Comments on: The Least Expensive HVAC Solution For A NYC Townhouse http://www.beatingupwind.com/2010-03/the-least-expensive-hvac-solution-for-a-nyc-townhouse Harlem Townhouse Real Estate & Renovation Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jay Harper http://www.beatingupwind.com/2010-03/the-least-expensive-hvac-solution-for-a-nyc-townhouse/comment-page-1#comment-8902 Jay Harper Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:01:24 +0000 http://www.beatingupwind.com/?p=527#comment-8902 Tanya - Since SF has such mild temperatures your best bet may be heat pumps. Given the space constraints in Manhattan geothermal heat pumps are impossible and regular heat pumps switch over to resistance heat (which combined with crazy high prices for electricity here make heat pumps a bad idea for NYC) But if you can do geothermal, that would be a great solution for a mild climate like SF. Not sure if they have geothermal mini splits, but if they do, that would be the way to go (IMHO). Tanya – Since SF has such mild temperatures your best bet may be heat pumps. Given the space constraints in Manhattan geothermal heat pumps are impossible and regular heat pumps switch over to resistance heat (which combined with crazy high prices for electricity here make heat pumps a bad idea for NYC) But if you can do geothermal, that would be a great solution for a mild climate like SF. Not sure if they have geothermal mini splits, but if they do, that would be the way to go (IMHO).

]]> By: tanya http://www.beatingupwind.com/2010-03/the-least-expensive-hvac-solution-for-a-nyc-townhouse/comment-page-1#comment-8900 tanya Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:24:58 +0000 http://www.beatingupwind.com/?p=527#comment-8900 Thanks, good info. I am looking to improve heating/cooling in SF area, CA, which is easier than NYC, and I totally forgot about radiators! Now need to find out if they do them here... Thanks,
good info. I am looking to improve heating/cooling in SF area, CA, which is easier than NYC, and I totally forgot about radiators!

Now need to find out if they do them here…

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