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Bristol Stickney

Bristol Stickney

Bristol Stickney has been designing, manufacturing, repairing and installing solar hydronic heating systems for more than 30 years. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and is a licensed Mechanical Contractor in New Mexico. He is the Chief Technical Officer for SolarLogic LLC in Santa Fe, N.M., where he is involved in development of solar heating control systems and design tools for solar heating professionals. Visit www.solarlogicllc.com for more information.

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Avoidable errors with sensors

December 7, 2015
Bristol Stickney
The energy management control systems we use most commonly today depend heavily upon thermistor sensors and other types of sensors...
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Solar heat collector variations, Part 2

November 11, 2015
Bristol Stickney
A Folded Harp is a collector (or pair of collectors) that was designed with the supply and return Header a...
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Solar heat collector variations, Part 1

October 8, 2015
Bristol Stickney
To the untrained eye, all solar collectors may look alike. Most are big and flat, covered by glass, with a...
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Hydronic Retrofit in Beaver, Alaska

September 4, 2015
Bristol Stickney
In Alaska, a plumbing and heating service call might take a number of days, a long drive, a trip on...
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Solar Hydronic Design

Best practices, do’s and don’ts
August 11, 2015
Bristol Stickney
Renewable energy technologies like hybrid cars and solar electric power require a higher level of technology and automated intelligence that...
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Solar Hydronic Design: Best practices, do’s and don’ts

August 10, 2015
Bristol Stickney
Renewable energy technologies like hybrid cars and solar electric power require a higher level of technology and automated intelligence that...
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Case Studies: Primary loop installations

July 10, 2015
Bristol Stickney
(Note: To view the figures, read Bristol's column in the July digital edition of PHC News!) In this column, our...
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ECM high-performance hydronic circulators

June 11, 2015
Bristol Stickney
Solar Thermal Hydronic Combisystems, like all hydronic systems, owe their very existence to the quiet, humble yet reliable centrifugal circulator...
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Los Alamos Eco Station – 2014 energy data

May 13, 2015
Bristol Stickney
In this series of articles over the years, I have been making the case that the key ingredients for solar/hydronic...
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Seven principles of good solar hydronic design

April 9, 2015
Bristol Stickney
Solar tchermal hydronic ombisystems must be designed and installed with the highest standards of quality and reliability. There are many...
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