All Installations are operational

We are glad to report that all of our installations are operational.
The outside hydronic furnace at the Jewett Town Garage went on line October 19 2010.
This follows the successful fire up at Brookside Hardware that coincided with our Fall open house on Oct 9 2010. The open house included in addition to the Brookside site in Margretville, The Catskill Center in Arkville and The Andes Town Garage in Andes.

The implementation of this project was much more challenging and drawn out than anyone had expected. The biggest challenge was arranging for installation especially the outside furnaces which required various levels of plumbing complexity. The variety of locations required systems specifically tailored to the type of building and to supplement the existing heating systems that were in place. Some older buildings had hydronic gas or oil furnaces using water to air convectors. The new outside furnaces were plumbed into the existing systems. Two sites are hot air systems that required stand alone hot water to air convectors hung from the ceilings. The installation in Andes was in a newly constructed building which utilizes in floor radiant heat. At this site the outside pellet Furnace is fully integrated to supplement the new heating system.

The inside pellet stoves were much easier to install, only requiring a four inch exhaust pipe to the outside.

More on the demonstration sites can be found on the Delaware CCE web site.Click on the link below to get to the site then hover on the Agriculture and Natural Resources and slide down to the Catskill Grass Energy Project tab and you will find information on the project.

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