Evening star., 1943-12-11
I'd. {. Men Honored
For Apartment House
Steam Heat DESIGNS

oeindio =. JRnIne ana CharleS
Richardson Of this city received
honorable mention and a prize of
$50 for their designs of steam
heating system for apartment
houses, it was reported today.
They were among 2000 architects
and heating engineers who submit
ted plans to the Minneapolis Honey
well Regulator Co. The general
contest was for "the best design
Of q system to provide personalized
heating for tenants in apartments
and other multiple dwellings,"
Based on plans for a six-story
apartment building, prizes were
awarded to 26 architects and heat
ing engineers for designs Of a sys-
tenn OF steam heating and It's con-
troll, and a system of hot-water
heating and its control, John E.
Haines, manager of the company's
space heating controls division. said.
Personalized Control.
"All contest entrants provided for
peysonalized heat control" Haines
said, 80 that every occupant of
postwar apartments will be able
to determine and control the exact
temperature he desired in his own
living space"
Entries were received from nearly
every State in the Union and the
prize winners were located in all
parts Of the country. indicating that
interest in postwar apartment build
ing is not confined to large eastern
and far west cities, but is nation
wide.
First prize winners receivin
awards of $4,000 each were Clyde
H. Baker of Detroit, Mich, in the
steam heating division, and Leonard
Weger of Philadelphia, Pa, in the
hot water heating division. Second
prize winners, receiving prizes of
$1,000 each, were Paul E. Nystrom
OF Madison, Wis, in the steam heat
Ing division; and Walter T. Rolfe
of Austin, Tex, in the hot water
division; third prize winners, re-
ceiving $500 each, were Abraham
Walton Of Jersey City, N. J., in the
steam heating division. and John A.
MacWilliam and Abraham D. Rubin
OF Perth Amboy, N. j., in the hot
water division.
Change In Trend Indicated.
Analysis of systems submitted in
the competition indicted a definite
trend away from one-pipe steam
systems.
Postwar apartment dwellers will
not have to open windows to cool
of, nor cajole the janitor for more
heat because each individual ten
ant will be able. If such person.
allied heating systems are adopted,
to control the amount of heat going
TO his apartment by the thermostat
mounted In his own living space.
This thermostat will operate con-
trolls leading of from the central
heating system and automatically
hold apartment temperatures at
the point selected.
An independent research corpora
tion at the instigation of Mime
apolis- Honeywell. recently surveyed
approximately 1000 apar men
dvellers in typical United States
cities. The survey disclosed that "a
per cent of the people living in
apartments believe that it is either
necessary or desirable to have their
own control over the amount of
heat being supplied to their per-
sonal living space. Because of this.
he stated, personalized apartment
heating will be Of considerable ad-
vantage to apartment house owners
because apartments will be more
easily rented and the added tenant
satisfaction will result in longer
leases.
The survey showed that 48 per
cent OF the people interviewed were
willing to pay an average of IS a |
month additional rent for individual
apartment heating control, it was
stated,