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The Environmental Investigation Agency says successful implementation of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol will be the biggest single climate mitigation measure ever adopted.

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A year from now, developed countries will be looking at a 10 per cent reduction in HFC consumption with an eventual target of approximately 15 per cent of current levels.

Of course that means more change for the industry but it is undoubtedly change for the better.

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OPEN DAY HERALDS NEW ERA FOR FSW GLOUCESTER

FSW Gloucester celebrated the opening of its new branch with an open day supported by leading suppliers. More than 50 customers attended and were greeted by manager Alan Cooke and his team.

The day was a great success with trade stands from Testo, A-Gas, Advanced Engineering, Sauermann, Errecom, Value Tools, J & E Hall and Fujitsu.

With product demonstrations from suppliers throughout the day, free food and refreshments, freebies and a wide selection of raffle prizes on offer, customers didn’t leave empty-handed.

They were impressed with the trade counter, warehousing facility and ease of access.

The new branch was officially opened and handed over to the Gloucester team with a cutting of the ribbon by FSW directors Graham Hill and Mark Henderson. www.fsw.uk.com

Low-temperature cleaning from Advanced Engineering

Advanced Engineering has added a new low-temperature cleaner to its range.

FroZone is formulated to work at sub-zero temperatures to -25°C, enabling cleaning without waiting for the temperature to rise. This reduces the time necessary for cleaning, while minimising downtime and disruption.

Sub-zero refrigerators and freezers use a lot of energy, so keeping them at optimal performance is important. Dirt and debris build-up on external heat transfers can increase the condensing temperature or reduce evaporating temperature by several degrees: adversely affecting freezer contents and increasing energy use by 10% or more. It can also cause health and safety issues including the contamination of produce from mould and mildew.

Advanced says FroZone’s non-metal corrosive formula ensures it is safe to use on aluminium, stainless steel and copper surfaces - meaning it can be used to clean freezer heat exchanger surfacewith no risk of damage. www.advancedengineering.co.uk

Trustees join IOR board

Rob Lamb of Star Refrigeration and John Austin-Davies of Epta were elected to the Board of Trustees at the Institute of Refrigeration AGM.

Rob Lamb is Group Sales and Marketing Director at Star. He is part of the BRA contractors’ section and on the Council. He is on the steering committee of Eurammon, the natural refrigerants organisation, and chairman of the lOR membership committee.

John Austin-Davies recently stepped down as commercial director of Epta UK, prior to his planned retirement next year.

Kevin Glass was confirmed as IOR President-elect at the meeting.

WESTERN THERMAL LANDS THREE MAJOR CONTRACTS

Western Thermal has been awarded three major ventilation projects at Pittville Campus in Cheltenham, Trago Mills retail outlet in Merthyr Tyd�l and Ysgol Bro Gwaun school in Fishguard.

The Pittville Campus student village, a 570-bed university halls of residence, adds to the company’s growing portfolio of major residential projects and involved the installation of ventilation systems as well as thermal insulation.

Work on Trago Mills retail outlet also involved the installation of ventilation systems and thermal insulation, while Ysgol Bro Gwaun is a multidiscipline project involving the installation and insulation of ductwork to the school’s three-storey extension.

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Coolair awarded elite partner status by Mitsubishi Electric

Air conditioning contractor Coolair Equipment has been named a Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Quality Partner.

Deane Flint, Sales and Marketing Director for Mitsubishi Electric, said: “The Diamond Quality Partner status recognises that Coolair has achieved exceptional levels of training, skills and customer satisfaction as well as acknowledging its expertise in the design and installation of HVAC systems using Mitsubishi Electric’s range of products.”

Mark Garstang, Coolair Regional Director, said: “Having already built up a successful working relationship with Mitsubishi Electric as a Business Solutions Partner, we are delighted to have been invited to join a new ‘Premier League’ of contractors that meet the world-renowned company’s high quality standards.”

Coolair received the accreditation after its installations in southern England were audited by an independent specialist, and the company will continue to be audited to maintain its new status. www.coolair.co.uk

Mark Garstang (right) receives Coolair’s partnership certification from Mitsubishi Electric Sales and Marketing Director Deane Flint

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MINI VRF PACKS A PUNCH

Panasonic has redesigned its mini VRF heating and cooling units to reduce size and increase efficiency.

The new models also include a bigger The manufacturer says the new Mini fan motor compared to previous ranges, ECOi VRF models deliver powerful performance for properties with limited plus a larger fan width of 540mm in diameter and a new fan design to outdoor space and boast significant provide a lower air flow and electrical energy savings, easy installation and consumption rate. The new fan high efficiency. technology is capable of delivering a high The series, with 4HP, 5HP and 6HP external static pressure of 35Pa. models, is aimed at buildings with restricted external space. The outdoor unit is under a metre high, allowing it to www.aircon.panasonic.eu be placed on a small balcony or rooftop without impacting the visual aesthetic of the building from the street.

The range claims the best EER and COP rating in the industry, with single fan 4HP units achieving a maximum EER of 4.50 and a maximum COP of 5.19. The technology that delivers this performance includes the new Panasonic Twin Rotary Compressor with wider inverter control for higher efficiency and improved partial load control.

Warm welcome for Crivat cabinet

The Crivat Aircell cabinet at HOST

Applied Design & Engineering reports positive feedback to the unveiling of its prototype Crivat Aircell refrigerated Grab & Go cabinet at the HOST international hospitality show in Milan.

Visitors noted that they could feel no chilled air whilst standing in front of the unit, while others commented on the reduced humidity in the cabinet.

Visitors were also impressed by the results of a field trial at Le Pain Quotidien food to go outlet in Soho, London, where energy consumption was measured as 33 per cent less than the store’s existing open front multi deck display (see P58).

Applied Design & Engineering Chairman Nigel Bell said: “HOST provided us with an ideal platform to introduce the Crivat’Aircell Grab & Go cabinet to a global audience. We are delighted with the feedback we have received from visitors, which has demonstrated that the market recognises the tangible benefits of refrigerated display cabinets incorporating Aircell technolog, provide for food to go operators. We are now preparing for the full commercial launch in the first quarter of 2018.”

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BITZER UK has announced its latest training programme on key compressor technology.

The day-long training sessions, based at the company’s Milton Keynes headquarters just off the M1, cover Reciprocating Compressor Technology, Screw Technology, Inverter Systems, plus an overview of the BITZER range.

The courses are free and include refreshments and lunch, with allocated parking available for delegates. The course dates and topics are as follows: ₀ 5 Dec, BITZER Range Overview ₀ 12 Dec, Reciprocating Technology ₀ 19 Dec, Screw Technology ₀ 9 Jan 2018, Inverter Technology ₀ 16 Jan, BITZER Range Overview ₀ 23 Jan, Reciprocating Technology ₀ 30 Jan, Screw Technology ₀ 6 Feb, Inverter Technology ₀ 13 Feb, BITZER Range Overview ₀ 20 Feb, Reciprocating Technology ₀ 27 Feb, Screw Technology For more details, or to book a place on a course, contact Samantha Buckell on 01908 642966, email samantha.buckell@bitzeruk.com

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BSRIA NORTH OFFICE OPEN FOR BUSINESS

The BSRIA North o�ce in Preston was o�cially opened by Dr Michele Lawty-Jones, Director, Lancashire Skills Hub.

BSRIA says the office will service members and wider industry based in the north of England and the opportunities created by the “northern powerhouse”.

