Augmentation
If you are in a higher humidity climate, you may not be a good candidate
for 100% radiant cooling. But even then, radiant cooling can be used along
with a properly sized dehumidifier to provide up to 100% of your cooling,
or, for augmentation.
Radiant cooling is excellent for augmentation of a normal air conditioning
system to increase indoor air quality, allow for higher volumes of outside
ventilation air, be more comfortable, save energy costs, or cool a stubborn
area. In the case of augmentation, you may for example be able to do half
of your cooling at an efficiency rate 3x higher than your conventional
cooling system. That comes out to a 17% net energy savings.
Radiant Augmentation can allow expanded design and architectural
flexibility. For example, if you will have a room with a lot of south facing
glass, the floor itself can become a source of radiant heat that will
seemingly defeat a conventional air conditioning system. The thermostat
says the temperature is OK, but it still feels hot? That’s one of the usually
desirable effects of radiant heat, that in this case, when it interferes with
cooling, it is not desirable. One option for this case is to use radiant floor
cooling in that area, to zero-out the radiant heating effects of the floor that
result from sun and window glass.
Contact us with any questions.
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