[Greenbuilding] Flattening the Curve

[Reuben Deumling]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Paul Eldridge <
paul.eldridge at ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> ...To *minimize *the risk of legionella forming at the bottom of the tank,
> we keep the thermostat set at 170°F so our standby losses are a little
> higher than what they would be otherwise.
>

You think? Um, any particular reason for going that high?
What is the size of your storage tank? At 170F I'd think you could get by
with about 5 or may 10 gallons of storage.

If at 170F you think you are but *minimizing *risk of legionella, what must
the 99.3% rest of us with storage water heaters at lower thermostatic
setpoints be?
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