Business Manager June Davis said: “This will certainly enhance our client base and reputation in the north of England, working with the existing teams within BSRIA. My continued focus is to develop new business opportunities, customers and prospects for BSRIA, and its members, in the northern powerhouse.’’ www.bsria.co.uk

NEW HOME AND NEW WEBSITE FOR AIRKOOL East Yorkshire air conditioning, refrigeration and electrical specialist Airkool has a new home and a new website.The

business, which has been based in Hull for the last 35 years, has moved to Strickland Street in the city after outgrowing its old HQ on the Sutton Wayne Dawson of Airkool Fields Industrial Estate.

Airkool offers a full range of refrigeration, air-conditioning, electrical, plumbing and mechanical services, with customers across the UK. It employs more than 60 staff and the family-run business is led by directors Rich and Wayne Dawson.

Wayne said: “Investing in our city and ultimately in our firm is a priority for us at Airkool. We like to employ homegrown talent as we recognise the importance of staying local and working with local people. The changes that have taken place this year are testament to the hard work and determination of all the Airkool team as we push the business forward into the next 35 years.”

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Robinair’s is specially designed to freezer be A2Lfor safe – including a spark-free centrifugal Cold Store15501A-E-A2L Rentals has installed a large exterior holding growing pet food business Cotswold RAW, who use fresh, seasonal ingredients switch. It is R32-ready, and still performs brilliantly with the to refrigerants you use every day. produce premium meals for dogs.

In 2015 the first blast freezer unit was installed by Cold Store Rentals to store ingredients and freeze down completed meals, with additional holding freezers fitted in 2016. In June this year a large exterior holding freezer was installed in conjunction with two ceiling mount refrigeration systems to temperature control the production facility.

Steve Prior, Managing Director of Cold Store Rentals, said: “Cotswold RAW is a great company to work with and undoubtedly the market leader within the expanding raw pet food sector. We are delighted to have been able to assist with improving their cold storage facilities, supplying them with bespoke, modular rooms that enable the company to expand without disruption to their business or distribution.”

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MORE BENEFITS FOR DAIKIN CERTIFIED INSTALLERS Daikin UK is supporting its Certified Installers (Ci) with an extended five-year warranty, free R32 tooling, a free merchandise pack and unlimited free training for up to a year.

Ci is the entry level for Daikin’s approved installer programme, designed to help installers grow their business and reach the higher levels of D1 Business Partners and D1 Premium Partners. Designed to help installers grow their business and ultimately achieve the higher levels of recognition, the scheme provides dedicated support and free resources.

The new extended warranty will be available to all Ci for

products delivered after 1 October 2017 and is available on the company’s Split and Sky Air systems, Biddle Air Curtains and VAM/VKM heat exchangers as well as VRV systems when commissioning information is uploaded via the Ci Portal.

Mark Dyer, Commercial Director at Daikin UK, said: “To support our installers on their journey to using R32 refrigerant, we’re also offering each member a free R32 gauge worth over £150 – one of the few tools required specifically for a R32 installation.”

To register interest to become a Certified Installer, visit www.ci.daikin.co.uk

new modular scroll chillers delivering tomorrow’s efficiency standards today Hitachi’s new generation of compact, modular chillers is a no-compromise solution delivering industry-leading efficiency and world-class performance.

The new range of air cooled cooling only and heat pump chillers utilises Hitachi’s DC inverter scroll technology to deliver infinite capacity control across all cooling loads and ambient temperature conditions. Up to 32 modules can operate as a single chiller providing up to 4000kWs of cooling and - being modular – additional modules can be added to future-proof any chiller installation.

Starting at under 2sqm, it’s the smallest footprint chiller across the widest capacity range on the market; Hitachi’s RCMA and RHMA chillers are delivering 2021 comfort cooling efficiency standards today.

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Guide to chiller changes Temperature control specialist ICS Cool Energy has launched a guide designed to explain the upcoming changes to chiller legislation for industrial users in the UK.

Significant changes to how industrial cooling systems are specified come into effect from 1 January 2018 and the free guide covers a number of key areas relating to the latest phase of amendments to the European Commission’s EcoDesign Directive.

These include a breakdown of the new Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for both process and comfort chillers, as well as potential Brexit impact, ‘repair’ vs ‘replace’ arguments, and SME financing options for new equipment.

Manufacturers who fail to adhere to the legislative changes when investing in new cooling equipment risk being fined, and having to replace non-compliant equipment installed after 1 January 2018 at their own expense; which is likely to be significant. With the MEPS set to become even stricter in January 2021, fully understanding the implications as early as possible is critical.

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CENTRALISED CONTROL WITH AC SMART CLOUD Panasonic has introduced an internet-based remote monitoring system that allows businesses to centralise control of its heating and cooling installations.

AC Smart Cloud has been developed for the commercial market and is designed to simplify the monitoring of installations across multiple locations without the need for specialist software.

Panasonic says the AC Smart Cloud is fully scalable, quick and easy to set up and can be linked to both new and existing installations. A Cloud Adaptor, which is connected to the Panasonic heating and cooling installations at each premises, feeds information via a central cloud portal directly to the user providing real-time data.

There are two ways to connect heating and cooling units to the cloud server – either using Panasonic’s integrated LAN connection or dedicated communication pack. This pack consists of a professional plug and play router with a built in 3G SIM card. This method does not require a network communication specialist for installation. www.youtube.com/aircon

Mexichem launches R407H Refrigerant manufacturer and supplier Mexichem has launched Klea R407H as a lower GWP alternative to refrigerants including R404A and R507 in medium and low temperature applications.

The result of a partnership with Daikin, Klea 407H has a GWP of 1495 and in many cases can be used as a drop-in solution.

Efficiency testing has shown it to have comparable COP to both R404A and other replacement products, including HFO blends.

Sarah Hughes, EMEAI Commercial Director for Mexichem’s Fluor Business Group, said: “The move away from higher GWP refrigerants is gathering pace and the F-Gas quota reductions due in January 2018 makes finding reliable, accessible alternatives to refrigerants such as R404A a priority for the industry.

“We are delighted to partner with Daikin in offering Klea 407H, which provides an effective combination of performance and lower GWP to meet this need with minimal retrofit requirements for the refrigeration market.” www.mexichemfluor.com NOVEMBER 2017

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AC engineers are familiar with the plant room and the coming advances in chiller technologies mean they will already have some of the skills needed

DOES LOOKING TO THE FUTURE GIVE YOU THE CHILL?

Ben Bartle-Ross looks at the changing HVAC market.

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lthough I have been training aircon engineers for years now, I started o� in this industry working on chillers. I therefore gained my basic knowledge of the technical expertise to help solve heating and cooling loads on a di�erent technology to what I now train engineers on.

I’ve happily extolled the virtues of VRF air conditioning over ‘traditional’ chillers, pointing to the flexibility and energy savings available. I stand by that but chillers do still have a significant place in the market as seen by their healthy sales.

My company also recently become involved in this sector, following the purchase of Climaventa and the RC Group brands, which gives me pause for thought. We are moving into this sector so we can offer solutions that help achieve the most sensible and energy efficient system for any building, whatever the budget, requirement, or need.

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For anyone who has only known aircon, though, this does require a slight mindshift and I think this provides a salutary lesson on the value of keeping up to speed with the changes in the market.

Air conditioning has come on in leaps and bounds since the early days of fixed-speed, cooling-only units and they seriously are one of the most efficient and economic ways to heat and or cool a room or a building.

However, they are not the only solution and although chillers will be facing change of their own next year when we start to see the impact of the EcoDesign Directive and Lot 21, these big beasts of the HVAC world do still provide a reliable solution to many situations.

What we will also start to see are more chillers joining our own e-Series modular range incorporating advances taken from VRF, such as inverter-drives and changes in component design.

