Solar Hot Water And Radiant Floor Heating

Domestic hot water plus radiant heat the solar domestic water heater is itself an attractive option.

Solar hot water and radiant floor heating.

Air heated by those solar panels in winter when the sun s angle is lower will be fed into the floor heating radiant system which will reduce the energy demand on the heater coil. Mcilveen soon discovered an additional benefit radiant floor heat is a great match with solar hot water. Both the solar system and the radiant floor systems are environmentally friendly due to the saving they provide in the consumption of fossil fuels. Radiantec systems are versatile.

Specializing in radiant floor heat snow melt hot water boilers and solar thermal. Radiantec solar energy systems use under floor radiant heat the most comfortable and efficient way to utilize the sun s energy. If you already heat your home with hot water it s just one more step to heat that. At the very least radiant heating reduces your carbon footprint.

Conversely and cleverly in summer if the heat isn t needed in the house the heat is diverted to an air water heat exchanger for heating the hot water tank instead. The solar system can directly offset a portion of the fuel required to heat the water for the radiant floor system by at least 30 when compared to conventional forced air systems. This is important because domestic hot water is a significant energy user. Radiant heating systems supply heat directly to the floor or to panels in the wall or ceiling of a house.

This hot fluid is then piped through a large 1 1 2 internal heat exchanger found in the bottom of the solar storage tank the heat energy is then transfered to the water storage medium and the hot water rise to the top of the tank. Normally a large solar heated storage tank with electric gas or oil backup supplies hot water to the radiant system and most often provides for domestic needs as well. The wooden floor system won t store as much energy as a slab system but it can still store significant heat and will result in a very comfortable and warm floor. So the attraction of a solar system also goes up dramatically because you get much cheaper hot water per btu.

Radiantec systems produce solar domestic hot water. You can use any type of water heating system with a radiant floor system but the capacity of hot water that you use goes up dramatically with a radiant heat floor system. Our systems can be found all over the denver metro area front range and mountains in applications ranging in size from. Solar water heaters are commonly used as heat sources for radiant floor systems in regions where an abundant solar resource is available.