Framework · 54:46
// THE QUOTE
“Engineers are no different than Architects they've got a library boilers are easy”
— Lara Ryan · Lara Ryan Design
Mechanical-side framework: doubling a boiler isn't double the cost but doubling a heat pump is, so the envelope drives everything, and electrify-and-clean-the-grid is the carbon play. Self-contained.
Full episode at 54:46Why Atlantic Canada Is Already Behind on Net Zero — and What BC Got Right | BuildGreen Atlantic Panel ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Design low-temperature heat distribution (radiant, low-temp fan-coils) in any building today, even if the budget doesn’t allow heat pumps yet, so a high-performance mechanical upgrade can drop in later without stripping out baseboards.
“make sure the distribution is low temp right so now I can take it off that boiler I can put in a technology that doesn’t need to be operating at 180 Fahrenheit”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Mechanical systems: electrify + decarbonise, and the grid constraint
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Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 54:46 of Why Atlantic Canada Is Already Behind on Net Zero — and What BC Got Right | BuildGreen Atlantic Panel