Yoga Room Temp Control

[Golestan]

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,

 

[AbbyNormal]

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.

 

[atlas06]

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

 

[stanlsimon]

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.

 

[GMcD]

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.

 

[Artisi]

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.

 

[Golestan]

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,

 

[GMcD]

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".

 

[cme]

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