
    • Internal (people, lights, electrical equipment, etc.)
    • External (solar radiation, conduction, infiltration).



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Conventional All-Air HVAC System
  • Typical Features:


    •  Combined function of space temperature control and ventilation
    •  Moves large volumes of air throughout the space
    • (6-8 ach/hr)
    •  Convection is the dominant heat transfer mode
    •  High temperature differences between the supply air and the space temperatures (11˚C cooling, up to 30˚ heating)
    •  Fast response-requires fast acting and reliable controls.
    •  Large space requirement for equipment and ductwork.
    •  High peak capacity
    •  Energy Intensive
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Benefits of
Conventional All-air HVAC System
  • Unlimited application range
    • Can be designed
    • “anywhere,  anytime”
    • and made to work for
    • any application



  •  Occupant “perception” of
  • “fresh air” conditions due to high air       movement rate.
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Limitations of
Conventional All-Air HVAC System
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Radiant Cooling & Radiant Heating System
  • Typical Features:
    •  Radiation is the dominant heat transfer mode
    •  Strictly space temperature control function
    •  Distribution embedded in building Structure
    •  Low temperature differences between the radiant surface and the space temperatures (3-6˚)       self regulating effect
    •  Track record of over 18 years throughout Europe
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Radiant Cooling & Radiant Heating System
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Cost Advantages
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Energy
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Indoor Air Quality Advantages
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DOAS Duty
  • High outside DPT:  Dehumidification to meet all space latent loads, and reheat if necessary
  • Low outside DPT:  Heat or Cool the OA as necessary, and humidify if necessary
    • Dehumidification (Desiccants Not A topic in this symposium)
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Displacement Outdoor Air System
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Displacement Outdoor Air System
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Advantages of KaRo
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Displacement Outdoor Air System
  • Continuously purges air pollutants from the occupied space by supplying 100% fresh air to the space, and exhausting 100% of the contaminated air out of the space.
  •  Typical Features:
    • Provides exclusively ventilation function (1-15 ach/hr)
    • Supply air temperature is near space temperature (5.5˚ F)
    • Air movement is generated by natural buoyancy around heat sources in the space
    • Absence of noise and draft due to low air velocities (≤ 0.2 m/s)
    • (≤ 40fpm)
    • Air supply at low level, exhaust at high level
    • Pollutants are removed from the source and carried straight up and exhausted at ceiling level
    • Occupants breath air with minimum contaminant load.



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The Dedicated OA Concept,
the new OA paradigm!
  • Basic concept is to deliver conditioned OA to every space and occupant of the building.
  • Extension: Use the OA to remove all of the space latent load (primarily from occupants who receive a prescribed flow rate of OA).
  • By Decoupling the latent and sensible space loads, great flexibility in meeting the parallel sensible loads is realized!
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Displacement Outdoor Air System
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Building Advantages
with KaRo System
  • Architecturally Integra table
    • Silk screening available
    • Perforated face (acoustics) or drywall
  • Great for Retrofit or New Construction
    • Reduces Mechanical Space
    • Less Ductwork
      • Less vertical shaft space
      • Higher ceilings and/or reduced building heights


  • Simpler Coordination Between Trades
    • Integration of fire suppression
    • Less interferences (crossover ductwork)
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Architecture Application
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Historic Preservation
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Fine Wine With KaRo

  • The quality of Wine is directly influenced
  •    by the conditions from the cellar in which
  •    is stored.
  • A good cellar must maintain the correct levels of temperature and humidity to optimize wine quality.
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Drywall Ceiling Application
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Commercial
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KaRo mats can be sized to fit any dimension
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Less space required for utility room
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Ceiling Application=Quick recovery Time
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Loss of pressure
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Cost: HVAC vs. Radiant Cooling
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The Clean Energy Act of 2007

  • Arlington, VA – February 17, 2009: The 2009 Economic Stimulus legislation signed into law today by President Obama includes a 30% tax credit (up to $1,500) for the purchase in 2009 and 2010 of a 75%-efficient biomass burning appliance a measured using a lower heating value. The tax credit provisions are extended improvements of the legislation that passed in October 2008.
  • The major changes are an extension of the credit to 2010 and the increase on the credit from $300 to 30% of the total cost.


  • More information web link below:
  • http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=products.pr_tax_credits#s1


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KaRo Systems Experience
of Radiant Cooling & Radiant Heating
  • On site Buildings in Germany, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, France and Brazil including test lab reviews and operational testing.
  • Complete in-house design application



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Sub Station=Less Utility room
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Cost Comparison
  • Building Criteria:


    • 3 Story Office Building
    • Total Area= 90,000 sq. ft.
    • Walls = R-20
    • Roof = R-20
    • Windows: 50% of total wall area
    • Concrete construction
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Envelope vs.
Mechanical/Electrical Costs
  •  Premium for Visionwall or Heat Mirror


    •   $5.00/sq. ft. of building. (based on $65/sq.ft. for Visionwall vs. $38 sq. ft. for normal commercial double pane, 6 foot high glass on 12 foot floor to floor) curtain wall style construction.
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Envelope vs.
Mechanical/Electrical Costs
  • Mechanical Cost for VAV or Fan Coil System with Conventional Glazing:


  • HVAC System =       ±$12.50/Sq.ft.
  • Plumbing =     $4.00/Sq.ft.
  • Sprinklers =     $2.00/Sq.ft.
  • Controls =     $1.50/Sq.ft.
  •    $20.00/Sq.ft.
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Envelope vs.
Mechanical/Electrical Costs
  • Mechanical Cost for the Radiant Cooling system with Displacement Ventilation:



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Envelope vs.
Mechanical/Electrical Costs
  • Electrical Cost for Conventional Bldg.:         $14.00/Sq.ft.
  • Mechanical Cost for Conventional Bldg:     $20.00/Sq.ft.
  •                                                            Total:  $34.00/Sq.Ft.



  • Electrical Cost for Radiant Cooling System
  • with Visionwall/Heat Mirror Glazing:            $10.00/Sq.ft.
  • Mechanical Cost for Radiant Cooling Bldg:    $19.85/Sq.ft.
  • Premium for High Performance Glass:    $5.00/Sq.ft.
  •                                                          Total:  $34.00/Sq.Ft.
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Thank You