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Yoga Room Temp Control

Yoga Room Temp Control

Yoga Room Temp Control

(OP)
Hi,
I need help in design of a 1000 sqft Yoga room.  This will be a zone by itself in a building.  May want to go up to about 90-deg-F, in summer.  I can put in a stand-alone system for this area.  Any ideas?
Thanks,

RE: Yoga Room Temp Control

hmm more than three women and one thermostat, you are doomed

Take the "V" out of HVAC and you are left with a HAC(k) job.

RE: Yoga Room Temp Control

Golstan,
Do you mean a Sauna room? a sauna room will need that kind of temperature in summer. Why 90 in a Yoga room?

RE: Yoga Room Temp Control

Yes 90 deg F sounds extreme.  Did the occupant request this  in writing?  A dedicated unit would be required to maintain this sort of environment.  

RE: Yoga Room Temp Control

Use a radiant floor heating system- either electric or if the building has a boiler/hot water hydronic system, use that.  If the room is hoing to have a new floor put in, then installing in-floor heat would be best for the yoga folks.

RE: Yoga Room Temp Control

The yoga style requiring this elevated temperature is the Bikram style- the work area need to be at 85 - 100 F.
I would suggest either under floor heating  or reverse cycle air-conditioning.  

RE: Yoga Room Temp Control

(OP)
Thank you Guys for your ideas.  This building can only have equipment on the roof.  No hydronics is connected to this building. One rep is telling me that a normal DX rooftop in heating mode can not bring the  space temp up to 90-F. Is this correct? How hight can a DX unit in heating mode go, and does it matter if it ia gas heat or electric heat? Is there a specialty unit for this sort of applications?
thanks,

RE: Yoga Room Temp Control

OK, electric floor radiant heat is your practical choice- you cannot do this with an air system.  Yoga is a floor activity.  Look at the NuHeat product (http://www.nuheat.com/ ) or do a google search for electric radiant floor heating and see what might be locally supplied.   It's not usually a big amperage or power draw, and would be less electrical power than a new AHU.  Then you can maintain the 90F-100F "resultant" or "operative" temperature without huge hot air inputs.  Mean radiant temperature is just as, or more important than simply "air temperature".

RE: Yoga Room Temp Control

you can get up to 130 degf disharge temp w/ gas heat

use a down and dirty cost-wise system ...... packaged rooftop unit, constant volume with programmable stat

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