This has the potential to significantly increase the performance of chillers.

Next year will also see change for aircon with further impacts from F-Gas and the phase down of refrigerants with a high GWP. What this means for the market is that unless we transition quickly to lower GWP refrigerants such as R32, we may well run out of existing refrigerant or the inflated price rises for gases such as R410A may well price these products out of more projects.

R32 units are growing in sales month by month and this will likely help sales of both RAC and PAC models and keep the engineers I train busy for the foreseeable future.

Another answer could be in looking at the value in training on alternatives such as chillers. The beauty of this approach is that actually, it doesn’t have to be one or the other, it can be a combination of both which can also reduce the size of equipment needed all round.

So there is a bright future for air conditioning engineers and plenty of scope to utilise their F-Gas skills beyond the immediate RAC, PAC and VRF sector.

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Samsung upgrades commercial splits

Samsung has updated its Commercial Split System line-up, replacing all previous models in the range.

The new offering incorporates the Samsung DVM (VRF) communication protocol, enabling full integration with VRF controls and accessories without the need for additional interfaces.

The features 23 units, with 10 styles of indoor models and 13 outdoor units with capacities from 2.5kW to 25kW. This allows for 47 different system combinations and Samsung says the built-in flexibility has reduced the SKU quantity, whilst increasing in the range of systems available.

In addition, the indoor and outdoor units are fully compatible with each other, allowing for a comprehensive line up of twin, triple and quad Split Systems from 7kW to 25kW. The 20kW and 25kW outdoor units have a side blow design, allowing them to fit into restricted plant spaces, and the 10kW and 12kW outdoor units are now available in a single fan configuration.

Andrew Faulkner, Commercial Manager of Air Conditioning, said: “At Samsung we endeavour to provide the very best products and services for our customers. With the new Commercial Split System range, the SEER & SCOP efficiencies have been enhanced to ensure our products remain as energy efficient as possible for the end user.” www.samsung.com

RAISING THE ROOF Samsung solution keeping customers comfortable at iconic Giant Robot

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amsung heating and cooling has helped in the creation of a spectacular rooftop restaurant and bar in London’s Canary Wharf.

Street Feast has transformed a number of derelict and disused spaces into eating and drinking destinations, bringing together a selection of pop-up bars and restaurants across London. Giant Robot opened in Canary Wharf earlier this year.

Giant Robot, located in east London’s biggest roof garden in Crossrail Place, is completely glazed from floor to ceiling, allowing panoramic views across Canary Wharf, the North Dock and Billingsgate Market. These views come with the requirement for a well designed and installed air conditioning system to cope with the building’s solar demand and maintain the area at the perfect temperature for visitors and staff.

Nationwide Air Conditioning undertook the design, supply and installation of the kitchen, restaurant and bar’s heating and cooling solution, in partnership with Green Planet Design Engineers.

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says the units also offer a simple user experience for employees with an easy to use touch screen central control system.

The heating and cooling solution comprised of 17 exposed ducted fan coil units, which were felt to integrate well with the open ceiling and warehouse aesthetics of the space.

Warren Davies, Regional Sales Manager at DYSK Air Conditioning, said: “Nationwide Air Conditioning fitted the Samsung unit without any issues and we provided full support to the team throughout the installation and commissioning process. The performance of the water cooled VRF outdoor units has been exemplary and provided a consistent cool temperature whilst in use.”

Perry Jackson, Head of Air Conditioning at Samsung, said: “At Samsung our priority is to develop products that will not only deliver a strong heating and cooling solution, but also blend seamlessly into the design of the building that it is being installed in. We will continue working hard with our research and development teams to produce products that match the needs of the market.”

Nationwide chose the Samsung water cooled VRF outdoor units due to their ability to provide a large single 112kw water cooled VRF system. Samsung

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Andrew Slater

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FOR THE UK Andrew Slater, Senior Engineering Manager, LG Electronics, UK & Nordic, explains the story behind the arrival of the Multi V S HR compact VRF.

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rom customer opinions to market trends, the push to develop a slimline simultaneous heating and cooling product has been at the forefront of many conversations I’ve had during my six years with LG.

In product training and system troubleshooting, the phrases ‘why’, ‘when are you going to’, and ‘we need’, were pushed by installers and specification engineers alike. The conversations with the consultant bodies as time progressed started to cement the demand.

With an upturn in the ‘Mini VRF’ market (<20kW) throughout 2014 and into 2015 and a UK heat recovery market approximately three times that of heat pumps in the UK [BSRIA market data], the market trend complemented the general opinion and discussions with LG headquarters in South Korea became more and more frequent on the topic.

What did the market actually need?

What would be the application, with the

potential of heat recovery technologies already established within the air conditioning market and the growing awareness of our ability to build and recover energy into water producing systems, such as our hydro kits. The niche in the market was clear – it presented itself to be within the high specification, city residential sector, through apartment application, small commercial premises and additional construction to existing premises with existing systems.

Wellbeing

With the constant obstacles of planning permission and plant location requirements, LG overcame these hurdles by having a product already within the range that offers a 43 per cent reduction in volume to a traditional VRF chassis, as well as being 59 per cent lighter, but it was important to offer heat recovery options from a compact, lightweight solution.

As well as market and application trends, the weighting factors of refrigerant concentration standard BSEN378 and multiple building assessment methods such as BREEAM - and now the ever increasing focus on wellbeing - gives additional demand to smaller compact units that are compliant and out of sight.

Multiple product ranges that offered common specification trends, installation techniques and commissioning procedures were some of the key aspects listed during feedback. Full connectivity to all controllers and indoor unit ranges were applied with high connection indexing to take advantage of heat recovery to water with hydro kit connections, and for connections with DX AHU applications.

As well as LG’s own high-sided shell compressors providing the reliability, our highly respected technologies that customers had become accustomed to working with aiding design and the use of advanced features such as Dual Sensing temperature and humidity monitoring, comfort cooling and delayed defrosting have been included to move the groundbreaking innovation across multiple product lines.

Development

With residential markets appearing to be the main potential application, it was important to deliver a product that can offer excellent performance in heating.

Whilst operating efficiencies are always going to lead conversations for product specification, we thought it was vitally important that because of the compact nature of the solution and the residential aspect for heating design, oversizing would not be possible, so we had to develop the product to provide heating capacities when people really needed it. Multi V S HR suffers no loss in heating capacity to -7⁰C, meaning that having cold premises in winter is no longer a serious consideration.

With impact for design and development focused on the UK market, LG decided to coincide the launch of the MV S Heat Recovery with the formation of the LGUK engineering department, which incorporates pre and post sales technical

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CIAT DX MOVE AIMS TO COVER ALL BASES Extension of product range sees UTC pair joining forces to make everything available from one source.

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IAT’s recent move into the DX market underlines the determination to provide a ‘compelling’ o�er alongside UTC stablemate Toshiba.

The new CIAT range covers systems for domestic and light commercial applications, including portables, highwall splits, floor-mounted consoles, under-ceiling units, cassettes, ducted units, plus a range of multi-split outdoor condensing units.

David Dunn, Managing Director, Toshiba and CIAT Ozonair, said: “CIAT has an established reputation of quality, innovation and comfort performance with its air-side products. Now, with the launch of the new DX range, CIAT’s offering covers all the heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) requirements for most applications. The launch of CIAT DX air conditioners gives installers and contractors a high-quality option at a highly competitive price point.

“Together, the Toshiba and CIAT brands now offer a formidable and truly comprehensive range of products

spanning all technologies, applications and value propositions, with everything available from a single source in the UK. With all the benefits this brings to the installer - ease of ordering, reduced paperwork and joined-up technical support - we believe it is a compelling offer and unmatched in the UK.”

