Thanks for your help walkes, your comments helped.
I was also wondering about the economic limitation. Since a taller building will require more decoupled vertical segments resulting in higher capital cost, and there will be losses in overall efficiency due to losses etc, at what point does the...
To my mechanical brothers in arms:
I am looking for a reference on what the practical limitation on building height for efficient operation of a ground sourced heat pump located at the ground level.
This pertains to multi-residential buildings, and I need to know at what point that the number...
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For newbies, this is a great place to start.
