Water Treatment

Introduction

Water is the stuff of life. Healthy and safe water is critically important to the quality of life, and is something that is typically taken for granted in 1st world countries. In America, water is generally healthy in all metropolitan areas, however, there are aspects to consider for elevating the water from just healthy to optimal, such as pH level, chemistry, minerals, and others.

Misc Definitions

• Actuator: A device in a building control system that receives commands from a controller and activates a piece of equipment.

• Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) The ratio of annual fuel output energy to annual input energy. This includes non seasonal pilot light input losses.

• Deadband / Dead Band: In a building control system, the range of temperatures within which neither heating nor cooling is needed.

• Ground Coupled Cooling: A method of cooling a building by direct contact with the earth or by circulating air through underground tunnels to cool it.

• Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER): The total cooling output of a central air conditioning system or heat pump in the cooling mode, measured in BTUs per hour, during its normal usage period for cooling divided by the total electrical input in watt-hours, as determined by specific test procedures.

  • The higher the SEER, the more efficient the equipment performance. Learn more at Trane’s blog post here.