CIAT’s Stella high-wall split system offers full reversible operation under inverter control, Wi-Fi enabled control and monitoring. The high-efficiency unit has Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) values in excess of 7 and Seasonal Coefficient of Performance (SCOP) values all above 4, putting it in the top rank of modern split systems. Built in connectivity allows the system to be controlled via a smartphone, tablet or personal computer from anywhere. As an example, end users are able to turn on the unit in advance of travelling to home or work, to ensure comfortable conditions upon arrival.

The system has a self-cleaning function that initiates a drying cycle that removes moist air from the surface of the heat exchanger inside the unit after operation to counter mould growth. It is equipped with a refrigerant leakage detection system, which alerts users in the event of loss of refrigerant or compressor overload.

CIAT’s new Stella high-wall split system offers full reversible operation under inverter control, Wi-Fi enabled control and monitoring

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The Mambo small commercial range of floor-standing console air conditioners features full inverter control and reversible heat pump operation. The units are highly flexible, with two air outlets and four air inlets, and can be sited on a wall or under a ceiling. Mambo consoles are equipped with a fresh-air intake port, which can easily be accessed for connection to a fresh air duct to further enhance indoor air quality.

The Mambo small commercial range of floor-standing console air conditioners feature full inverter control and reversible heat pump operation

CIAT’s new Salsa cassette heat pump air conditioner has a 360 degree air-flow design to ensure even temperature distribution across a room, without creating draughts for occupants. A ventilation motor can be added in a connected fresh air duct to further improve air quality. Salsa is available in nominal cooling capacities from 2.64 to 15.10 Kilowatt (kW), and nominal heating from 3 to 18kW. The new slim CIAT ducted range offers nominal cooling capacities from 3.52kW to 15.54kW and heating from 3.8kW to 17.6kW. Fully reversible and with in-built inverter control, the system offers a wide static pressure range, with a maximum static pressure of 160 pascals for high performance and energy efficiency. To speed up installation, it is possible for the installer to automatically configure the external static pressure on ducted units.

Completing the range is a series of

CIAT’s new Salsa cassette heat pump air conditioner has a 360 degree air-flow design to ensure even temperature distribution across a room, without creating draughts for occupants.

CIAT multi-split outdoor condensing units, with options capable of serving between two and five indoor units. They can be multiplexed in combination to offer high performance, compact cooling and heating for any size of project. www.ciat.uk.com 01372 220251 sales@ciat.utc.com

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Completing the range is a series of CIAT multi-split outdoor condensing units, with options capable of serving between two and five indoor units

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PAD TEAMS UP WITH HITACHI AFTER HAIER SPLIT

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urrey-based Pure Air Distribution has ended its distribution arrangement with Chinese air conditioning brand Haier and signed a new partnership agreement with Hitachi.

PAD was established in March this year as the first UK distributor for relaunched Haier.

Gboyega Obafemi, Managing Director, Johnson Controls – Hitachi Air Conditioning, said: “Although a relatively new business, the team behind Pure Air Distribution have been in the industry for many years, building strong relationships with both consultants and contractors.

“Reflecting Hitachi’s own founding principles, Pure Air Distribution are committed to delivering air conditioning excellence and exceeding customer expectations, and we look forward to building a long-standing and beneficial business relationship with them.’’

PAD will offer the full range of Hitachi air conditioning products nationwide, alongside their own dedicated UK pre and post sales technical support.

Mark Houghton, Managing Director, Pure Air Distribution, said: “We are delighted to be partnering such a forward thinking manufacturer, which offers quality products coupled with a commitment to outstanding customer service. The PAD team is extremely excited about this new opportunity.”

Reaction

Haier confirmed the end of the partnership with PAD and said: “The distribution agreement commenced in March of this year as part of Haier’s ‘soft start’ return to the UK market whilst the next generation of UK focused products were being developed ready for introduction in 2018.

“However, it became clear that the timescale of the Haier plans and the expectation of the PAD team were somewhat different. This has led to disappointment upon both sides and PAD have made the decision to sign a distribution agreement with Hitachi as well as look for other alternatives which may be able to better meet their expectation levels.

“The reaction to the quality of the Haier product has been very pleasing with numerous satisfied customers and Haier remain focused upon its commitment to the UK market. This is evident in showing the entire range (including the new MRV-V product) at the HVACR show at the excel in January, offering a standard 6 year warranty, as well as other exciting product developments.

“Haier wishes PAD well in its future trading and will continue to support them in its warranty commitments from this year.’’

From left, Edward Callaghan (PAD), Gboyega Obafemi (Hitachi), Mark Houghton (PAD), Lynne Ford (PAD) and Shaun Neuchterlein (Hitachi)

IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE TIMESCALE OF THE HAIER PLANS AND THE EXPECTATION OF THE PAD TEAM WERE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT” DECEMBER/JANUARY 2018

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EQUALITY COUNTS Arrival of third female director underlines commitment to diversity at Mansfield Pollard.

Lou Frankland, left, with fellow directors Allison Howgate, centre, and Joanna Robsinson

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he latest appointment by Mans�eld Pollard sees the air management specialist now led by a board of directors where 50 per cent of the positions are held by women – a �rst in its 150-year history.

Lou Frankland has arrived in Yorkshire as Sales Director, joining Managing Director Joanna Robinson and Finance Director Allison Howgate in the senior management team.

Joanna Robinson believes a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to encouraging different perspectives and ideas that drive innovation. Record growth in the last 12 months has been based on the company’s ability to respond to customer needs and continue to provide new products and service offerings.

With only 9 per cent of the UK’s current workforce in the sector being female, Mansfield Pollard is spearheading a campaign to attract more women to the industry and hopes that other companies will follow.

Joanna Robinson said: “Diversity matters, and companies are 15 per cent more likely to perform better if they are gender diverse. The different ways women approach issues add to the flexibility and resourcefulness of an organisation.

“We are delighted to welcome Lou to the team and shine a light on gender diversity within our industry, but there is no room for complacency. If our sector is to thrive we need to be looking at the entire talent pool and that means ensuring that women have the right skills and opportunities, and are shown that a career in this sector is diverse, exciting and can provide equal opportunities for all.”

Lou Frankland spent 16 years in specification sales in the industrial/ commercial lighting industry, where she moved up through the business from the sales department to Head of Sales and Marketing, and finally Sales Director in 2011. Her role was to develop the vision and implementation of the company’s sales and marketing strategy which ensured healthy profit and growth.

Prospects

Her immediate priorities at Mansfield Pollard are to develop the sales structure across the different business divisions, implement key strategies to develop short-term business and delivering long-term growth via strong specification routes. She will also work with other members of the board to promote the manufacturing industry in schools and to young people more generally and to explain that the profession works with cutting-edge technologies and has excellent career prospects in an expanding market, for men and women alike.

She said: “Mansfield Pollard has a long-standing reputation for quality and excellent customer service; a solutions provider who will work with the customer to deliver the perfect end result. The role provides an opportunity to build on the strong foundations already in place, working with a great team of people who understand what the business is here to deliver. My experience in specification sales should assist in the future growth of the business, and with some focus in key export markets, I believe we have the perfect combination for a successful future.

“Supporting Joanna on her quest to promote the industry is really exciting, and I am looking forward to helping spread the message to women and girls that engineering offers fantastic career prospects and the opportunity to improve society by contributing to ground-breaking projects that will really make a difference.” www.mansfieldpollard.co.uk

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WORKING TOGETHER Rick Edmondson, Chairman at Waterloo Air Products, talks about how training and collaboration in the industry can be part of the solution to the skills shortage. construction is the number of cranes on the London skyline – I lost count today.

