CH-95-19-3 -- An Evaluation of Thermal Comfort and Energy Consumption for a Surface-Mounted Ceiling Radiant Panel Heating System PDF

A surface-mounted, ceiling radiant heating system, an air-to-air heat pump system, and a monitoring data-acquisition system were installed in an occupied research home. Information on thermal comfort and energy consumption for alternating operation of the two heating systems was collected for approximately half of a heating season. This allowed a comparison of the radiant system and the more conventional air-to-air heat pump system. Data on energy consumption from a zoned electric baseboard heating system previously installed in the same house were available for comparison.

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