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The Canadian low-energy building presented in this article integrates ground-source heat pumps with floor heating for space heating and free cooling. Featuring also a two-stage outdoor make-up air preheating unit with exhaust air and geothermal heat recovery, and hybrid ventilation, optimized natural lighting and improved envelope, the annual electrical energy consumption was reduced by 71.4% compared to the reference cold climate building. This ranks this building among the highest performance structures in North America.
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- Original title: A low-energy commercial building with ground-source heat pumps.
- Record ID : 2008-2296
- Languages: English
- Source: IEA HPC Newsl. - vol. 26 - n. 2
- Publication date: 2008
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- Themes: Commercial heat pumps
- Keywords: Ground-water; Floor; Commercial building; Building; Heat pump; Case study; Heating
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Improvements of large institutional ground-sour...
- Author(s) : MINEA V.
- Date : 2009
- Languages : English
- Source: IEA HPC Newsl. - vol. 27 - n. 1
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Operational experience with compact heat pumps.
- Author(s) : LAUWERIER M.
- Date : 2001/10/10
- Languages : English
- Source: Hands-on experience with heat pumps in buildings. Workshop report [CD-ROM].
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Design and operation of ground-source heat pump...
- Author(s) : STENE J., MIDTTØMME K., SKARPHAGEN H., et al.
- Date : 2008/05/20
- Languages : English
- Source: 9th IEA Heat Pump Conference 2008: advances and prospects in technology, applications and markets. Conference proceedings [CD-ROM + abstracts].
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Hybrid geothermal for hotel.
- Author(s) : BARFIELD A. R.
- Date : 2008/06
- Languages : English
- Source: ASHRAE Journal - vol. 50 - n. 6
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Ground loop design of a ground source heat pump...
- Author(s) : KU B. C., JEONG Y. M., KIM G. T., et al.
- Date : 2007/08/21
- Languages : English
- Source: ICR 2007. Refrigeration Creates the Future. Proceedings of the 22nd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration.
- Formats : PDF
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