 2006 System Showcase
The RPA System Showcase began 12 years ago
at RPA'a first conference and has flourished ever since. The
quality and scope of the projects submitted continue to impress the
judges with each passing year as the consumer demand for radiant
applications continues to grow.
Judging is done by a panel of volunteers
selected for their knowledge and experience in radiant heating. Some
are past Showcase winners themselves. Each project is scored in three
areas:
- Presentation
(completeness of application, project description, illustrations,
appearance and adherence to instructions)
- Technical Merit
(proper application of equipment and workmanship)
- Impression
(appropriate design and appearance of installation)
 Radiant Heat Products, LLC submitted an
application to the 2006 showcase in The Retrofit Category. The
paragraphs below outline the project.
This
project was a retrofit of an existing building that was used for storage
and fruit packaging. The fruit packaging area was converted to a wine
tasting room with the addition of new restrooms and a future office. The
fruit packaging room had an existing slab that was removed. A new slab
was installed with the barrier slab insulation, wire mesh, and kitec 1/2
pex-al-pex.
To help
control the system from overshooting a tekmar programmable thermostat
with slab sensor was installed in the tasting room zone. To keep the
restrooms as one zone, a tekmar thermostat was installed in the women's
bath with a remote air sensor in the men's room. The office zone had one
tekmar programmable thermostat to maintain temperature.
There was
an existing conventional boiler producing 180 degree water that was
feeding two zones. The first zone was an indirect hot water heater and
the second a fan coil in the storage room. We cut into the existing
primary loop after the fan coils where the water temperature was the
lowest. The system uses a three way thermostatic mixing valve to provide
105-110 degree water to the radiant heat system. We used the Azel
digital temperature gauge to monitor the pre-mix temperatures. The
system was simple but very effective.
The RPA
Annual System Showcase Awards Dinner was held on Friday, Sept. 29 at ISH
North America in Chicago. We are happy to say we were able to take home
first place in the Retrofit Category. The many years of training, and
applied knowledge has given us this opportunity to quality work and
system design. We look forward to having the opportunity to help you
with your radiant heat system.
2006 System Showcase Judges
- John Abularrage (Advanced Radiant
Design, Inc.)
- John Siegenthaler (Appropirate
Designs)
- Tom Simensen (Radiant Specialties,
Inc.)
- David Yates (F.W. Behler, Inc.)
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