"We understand that if you're going to be in a building for hours and hours, comfort has to be the main consideration. That goes from the temperature, humidity and ventilation systems down to seating and lighting.”

--Peter Schlect, while at Chicago-based Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Education Projects

Radiant buildings used 32% less energy than the EIA 2012 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) average. In a school or university setting, energy savings of this magnitude could mean more funds may be shifted to programming.

You don't need to sacrifice comfort to be energy efficient! A New Buildings Institute survey of 1,645 building occupants found, “In a space using a radiant system, a person has a 66% chance of having an equal or higher temperature satisfaction than in an all-air conditioned building.”

Quiet is often a commodity in an education building. Radiant systems operate silently, so there will be one less noise variables in the classrooms and study halls.

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“To include radiant cooling in a project of this size in this climate for a residential structure was something we hadn’t seen,”

Todd Zima, design principal at Studio Gang says. Sharing the capabilities of the REHAU radiant system with Mortenson Construction and university officials convinced them it was the way to go.

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"On a campus already committed to energy efficiency, UBC Engineering Student Centre’s energy use index measures 160 kilowatt-hours per square meter per year (50.7 kBtu/ft²/yr), nearly one-third less than the average campus wide,"

said David Woodson, managing director of UBC’s energy and water services after two years of performance.

UBC Engineering Student Centre

Where can I see these products in action?

University of Chicago

Creative radiant heating and cooling achieves ambitious energy goals.

U of W Life Sciences Building

REHAU Radiant Heating and Cooling Helps University of Washington Handle Solar Loads.

UBC Student Centre

The LEED® Gold certified building, designed in part by the engineering students themselves

Arcadia University

Pennsylvania university selects RAUGEO for new student center.

Sheridan College Davis Campus

Trade school living laboratory uses radiant heating and cooling.

Fort Lewis College

Quick turn-around in centralized hot water system upgrade

Minnie Howard School

Geoexchange transforms campus into a working Green School Laboratory.

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Miramar College

30 to 40% savings in time of installation.

JSF High School

Toronto-area high school achieves comfort, energy efficiency goals with radiant heating and cooling.

What products and systems are utilized?

Calefacción por piso radiante

Un sistema de calefacción por piso radiante distribuye energía de manera uniforme y eficiente haciendo circular agua caliente a través de una red de tuberías instaladas en pisos, paredes o techos.

Radiant cooling systems

Radiant cooling with PEXa pipe in high-performance, hybrid systems.

RAUGEO

Geoexchange systems made easy with PEXa.

INSULPEX

Pre-insulated PEXa piping designed for the efficient transfer of heated or chilled water.

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