Do I use perimeter baseboard or not
Do I use perimeter baseboard or not
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I have a portion of a building that will be turned into a board room. It will be surrounded by conditioned spaces on all sides including above and below, except for one external wall. It's almost 100% glass, probably 25' wide by 10' tall.
Right now the space is served by a constant volume air handler with hot water reheat coils. The external wall also has 2 hot water fan coils standing on the floor.
The intent is to turn the space into a high-end board room ... for a low-end budget. I plan to move some ducts around in order to get enough air into the space to serve the high people and computer loads that I expect. I will probably have 2 zones of air flow with reheat coils - sticking with the existing constant volume unit because it still serves the adjacent spaces.
They would like to get rid of the fan coil units for aesthetic and noise reasons. I am debating whether I should put baseboard radiation in its place or just try to screen the glass with linear diffusers. I know baseboard would be nicer, but how do I control it in conjunction with an overhead system?
Any thoughts?
Right now the space is served by a constant volume air handler with hot water reheat coils. The external wall also has 2 hot water fan coils standing on the floor.
The intent is to turn the space into a high-end board room ... for a low-end budget. I plan to move some ducts around in order to get enough air into the space to serve the high people and computer loads that I expect. I will probably have 2 zones of air flow with reheat coils - sticking with the existing constant volume unit because it still serves the adjacent spaces.
They would like to get rid of the fan coil units for aesthetic and noise reasons. I am debating whether I should put baseboard radiation in its place or just try to screen the glass with linear diffusers. I know baseboard would be nicer, but how do I control it in conjunction with an overhead system?
Any thoughts?





RE: Do I use perimeter baseboard or not
A question for you would be what do you plan on doing when this room is full of people and computers in the dead of winter and all the other surrounding zones need heat and this one needs cooling? I don't know the geography or complete system layout so this may be a mute point, but I would suggest taking a look at it.
RE: Do I use perimeter baseboard or not
Baseboard will help to counteract that, and a forced baseboard unit would probably be even better.
RE: Do I use perimeter baseboard or not
Hot air rises and a ceiling diffuser will not counteract the downdraft from the window in cold climates.
RE: Do I use perimeter baseboard or not
It's been very sucessfull in curtain wall applications with a -40 deg F design condition.
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