| Name | Betsy Dain |
|---|---|
| Email address | b.dainowens@gmail.com |
| Phone number | |
| Where is your project located? | United States |
| State/Province | Colorado |
| Nearest City or County | Pitkin |
| How would you like use to size your system? | Size by Square Footage and Location |
| Estimated Heating Demand | 4.9 kW ( 16723.7 BTU/hr ) |
| Output of selected heat pump at design temperature (-30C/-22F maximum) | 4.1kW |
| Percentage of demand load requirement produced by heat pump at design temperature (-30C/-22F maximum) | 84% |
| External backup boiler required | 6kW |
| Internal backup boiler required if using Alt Source tank | 7.5kW |
| Heating Design Temperature | -15° F |
| Total Square Footage (sq. ft.) | 1150sq.ft. |
| Insulation | High |
| Arctic heat pump required | 035ZA/BE |
| Comments | I am researching hydronic radiant in-floor heating systems and am hoping to get a better understanding of the required components etc. We are building a house just south of Carbondale, CO, and while we don't have the budget to install the full in floor heating system initially, we are hoping to run tubing in the concrete slab floor in the initial build, so that we can add it in the future. We are currently planning on using a hybrid heat pump HWH for our DHW. If we wanted to put in an Arctic system down the road, would we be able to use an Arctic Heat Pump and an AltSource Buffer tank for the in-floor heating, and then hook that up to the hybrid DWH that we would already have (as a pre-heat system?). Am I understanding that correctly? Or is there a better/simpler option? We will have a ductless mini-split system for primary heating and cooling so we will not require in-floor cooling. Thanks so much. Betsy |
| Contact by Arctic Agent | Yes |
*NOTE* - The heating demand load we have estimated for this project is likely to be inaccurate. There are many variables that factor into a building’s heating demand, and although square footage and insulation value are major factors, many other building variables contribute. We compared the results of this tool against hundreds of custom manual J reports and found that this tool predicted the demand load within +/- 10% of actual calculated load in 25% of the manual J results we compared to. This tool has limited accuracy when predicting the demand load of a single project but is very accurate at predicting average demand loads on a macro scale.
To get a more accurate estimation of the final demand load range for your unique project, we suggest you run this tool at all three insulation value options (High, Medium, Low). 90% of the manual J reports we compared to have a demand load that fits within the three predictions generated by running this report at all three insulation values.
Arctic takes no responsibility for any performance issues resulting from using this estimation to size a heat pump. We recommend that every customer has a manual J conducted before purchasing heating and cooling equipment. A manual J is the most accurate way to predict a building’s demand load.
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