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<blockquote data-quote="Dave645" data-source="post: 3733888" data-attributes="member: 55822"><p>Solar gain is one thing to watch in super insulated houses, as they trap it very efficiently, this was one reason I fitted a ground heat exchanger pipe to the inlet of my heat recovery, the heat recovery system goes into bypass when the house hits the temperature I set it for, on its controller. Even on very hot days input air temperatures are under 14 C.</p><p></p><p>Air tight.... as someone put, even if it was possible which I do not think it is, would be ok as you have to run heat recovery ventilation which exchanges half the volume of air in the house every hour as a minimum. The more air tight it is the greater the required volume needed to be supplied by the heat recovery system. As with lots of things when building a house ask the experts..... that are supplying your system they should do all the calculations, but do tell them if you plan to go super air tight and require a fire of some type, as these effect your requirements.</p><p></p><p>For anyone not aware heat recovery is as it's sounds and is around 90-95% efficient it more than covers the cost of running it, think of it as a radiator on your tractor but with air both inside and out, instead of water in one. The air never mixes but the heat is extracted from the air extracted from your houses bathrooms, to warm the incoming air.</p><p>They also filter your air in both directions. It acts as a balanced system extracting air and pulling new clean air in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave645, post: 3733888, member: 55822"] Solar gain is one thing to watch in super insulated houses, as they trap it very efficiently, this was one reason I fitted a ground heat exchanger pipe to the inlet of my heat recovery, the heat recovery system goes into bypass when the house hits the temperature I set it for, on its controller. Even on very hot days input air temperatures are under 14 C. Air tight.... as someone put, even if it was possible which I do not think it is, would be ok as you have to run heat recovery ventilation which exchanges half the volume of air in the house every hour as a minimum. The more air tight it is the greater the required volume needed to be supplied by the heat recovery system. As with lots of things when building a house ask the experts..... that are supplying your system they should do all the calculations, but do tell them if you plan to go super air tight and require a fire of some type, as these effect your requirements. For anyone not aware heat recovery is as it's sounds and is around 90-95% efficient it more than covers the cost of running it, think of it as a radiator on your tractor but with air both inside and out, instead of water in one. The air never mixes but the heat is extracted from the air extracted from your houses bathrooms, to warm the incoming air. They also filter your air in both directions. It acts as a balanced system extracting air and pulling new clean air in. [/QUOTE]
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