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    2024 AHR Expo: Heat Pumps, Electrification and the Grid

    Jan. 24, 2024
    'Climate change is the HVAC design challenge,'

    "Climate change is the HVAC design challenge," Jon Heller, P.E., president of Ecotope, noted at a Jan. 23 panel discussion at the 2024 AHR Expo in Chicago. Rand Conger, principal at Johnson Barrow, and Sean Jarvie, chief technical officer at Flow Environmental Systems, rounded out the panel.

    "The start of decarbonization began with VRF," Conger said. "Today's hydronic heat pumps [also known as air-to-water heat pumps] require thermal storage. It ensures minimum run times and preserves equipment life."

    Jarvie explained four keys to decarbonize with heat pumps:

    1. No new power feed is needed;
    2. Save space and simplify;
    3. Match existing load conditions; and
    4. Plan for the future.

    "Have a strategy for what's available now and in five years from now," he added.

    About the Author

    Kelly L. Faloon | Freelance Writer/Editor

    Kelly L. Faloon is a contributing editor and writer to Contracting Business magazine, Contractor and HPAC Engineering. The former editor of Plumbing & Mechanical magazine, Faloon has more than 20 years experience in the plumbing and heating industry. She started a freelance writing and editing business in 2017, where she has a varied clientele.

    Faloon spent 3 1/2 years at Supply House Times before joining the Plumbing & Mechanical staff in 2001. Previously, she spent nearly 10 years at CCH/Wolters Kluwer, a publishing firm specializing in business and tax law, where she wore many hats — proofreader, writer/editor for a daily tax publication, and Internal Revenue Code editor.

    A native of Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula, Faloon is a journalism graduate of Michigan State University. You can reach her at [email protected].