Embedded Cooling Flooring

30 points on embedded cooling and heating pipes every architect engineer and contractor should know for radiant cooling and heating systems sample slides.

Embedded cooling flooring.

Floor cooling is similar to floor heating that. Radiant cooling systems typically use chilled water running in pipes in thermal contact with the surface. Radiant ceiling panel rcp and embedded surface sys tem ess are two water based radiant cooling systems. Homes built on concrete slabs are prime candidates for radiant heating systems and radiant floor cooling takes advantage of the same principle using chilled water.

Chilled water between 55f to 58f is circulated through the pipes which are embedded in either floor or ceiling. Cooling systems offer significant reductions in cooling ener gy consumption 2. The circulating water only needs to be 2 4 c below the desired indoor air temperature heat is removed by the water flowing in the hydronic circuit once the heat from different sources in the space is absorbed by the actively cooled surface ceiling. Radiant cooling slabs use similar design and sizing principles as a hydronic radiant floor system using the same types of pex pipes manifolds and pumps as in heating.

Ergo reversible floors those that are designed for heating and cooling should have flooring selected to promote the effectiveness and efficiency of the system in the cooling mode. In ess cooling from a slab can be delivered to a space from the floor or ceiling.