P.H.D. is prepared to put together a Heat Loss Report for retained clients. This report is a function of your house's spatial configuration, square footage, wall/window/door/material specifications and predictions of owner/family daily activity. We forward it to the system engineer for geothermal heating and/or cooling and they translate the report into tonnage. Tonnage is the module, or nomenclature, subcontractors use in designing and estimating drilling and heat exchange system wells.
The technology continues to develop in exciting ways including waste heat storage for re-use in winter. Drilling through granite can now be done with ease and with no cost impact thanks to water cooled, carbon-tipped bits. Residential wells are typically 6" in diameter and filled with two PVC pipes carrying glycol (approximately 1.5" diameter each). Soft dirt wells are filled with grout.
Green-conscious clients can also request salvage specifications for construction site waste disposal. We can also specify re-used products for new construction and finishes.
Here's to geothermal wells in Granite Country!
Professional Background
- Patrick Hayden Design
- Windsor, Vermont, United States
- email: ph@phdondesign.com Patrick Hayden is a registered architect in New York State. He interned at HHPA, a leading design and planning firm in Manhattan. Notable project collaborations include the Middlebury College Fine Arts Center, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Bass Museum Miami Florida and Tenant Improvement for Bank of America. A 14,000 square foot mansion complete with a full size, half basketball court in its barn kicked off his residential work. He is mentioned in the publication: "Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates", by Rizzolli and had a featured project in "Central: Papers on Architecture," a Journal of Midwestern Schools of Architecture. He won the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture Summer Academy's First Book Award, a Design Award, before graduating from High School. The AIA Traveling Exhibit Award and The National Project Managers' Association Award are two of the many acknowledgments these projects have received.