November 9, 2011 - Manchester, Vermont A great crowd attended the November meeting of The Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Southern Vermont, at which Aspen sponsored the guest speaker, friend and colleague Lloyd Hamilton of Verdae, LLC out of Rhinebeck, NY. A renowned building scientist, Lloyd spoke about the relationship between building science and the goal of attaining superior building performance. Lloyd Hamilton, a Certified Geoexchange Designer, is President of Verdae, LLC, a building and energy consulting firm specializing in net zero energy construction. Hamilton has 35 years experience in HVAC design and installation, most as a residential/light commercial contractor, and has been involved with geothermal heating and cooling systems for 15 years. He has extensive experience in building performance and the application of building science, and has worked on more than fifty net zero or net zero ready buildings. Hamilton has made seminar presentations at the 2009 ASHRAE Net-Zero Energy conference, the 2009 IGSHPA conference and the 2010 WEEC conference on net zero energy and high performance buildings. He was the lead designer for the first recognized zero net energy residential and commercial buildings in New York that proved zero net energy operation. Hamilton brings his extensive field and design experience ...
Lloyd Hamilton, energy and building science consultant extraordinaire, of Verdae, LLC out of Rhinebeck, NY, details the high-tech geo-thermal heating and cooling system he designed for our Roxbury, NY log and timber frame home in an article written for Builder + Architect Magazine. Lloyd writes: "We want this geo-thermal system to last as long as the house, at least 100 years or more. To do that, you need to maximize the operational efficiency." Indeed, one of Lloyd's favorite tidbits of advice is that in order for a heating and cooling system to be low energy use, you have to build the structure to be low energy use - a theme he is not afraid to drive home to all who will listen. In this article reprinted here from Builder + Architect Magazine, Lloyd details the system he designed to be net-zero ready for our clients. The system is designed to provide 100% of the heating, cooling, and hot water for the home, with the only remaining on-the-grid energy use minimized to the lighting and circulator pumps used in the hvac system. The anticipated annual cost to run these remaining items is less than $800. To complete the ...
