Radiant heating helps keep ambulance station rolling
When the volunteers at Good Fellowship Ambulance Station in West Chester, PA, began planning a new facility to replace their old, one-story, 2,500-sq-ft structure, they welcomed any suggestion that promised to make their work less taxing inside the garage and more effective on the street. With 20,000 sq ft on three levels, the new station would be more spacious, with room for vehicle storage, offices, and bunks, and also for the Emergency Medical Service Training Institute, which offers certification courses for emergency medical technicians and community first aid and CPR classes.
The Brandywine design team recommended that the original heating system design be replaced by an in-floor radiant system that would run off a pair of hot-water boilers, to be located in a mechanical room. The latter would also house the domestic hot water system for the kitchen, locker-room showers and lavatories, and the clothes washers.