Strong growth is always a positive sign for the industry as it brings lots more opportunities for businesses all throughout the supply-chain, but with it, the demand for more labourers, tradespeople and engineers intensifies.

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t’s no secret that there is a skills shortage a�ecting the construction industry. There is much talk about how we can and should tackle it, yet the skills gap only appears to be getting wider.

Positive signs for the UK construction industry show that there is an increase in demand for commercial and domestic space. In cities like Birmingham and Leeds, the rate of building offices is at its highest for more than 10 years, whilst housebuilding in Manchester has similarly returned to levels seen before the economic crisis in 2008. And of course, I always feel that a good barometer for

Low productivity and high employment rates

Couple the skills shortage with the UK’s current level of productivity and there are some worrying signs. The UK’s productivity in general has dropped to a 10-year low, falling below its peak at the end of 2007. It’s surprising as employment rates are very high. Our productivity though is lower than some of our major partners including the US, Germany and France.

With low productivity and not enough skilled people, more projects will be delivered late and over budget, costing the industry each year. This could make investment in UK projects look risky for outside investors, which is bad for growth.

Looking at the short term ahead of the long term

Many of the ways discussed in the industry for tackling the skills shortage to help productivity, all look at long-term strategies that might not come to fruition for more than a decade. We know that we need to do more to encourage pupils at school and students at college to take up a career in construction and engineering.

We know that we need to make a more viable path by providing more opportunities and courses for young people to breakthrough into the industry, so they can join companies all throughout the supply chain, equipped with the basic set of skills and knowledge they need to thrive in our industry.

Investment in training from a young age is important, but they are long-term plans and we won’t see the effects for a number of years. We need to look at the short term. How do we make sure that we can deliver as best we can on the budgets and timescales we set out to achieve on our projects? Working more closely together is one of the answers.

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Collaborative working

It might sound like a straightforward idea, but there isn’t enough collaborative working on projects. So many companies in the construction industry have lots to offer in terms of knowledge and skills, but they aren’t always communicating with each other.

By working together, we can share best practices, keep everyone up-to-date, and help to release information that isn’t getting to the people that need it.

This is especially important for smaller businesses that don’t necessarily have the funds to invest in their team’s training or invest in high wages to attract someone from the relatively small pool of talent.

Putting it into practice

At Waterloo we put collaborative working into practice and we know that it can have a positive impact on the outcome of projects. Working together helps to create closer working relationships, which is good for business.

Providing advice and support to the companies you work side by side with on projects, will usually lead to you working together again in future. We certainly find at Waterloo that we work with many of our customers again and again. This is because collaborative working achieves better results on projects. It helps to reduce the need to alter products after specification, keep to tight deadlines and overall, lower costs and often reduce time scales.

Companies throughout the supply chain, whether the architect, contractor, engineer, supplier, consultant or installer, should see themselves as part of a team working on each project. Seeing

Training day at Waterloo Air Products

yourself as one team, rather than a group of individual companies can make the difference when it comes to delivering a project on time.

Educating each other

Working closely together is just part of it. Sharing knowledge and teaching regularly, helps to reduce lack of skills and knowledge in the industry. You can start doing it from today.

As expert manufacturers of air terminal devices, we know everything there is to know about air diffusion and quality. We continuously research and explore new ways to improve air quality and efficiency for internal environments. We are always learning and we share what we know through training days and our CIBSE certified CPD, ‘An Introduction to Air Distribution’ course.

The course covers the basics of air distribution including typical air movement effects, cooling systems, the effect of heat gains, alternate systems and selection guidance. It’s just part of what we do.

We also provide numerous technical guides and useful tools like our air duct calculator the WAP-U-Lator, all designed to provide more people, with more knowledge.

Reduce cost, boost productivity

We know long-term investment is needed to secure more talent for the future of construction and engineering.

With 22 per cent of the workforce in construction over 50, we need to make sure that we are replacing the fantastic people in our industry. In the short term we have to do more to be more productive and effective.

We think working closer together is one of the best ways to help reduce costs and boost productivity. It alone can’t plug the skills gap entirely, but it’s certainly an immediate start. The industry will need to work together alongside the Government to find a long-term solution that covers future generations.

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SURE COMPLETES £1M PROJECT FOR DAIRY PRODUCER

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North West industrial refrigeration newcomer quick to make its mark with efficient delivery of project for dairy supplier.

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URE Solutions has completed a £1million contract for a multinational dairy producer to provide a complete redesign of its refrigeration capabilities and provide 5,200Kw of cooling.

The project has enabled Muller Milk and Ingredients to significantly increase production at its Droitwich facility.

The client is part of the Muller Group, which supplies major supermarkets with both own-brand and branded dairy products.

The project was awarded to North West based SURE in January and was completed for use in May. Muller performed two validation tests to prove that the 5,200Kw capacity was available at full production load, with one in July and the other in August.

Delivered

Gino Taj, Engineering Improvement Manager for Muller, said: “SURE Solutions was selected for the Droitwich Site

SURE Project Manager Mark Parry in the Muller plantroom at Droitwich

WE HAVE A CORE STRENGTH OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND HAVE TAKEN ON A TEAM OF STAFF WHO ARE ALSO VERY EXPERIENCED IN THE INDUSTRY” Refrigeration Project, which involved complex design improvements and a very tight installation schedule.

“SURE performed the role of Principal Contractor and Principal Designer and also supplied and installed 4mW of temporary cooling for the factory whilst the work was completed. The project was delivered and controlled well by SURE and its site engineering team. It was recognised at senior level that there was no interruption to the capacity of the site and meeting our customer orders.’

This success of the Droitwich project was quickly followed by an order to improve refrigeration capacity at another Muller production facility.

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SURE Solutions was established in August 2016 by Director Garry Shaw, who has more than 30 years’ experience in the refrigeration industry, starting out as an apprentice engineer and then working through the ranks as a projects engineer, project manager, sales engineer and sales and design executive.

Qualities

Rob Wharton joined the business three months after the launch and SURE now employs 11 staff, with plans for further recruitment.

The business designs, installs and maintains industrial refrigeration solutions for large food suppliers throughout the UK, with clients including Muller UK, Cranswick Group, Bakkavor Group and Youngs Seafoods.

Garry Shaw said: “As a relatively new business, we are very happy with the progress we have made, which illustrates the high standard of technical and engineering qualities which we are able to provide to our clients.

“SURE Solutions has enjoyed phenomenal progress in just over 14 months, from initial start-up to securing more than £4m in orders and employing 11 staff.

“Our development is being supported by a healthy number of potential orders in the pipeline for 2018 and we have plans to employ a further two engineers and an engineering apprentice in the near future.

“We have a core strength of technical expertise and have taken on a team of staff who are also very experienced in the industry, with a total in excess of 200 years across the board in the refrigeration sector.

SURE Solutions provides industrial refrigeration and energy solutions specialising in the use of natural refrigerants and bespoke freezing, chilling and HVAC installation, service and maintenance.

www.suresol.co.uk 0151 650 6909

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LIMITING FOOD WASTE WITH TECHNOLOGY Technological advances in refrigeration equipment are enabling businesses to reap the benefits. Shaun Evers, Managing Director of Stonegate Instruments, explains how relatively small and simple devices can significantly cut down on food waste, and the associated costs.

