Red, White, and Green

摘要

What goes into making green wine? The Hall Estate Winery's new two-building, 41,900-square-foot production and storage facility uses PV panels, a radiant floor heating and cooling system, and other sustainable measures to help the project be earth-friendly, save energy, and become the first winery in California to get LEED Gold certification.Radiant floor heating and cooling has been around for decades and has become a popular energy-saving heating technique. However, radiant floor cooling hasn't been as popular in the U.S. as it has been in Europe. Only recently has this energy-efficient cooling technique started to be examined and installed.Winery production and storage facilities require precise and constant levels of temperature and humidity - the ideal storage condition is the well-known "55 at 85," which means 55 degrees at 85% humidity.