Commons moratorium....Now there's an idea! District heating would be ideal. Jeanne In a message dated 12/13/2009 9:44:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
One of the exciting aspects of district heating is that the heat from the steam can be transferred to a hot water system or a hot air system. Just about whatever natural gas was heating, can be done with district steam. So you don't have to retrofit every building on order to connect it with district heat. You just need transfer plates for each building. However the one kind of heat I wonder whether it may not be possible is steam heated buildings: I think there would be too much loss in the transfer to CREATE steam; but I think some types of steam heat are compatible. I propose a moratorium on the Commons rebuild until this is explored fully! Margaret On Dec 13, 2009, at 1:10 AM, Gay Nicholson wrote: > Another conversation going on about the Commons involves researching > the > possibility of laying district heating pipes while the Commons is > torn up _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
