Hydronic Shell is a startup that plans to decarbonize buildings from the outside. It's innovative technology that can slash utility costs.
Heating and cooling buildings is responsible for more climate-warming emissions than the transportation sector, which means if we want to lower total emissions,from the start, but it is a hard thing to do in existing buildings which need to get rid of boilers and furnaces fueled by oil, propane, or methane gas. To complete a conversion to heat pumps or other low carbon options often requires the installation of new pipes, ductwork, refrigerant lines, and indoor air handlers.
The Hydronic Shell technology “is incredible,” said Jared Rodriguez, principal at Emergent Urban Concepts. “I want to see it commercialized as fast as possible.” Rodriguez advises building owners, state agencies, and other organizations on building decarbonization. He also provides guidance to Hydronic Shell and other startups, but said he has no financial stake in Goldstein’s company. He said it is vital to add ideas like the Hydronic Shell technology to the building decarbonization toolbox.
Hydronic Shell’s tech provides potential decarbonization benefits beyond the building it’s installed on. The system could connect to a thermal energy network that allows buildings to share heat, reducing demand on the power grid so that electrification can go faster, Rodriguez said. That ability to interconnect just isn’t possible when using individual heat pumps equipment in each unit.
In addition to beautifying the edifice and improving indoor air quality for residents, Hydronic Shell’s tech will make the building. That means smaller, less costly heat pumps can be installed and run at lower, more efficient temperatures. Taitem Engineering, the engineering firm working on the project, found that the system will slash the amount of energy the structure needs for heating by a staggering 95%, Goldstein said.
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