Plen-Wood system sells more wood for dealers

EALERS in the Western stltes are finding an expancled mlrkct fbr Plcn-Wood r.rnderf'loor heating and cooling s)'stenrs.

In Reno, Nv.. Dalc IIines, president of Frontier I)evelopnterrt. ancl Dan Lemaire. head of Sundog Solar. have produced *hat thel call a "super sJ Slenr lor livability" that combines a

Story at a Glance

Increased use of thc PlenWood system by Western builders is resulting in more wood sales per home by dealers.

standard forced air f'urnacc, solar heated air collectors, and a gravcl heat storage system in thc center ol thc plenum.

The plenunr chamber is the hclrt of the homc's heating s!stcm. It is uscd in each of'the three heating ocles: (1) heated air from the solar collectors llow through the unlit furnucc into the plenunr. through the registers ancl into the housc. cool air returns to thc collectors during the sanrc c)'cle. (2) hcated air is drarvn f'rom the gravel storagc bl the furnace fun into the plenum and thcn into thc house: (3) hcated air flows directlv f'rom the lighted l'urnuce into the pl-cnum chlrlber and thcn into thc housc.

Iloth Ilines ancl Lemarrc estimate the sun will providc more than t\\'othircls of the homes' annuul heating requirements.

"When used in con.iunctiorr *ith thc (Pleasc tltrtl lo page 1-5 )

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tfAdttlOn ilEW MEXIC0 builders Hap and Mllo Crawford ol Baia Develooment {ound constructi0n of insulated plenum/w00d 10un dat ons in their Albuquerque and Gallup homes cheaper and laster than concrete slab. resulting;n increased dealer sales of lumber and other wood oroducts.

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