Nelson Mechanical Design (NMD) and the Vineyard Energy Project (VEP)
are pleased to announce an informal presentation about an innovative
heat pump/fossil fuel project at 4:00 PM Wednesday, June
29th, at the residence of Ted Bayne and Lea Delacour
in West Tisbury. The innovative heat pump project at this residence
uses the new Daikin Altherma air to water heat pump to provide radiant
heating and domestic hot water all winter long while significantly
reducing the propane use by the home's existing boiler. The success
and importance of this project and its integration of the heat pump
and the propane boiler led Daikin AC to feature it in a case study
which will appear on their US website (www.daikinac.com).
Daikin AC is also sending their Altherma representative for
the Northeast US, Lance Dyer, to participate in this presentation.
After a brief reception from 4 to 4:30 PM, the presentation covering
multiple aspects of this innovative project will start: Lance
Dyer of Daikin AC will discuss the Altherma heat pump's features
and abilities and how they were crucial to the project's success.
Brian Nelson of Nelson Mechanical Design will briefly discuss the
design, engineering, and installation of this system. He will focus
on the project's innovative way of minimizing operation
of the propane fired Viessmann boiler when the Altherma heat pump
could do the heating at much lower cost.
Ted Bayne and Lea Delacour will add their homeowner
sentiments - what the effect was on their comfort and,
perhaps most importantly, what the effect was on their propane use
and operating costs. Paul Pimentel of the Vineyard Energy Project
and Vineyard Power will describe how efficient heat pumps, such
as the Altherma, in new construction and retrofits like the Bayne
Residence are key to the Island Plan's vision of our energy future.
For more information about this press release please contact
Brian Nelson of Nelson Mechanical Design at 508 572 4886 or Ted
Bayne of the Vineyard Energy Project. |
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Nelson Mechanical Design, Inc. (NMD) was recently selected
"2010 Contractor of the Year"
in a national survey by the Penton Media Group, a publishing
firm that serves 50,000 mechanical contractors across the
United States.
Penton publishes CONTRACTOR Magazine, Green Mechanical Contractor,
Radiant Living, and Heating, Plumbing, and Air Conditioning
Engineering. This national award is recognition for NMD's
work this year on several "green" mechanical projects
across the Vineyard, according to a press release.
For the rest of this article
in the December 2010 issue of Contractor Magazine please
click here. More also here: "Tough
Customers need to save energy, too" |
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| : NMD is Martha's Vineyard and
Nantucket's "green" mechanical contractor, designing and
installing geothermal, solar thermal, heat pump, and conventional
HVAC systems, plumbing, and control systems. They designed and installed
the mechanical systems for the Vineyard’s first two LEED for
Homes residences. Several of their projects have won national awards;
they were awarded 1st place in “Most Innovative Green Design”
and 2nd place in “Best Residential Green Design” in
the 2009 nationwide Green Mechanical Awards held at GreenBuild 2009
in Phoenix, AZ. Their solar hot water systems include the island’s
largest residential solar hot water system (20 panels) and the first
and only commercial solar hot water installation (Atria Restaurant).
They have received state and federal funding to conduct wind turbine
feasibility studies on two island farms as part of their “Massachusetts
Electric Farm Model”. |
Nelson
Mechanical Design, Inc. is pleased to announce the arrival of “Geo-Balls”
on Martha’s Vineyard. A “Geo-Ball” is an innovative
approach to geothermal installations – when used in a horizontal
geothermal field, a “Geo-Ball” reduces excavation costs
by up to 30% compared to a conventional geothermal field.
