Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Energy recovery ventilators (ERVs)

[Jerry McIntire (jerry.mcintire]

Richard, take a look at Venmar K series ERV's on this pdf, page 18. This is
a wholesale source, there are many others.
http://www.efi.org/sites/default/files/efi_catalog_2015.pdf

Jerry

Jerry McIntire
Stone's Throw Ecovillage, in the heart of Wisconsin's beautiful Driftless
region
http://stonesthrowcommunity.wordpress.com/
1-608-637-6620

On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Fred-List manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
wrote:

>
> Richard Smith, Architect  rsmith2 [at] optonline.net
> is the author of the message below.  It was posted by
> Fred, the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
> after deleting a long quote from thread from which this evolved:
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Consultation & Facilities Management [was management
>     services vs self-management at the building stage
>
> I changed the subject line (to ERV's) hoping to elicit some more
> info on the topic.
>
> A bit of background on the topic:
> Note that an energy recovery ventilator (ERV) is a form of mechanical
> ventilation which is needed when the building envelope is tight enough
> that little air is exchanged thru the the walls and windows.
> They also condition the moisture content of the living space.
>
> ERV's go one step further and extract much (70-80%) of the heat from
> the air outgoing air and puts it into the incoming air.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_recovery_ventilation
>
> FRed
>
> --------------------  FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS --------------------
> I have been looking into ERV's for our super insulated air tight homes
> completed in 2009. So far what I have found are for either larger
> whole house (our units are mostly duplex or triplex) or work for one
> level. Have you found any that can provide fresh air needs for 800 to
> 1500 SF multi-level units?
>
> Richard Smith, Architect
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jerry McIntire
> Date: Friday, May 8, 2015 7:14 am
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Consultation & Facilities Management
> [was management services vs self-management at the building stage
>
> >
> > Thanks for sharing the walk-through notes Sharon. Sounds like a great
> > reason to have super-insulation and air sealing so that very
> > small radiant
> > heat units can handle the needs, and less mechanical cooling is
> > needed.Energy-recovery ventilators are then needed, but they are
> > simpler and
> > quieter.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > Jerry McIntire
> > Stone's Throw Ecovillage, in the heart of Wisconsin's beautiful
> > Driftlessregion
> > http://stonesthrowcommunity.wordpress.com/
> > 1-608-637-6620
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