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NOT ONLY CAN INCORRECT TEMPERATURES TAKE A TOLL ON FOOD, BUT THEY CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON ENERGY COSTS”

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n the UK, a staggering 4.1 million tonnes of food is wasted in the food and drink industry annually, largely due to the incorrect storage of perishable foods, according to the Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP).

It is important therefore that every supermarket, restaurant and food retailer has an effective refrigeration system in place, which correctly stores produce at optimum temperatures to ensure food is kept fresh and edible and high hospitality standards are upheld.

It can be difficult to accurately identify refrigeration problems. However, technological advancements have allowed of smart devices to be developed that make it easier. These technologies alert workers to refrigerator issues, ensuring ideal temperatures are maintained and, in turn, enabling outlets to reduce energy costs and waste.

Waste not, want not

No retailer wants to see food go to waste, however last year, food with a retail value of £13 billion was thrown away – contributing 19 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. 66 per cent of this waste was due to spoilage, caused by products being stored at incorrect temperatures.

One way to reduce the figure, is to ensure that optimum temperatures are maintained when storing perishable goods, ideally between 0 - 5C. Any fluctuation in temperature outside this range should be identified, which will allow problems to be solved quickly, before any excess spoilage occurs.

Not only can incorrect temperatures take a toll on food, but they can have a negative impact on energy costs.

Overcooling by just 1C can lead to an increase in energy costs, up to 3 per cent, which can in turn significantly increase electricity bills.

Efficient thermometers, which are clearly displayed, can overcome the issue. Such equipment can monitor the cold store itself and the contents inside – making it easier to identify any irregularities. Businesses can reduce avoidable food waste and subsequently reduce unnecessary overheads from spoilage.

Harmful gas leaks

As any refrigeration operator is probably well aware, refrigerant gases play a crucial role in refrigeration systems, keeping cold stores fully operational.

However, if leaked the gases can be detrimental to a business causing staff to

become ill, contributing towards global warming, and ultimately contaminating and destroying stored food products.

In an attempt to tackle the issue, legislation has been introduced in the form of Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas regulations. Under F-Gas regulations refrigeration systems with 300kg or more of refrigerants must be fitted with a gas leak detector. Devices should be calibrated with 1,000ppm mix of gas to air and have a sensitivity of 5g per year.

Equipment, such as Stonegate’s DL 1024, detects a range of both toxic and non-toxic gases 24/7, alerting workers with an audio-visual alarm, should a gas leak occur. The technology ensures staff members can identify the problem, and timely repairs can be made – preventing additional waste and cost.

Put a stop to rotten food

Although gas leaks are the biggest contributor to inconsistent temperatures in modern refrigeration systems, leaving the door open can be just as damaging.

This may seem like a minor mistake but it can have an impact on the bottom line – soaring temperatures can cause an increase in levels of bacteria present, resulting in food spoiling much faster.

Furthermore, leaving the door open forces refrigeration systems to work harder, which in turn uses more energy, incurring higher energy costs.

The latest advancements in refrigeration equipment, can provide a simple solution. Open-door alarms can be mounted to the interior wall of a refrigerator, and can alert workers with flashing xenon beacon lights and 100dB sounders, should the door accidentally be

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left open for an extended period of time, ensuring the problem can be avoided.

Advancements in refrigeration technologies can make it faster for businesses to cut down on food waste, by increasing the efficiency of cold storage systems. With a payback period of less than two years, installing equipment like Stonegate’s gas leak detectors, thermometers and open-door alarms offers a simple solution for businesses across the entire food and drink sector.

Stonegate Instruments is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of electronic equipment for the refrigeration industry. It supplies products including gas leak detectors, trapped personnel alarms, open door warning systems and temperature display equipment to food manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers.

www.stonegateinstruments.com

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DOWN MEMORY LANE The remarkable story of how a J & E Hall engineer returned to mastermind an upgrade at a cold store decades after he began work at the plant as an apprentice.

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& E Hall has successfully completed a major refrigeration upgrade at Border Holdings’ West Country cold store nearly half a century after installing the original equipment. The latest project was masterminded by John Davies, who continued his long association with the complex which began as a 16-yearold apprentice at the then Union Cold Storage premises in 1980.

THEN – the Union Cold Storage premises in 1969

THEN – the Union Cold Storage plant room following the original J&E Hall ammonia equipment

There are huge differences between the equipment installed in the late 1960s and that now running at the new installation – today’s ammonia-based system is far smaller and more efficient to operate and maintain.

J & E Hall has a fine track record designing, manufacturing and installing ammonia-based refrigeration systems.

The company introduced ammonia to its product range in 1910 and more than 100 years on customers are still opting for the refrigerant’s green credentials and benefiting from its excellent thermodynamic properties.

In 1969 J & E Hall installed the twostage plant at the newly-built 39,650 cubic metre complex in Bristol. There were 18 chambers which could be maintained at temperatures between 2°C and -29°C, with high and low-stage pumped ammonia systems, served by four J & E Hall V127 reciprocating compressors, four Hick Hargreaves rotary vane compressors and two J & E Hall V127 compound compressors.

Minimum maintenance

install in 1969

In 2012 J & E Hall won the refrigeration maintenance contract and carried out extensive repairs and upgrade work to the old ammonia system. At the same time Border Holdings had installed a new R404a-based system operating in half of the cold store complex so that chambers C, D and E could be operated at chill temperatures for their customer.

Eventually, much of the ammonia refrigeration equipment had become obsolete and difficult to maintain, it was decided to replace it with state-of-theart refrigeration plant requiring minimum maintenance.

John explained: “Because of our good working relationship with Border Holdings we were told that if we could match our competitor’s quotation we would be well placed to win the order to install the new equipment – especially after taking into

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NOW – John Davies of J & E Hall who masterminded the refrigeration equipment upgrade at Border Holdings

account my knowledge of the history of the site and its ammonia plant.”

The other key consideration was to install the new equipment in a -22°C cold store – with a seamless phase-out of the ammonia system – without disrupting Border Holdings’ day-to-day operations.

Proud moment

Two semi-hermetic, economised screw compressor packages were chosen operating on R407F. They serve two chambers at a total 20,133 cubic metres – with eight air coolers installed in the cold stores. The compressor packs were fitted within a spare room next to the old ammonia plant room. Remote aircooled condensers were introduced on the flat roof above and a leak detection ventilation system was also installed within the plant room.

John added: “The installation went well but the biggest challenge was installing the coolers within the driving racking in a cold store operating at -22°C. Once the cooler and compressor packs were commissioned, the ammonia plant was switched off and the new equipment maintained the temperature within the cold stores and ran trouble free.”

It was a proud moment for John, who had served a three-year apprenticeship within the Union Cold Storage Group. He went on to live in Glasgow and London before he returned to Bristol in 1986.

Extensive modifications were carried

NOW – new refrigeration equipment installed by J & E Hall at Border Holdings

out to the ammonia plant so that the cold store could run at -25°C. John ran the site for three years before leaving to broaden his experience. He joined J & E Hall in 1990, until recently managed its Avonmouth Service Centre in Bristol, before becoming a J & E Hall technical applications’ manager.

He said: “After starting work at 16, I never thought that many years later I would be the person to design and install a new refrigeration system to replace the J & E Hall ammonia plant which served the cold store so well for 48 years. I think I have exceeded my challenge that I set myself at 16 that one day I would know how every component works – and I would be able to run and maintain this plant on my own.”

Seamless transition

Three of the five independent chambers at the cold store complex are now leased to a leading multi-temperature distribution company and the remaining chambers are operated by Border as a public cold store.

Border Holdings’ cold store commercial manager Peter Brown said: “We wanted a seamless transition from the old plant to the new. We could not just turn off the refrigeration system and empty the

chambers while the engineers were there.

