Originally Posted by
19characterusername
There was an article in ashrae journal a few months back comparing boiler tower, boiler chiller, vrf air source, and geothermal for facade dominated (basically residential) building types. Geothermal was slightly better than vrf in some climates, but not by much. Boiler tower heat pump systems were shown to be the dogs they are. The interesting conclusion was that boiler chiller does not make sense for facade dominated buildings due to heating COP of .95 from a condensing boiler vs 2.5 to 3 for an air source machine at design conditions.
Article sounds interesting...
Was the comparison done by operating efficiency, or by investment vs payback?
And could you post a rough idea of the climates geo works better and not good in... THX.
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