“To my knowledge there are very few people other than John Davies who would have the knowledge and experience of the sort of plant that we had operated for the last 45 years. We had to be confident that our contractor would be able to decant and close down the old system while at the same time installing the new one.

John knew the old plant intimately and he was local. These two things made it obvious to me that we should continue with him.”

It’s too early to predict the level of savings in energy costs for the cold store but Peter is optimistic that they will happen. But he added: “We are already seeing substantial savings in terms of servicing costs because maintenance of the old plant was a costly exercise. We have decided to leave the old plant in situ in its own self-contained room. I have often referred to it as the engine room of the Ark Royal.

“When I look at the size of it compared to the new plant located on two small concrete plinths it shows the progress that refrigeration systems have made over the past 45 years. The old plant served us well and was still operating fine up until the last day.”

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WHAT’S HOLDING BACK CUSTOMER ACTION? Paul Huggins, Associate Director, Programmes, at the Carbon Trust, looks at the challenges ahead on refrigerant quotas.

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here is widespread apprehension about inaction by many in the refrigeration market to the impending F-Gas cli�-edge reduction in refrigerant quota. A 37 per cent reduction compared to the 2015 baseline of the 183 MTCO2-e is, when taking sales of new pre-installed charge equipment into account, actually a 44 per cent reduction.

By design the F-Gas regulation affects the most harmful refrigerants first, based on global warming potential (GWP).

Refrigerant manufacturers (e.g. Honeywell) are removing from EU sale R404A and R507 in early 2018. Activities to meet the F-Gas quota target are already affecting the gas prices. The price of R404A doubled in 2016, and has risen rapidly through 2017. Other high GWP refrigerants are following similar price paths.

The outcome of a recent Carbon Trust survey on market reaction to the F-Gas regulation can be summarised as, broadly, larger suppliers and customers are responding to the cliff-edge, smaller ones are not. Smaller suppliers and customers need to do much more to effectively manage the significant commercial impacts this cliff-edge will have on their business, e.g. price rises, lack of supply, reactive, and possibly expensive, equipment modifications or unplanned new equipment purchases.

Customers need to do much more to protect themselves from these impacts.

But why has this happened when suppliers

and customers have had a long time to prepare for the F-Gas quota phase down?

The typical technology adoption cycle used in the refrigeration industry might not be right for action on F-Gas There is an often stated truism in the refrigeration industry that can be summed up as: start with the commercial refrigeration market and the other markets will follow. Many valid points support this statement: commercial refrigeration customers are more easily identified and fewer in number (e.g. supermarkets), refrigeration technology is very important to their business activities, they have a lot of refrigeration equipment, and the sector makes up the largest proportion of annual F-Gas demand, about 29 per cent.

There are, however, several issues with this adoption cycle: (i) any delay in F-Gas action in the commercial refrigeration market slows the influence this market has on other refrigerant markets (ii) customers in other refrigeration market have, typically, much lower levels of in-house refrigeration expertise, so often don’t pick up the learnings (iii) the F-Gas regulation hits all markets at the same time, so there is no time for learnings to be passed along from one sector to another

Commercial refrigeration customers are slower in acting on future F-Gas impacts than expected Supermarkets understand the importance of meeting their F-Gas obligations and have invested quite heavily over the last few years in trailing new lower GWP technologies. They are in the process of adopting lower GWP refrigeration alternatives. Tesco has about 250 stores with CO2- based systems and recently committed to roll out R448A to 1,200 stores over the next three years, Waitrose has 48 per cent of its stores using hydrocarbons, M&S moved to R407a some time ago and all new stores run on a hybrid mix of natural refrigerants and HFCs.

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Larger supermarkets are, broadly speaking, planning to remove R404A from a good proposition of their estates by 2020. Whilst this is good news, the truth is that for all this good work, the largest supermarkets appear to be behind the curve needed to meet the approaching F-Gas regulation cliffedge. EPPE suggests that 50 per cent of their refrigeration equipment needs to be converted by the end of 2017. That doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.

Stationary air conditioning is some way behind the forecast F-Gas transition curve.

Due to the fragmented nature of the supply chain and customer base, together with less than expected influence from the commercial refrigeration market, the stationary air conditioning market appears to be some way behind where it needs to be on F-Gas action. Product manufactures are pushing ahead with alternative refrigerant options (e.g. R32), but their introduction is possibly a little later than F-Gas policy makers had anticipated.

Customers find it hard to relate the F-Gas quota to their business activities.

It’s all a bit too confusing What does a 44 per cent reduction in the 2015 quota mean in terms that customers can understand? In real terms, greenhouse gas emissions need to reduce by 90 MtCO2-eq in 2018. The question is how? Data from the European Environment Agency Fluorinated Greenhouse Report 2015 can be used to show this level of emissions reduction

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is equivalent to: the removal from sale of all R134a supplied in 2015; or equally removal from sale 85 per cent of R404A, 15 per cent of R410A, 80 per cent of R134a, and 30 per cent from a basket of other refrigerant mixtures. The message is simple, as the market reacts, supplies of the highest GWP refrigerants will reduce, so 50 per cent+ reductions in the

supply of R404A, R134a, R507 could very well be seen. As the supply of R404A is planned to fall to zero in 2020 it should be expected that sale of this refrigerant will curtail strongly in 2018. www.carbontrust.com

In summary, whilst the F-Gas regulation has already played a positive role in reducing CO2-eq emissions from refrigeration and air conditioning technologies, there is still more to do. Looking to the future, some immediate steps are strongly encouraged: (i) suppliers, including the smallest, need to be bolder in the advice they give to their customers. No customers should be sold R404A-based technology, and the selection of alternative, much lower GWP refrigerants should begin at the earliest stages of sales or maintenance conversations, (ii) customers need to focus (or refocus) their efforts and remove high GWP refrigerants from their estates before the economic shocks start to hurt. The best commercial protection is to move to the lowest GWP refrigerant they can cost-effectively afford.

THE BEST COMMERCIAL PROTECTION IS TO MOVE TO THE LOWEST GWP REFRIGERANT THEY CAN COST-EFFECTIVELY AFFORD”

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TEN TOP TIPS FOR A-Gas Managing Director John Ormerod makes his predictions for the air conditioning and refrigeration industry over the next 12 months.

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other gas is likely to be do you see as the other major a good performer? challenge facing the industry?

3 Which 5What Another one to watch is R449A (Opteon® XP40), a GWP HFO blend, used as a replacement for R404A and R507 in low and medium temperature refrigeration applications.

R449A is suitable for new installations as well as retrofits of existing equipment.

Its low GWP of 1397 gives it great energy efficiency and environmental properties.

4 What should installers and end be aware of F-Gas wise?

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There will be a 37 per cent cut in the production of virgin high GWP refrigerants during 2018. This means there will be a reduction in the amount of refrigerant available on the market and clearly this is going to have a massive impact on installers and end users. High GWP refrigerants like R404A or R507C which contractors would automatically buy off the shelf will become increasingly difficult to get hold of. So if you haven’t done so already, now is the time to make a plan and switch to a low GWP refrigerant.

refrigerant is going to make the headlines in 2018?

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R448A (Solstice®N40), a non-flammable HFO blend, used as a replacement for R404A in low and medium temperature refrigeration applications is one to keep an eye on. It provides an excellent combination of low GWP and high-energy efficiency as well as offering reduced compressor discharge temperature at medium and low temperature conditions.

Will ultra-low GWP gases be making their mark?

I expect to see a growth in ultra-low GWP refrigerants and there are some which have values below 250. These may involve contractors extending their learning curve in how they work with them – especially those gases that fit into the A2L mildly-flammable category – but one of the benefits is that in some instances equipment will be able to take much higher charge sizes than would be allowed with natural refrigerants like propane.

The uncertainty brought about by Brexit will have an impact on the economy from a confidence perspective. I have heard that some projects have already been put on hold pending clarity on what is going to happen. This is going to weigh heavily on the industry and the economy in general.

will reclamation role to play in 2018?

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The 37 per cent stepdown in the production/import of virgin refrigerants means that reclamation will grow in importance. A reduction of this size is going to be hard for the industry to swallow and adapt to as swiftly as it would like. Reclamation has a key role to play because refrigerant which is cleaned and returned to the supply chain will become an increasingly important part of the supply mix. This goes beyond gases like R404A but also affects many other common refrigerants like R407C and R134a.

the industry aware of the of reclamation?

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It is certainly coming to the forefront of everybody’s minds as refrigerant prices have risen strongly. A-Gas has the technology to ensure that recovered refrigerants are returned to the supply chain ready to use in tip-top condition.

This highlights our commitment to providing the industry with the capacity and infrastructure to support the F-Gas phasedown.

will natural refrigerants make a difference in the year ahead?

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some cases natural refrigerants can be the right solution, particularly with large supermarket installations. Sainsbury’s has been open in declaring that this is the road they wish to follow for all new stores by choosing CO2. For systems on a smaller scale, naturals are finding a role with integral cabinets where they perform well. Naturals with low GWP and good thermodynamic properties can in the right circumstances be fantastic refrigerants.

there be further rises in refrigerant prices in 2018?

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That’s the million dollar question. Given that 37 per cent of the virgin refrigerant supply is being removed from the market, I cannot see how this is not going to have an influence on the supply and demand balance.

What’s the next breakthrough that will 10 emerge refrigerant wise?

The advent of the low GWP A2L refrigerants can make a real difference from my point of view. When in the right circumstances they can be deployed this will give end users a great deal of breathing room as far as the F-Gas Regulations are concerned. The GWP is so low that you can use large quantities of these refrigerants and not be affected by the pressure of the quota system. This is an area we are watching closely at A-Gas. We are encouraging businesses to try out some of these new refrigerants, gain experience of using them and ultimately understand how they perform. www.agas.com

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WOMEN in the

ACR industry

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This month, the ACR Journal talks to Jacinta Caden, Business Development Manager (Industrial Refrigeration & HVAC Division) at Integral.

Where did you study?

I started my apprenticeship in refrigeration & air conditioning with a contractor in Dublin in 2003. I studied in both Cork and Dublin over a 4-year period for the off-the-job phases of my apprenticeship and subsequently qualified as a refrigeration engineer.

What was your first job?

What started off as work experience through school ended up being a Saturday job then a summer job at a cash & carry in a nearby town before I moved to Dublin aged 17.

Where do you work now?

I work for Integral who have 19 offices in the UK. Depending on my schedule, I can work from home and/or any of their offices.

What attracted you to the industry?

For 50 years my family has been involved in refrigeration, electrical and haulage businesses so I was surrounded by it, as well as mechanics, from day one. I was so fortunate to be exposed at a young age to elements of the business that I was instinctively interested in. My sisters and I spent many happy hours playing games like “shop” with endless sorts of commercial and domestic equipment growing up. If we were lucky enough we would be allowed to pull our own ice creams when vans were fixed on site for the local suppliers too. I also spent a lot of my spare time immersed in the goings -on with service and maintenance of trucks and trailers when they were

not on trips. I just remember never being bored and not happy until my hands were greasy. To be able to explore, observe, learn, ask questions freely as a child I think cemented my natural enthusiasm which helped facilitate my transition into the real world and into an industry which I very much enjoy today.

Were you ever tempted to join the family business then?

No. There is no doubt the opportunity was a good one and there for the taking.

Putting temptation aside, the idea of my family being involved in setting me up, keeping an eye on me, guiding me and somewhat sheltering me from real life was not going to be fair or healthy on anyone long term. The last lesson I would have learned from that scenario is probably independence. I would also have less life experience than I do today.

Instead, complacency, expectation and dependency were messages I was more likely to absorb. If that bubble were to ever have burst, I would have had quite the culture shock too!! In addition, anything I have or haven’t accomplished is all my own doing which is empowering for me.

They remain my best friends, and their advice and support is still invaluable, even if they are in the west of Ireland!

What do you specialise in now?

I work in the Specialist Industrial Refrigeration Division of Integral as the Business Development Manager.

I research, source and develop new and existing business predominantly in the food

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production/processing, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, brewing, storage, logistics, life science and critical industries. We deliver comprehensive solutions to the industrial and commercial refrigeration, spiral freezer and HVAC sectors of these markets. We provide reactive service, PPM, sales, design and installation functions.

Frequently clients require a turnkey solution which is advantageous working for Integral as they are the UK’s largest mobile hard services provider and have been leading experts in their respective fields for over 50 years. This translates to the provision of specialist services in the M&E, FM, fire, security, controls, sprinklers, pumps, energy management and construction sectors.

Being part of the JLL Corporation further extends our capabilities and credentials as a reputable and reliable service provider.

It allows us to offer something even more unique.

What is the best piece of advice you were ever given?

What excites/interests you about the industry?

What are the benefits of being in your role?

Not many things excite me unless they involve speed, but what I really enjoy about the industry is the rate at which it is developing and expanding. Every day, everywhere I go I see refrigeration new and old. I am always intrigued and sometimes surprised about where I see refrigeration utilised and it makes me proud to be part of an industry that will never die, an industry that everyone needs. Seeing and being part of companies like Integral and JLL who join forces is a reflection on the industry.

I’ve been given many pieces of advice over the years both professionally and personally by many wise and witty people, but the ones that stand out the most is to be yourself, never give up and keep your word.

What are the challenges of this industry?

The challenges we face in the industry are ever changing, whether it be in relation to global warming, legislation and with Brexit also on the horizon there are interesting times ahead. Keeping up to date and ahead where possible will be the advantage.

The biggest benefit for me is working with people who are knowledgeable, passionate and professional. My colleagues feel the same and are keen to take the company further forward with even greater success. Having a team effort spirit in the company is a strong value to me and seeing it filter right down to our clients is admirable. No two hours are the same, my job is interesting, challenging, I get to meet new people all the time and not a day goes by where I don’t learn something.

How do you see your career developing? What industry associations are you By continuing to be part of Integral as they involved with, and what are the benefits? flourish will allow me to also grow within the division. Their extensive knowledge and expertise is the foundation which provides us with the capability to further develop and expand the business all of which I want to be part of.

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to international recognition today.

It runs projects, campaigns etc, and its achievements are commendable.

Therefore being part of WES is an exciting and important opportunity for me to develop as a person and in a professional capacity.

I am also a Member of the Institute of Refrigeration. The IOR is an industry-wide and independent charity, run by those who work in the refrigeration industry.

It acts as a central resource to anyone involved or interested in refrigeration.

It is beneficial to be part of the IOR because it allows me to associate with likeminded peers, regardless of their level or discipline it is where everyone has a common ground. There are always events going on which is a great way to network and learn. The IOR also ensures that the industry stays relevant which is important if we are to continue being professional at what we do.

I am a member of the steering group for Women in RACHP. Although RACHP is not always a popular choice for women, there are many women involved in all levels and types of roles. Joining forces with the IOR, WES and IIR further demonstrates the enthusiasm that both men and women feel is important to ensure that our industry can make the most of the skills both men and women young and old can bring.

What would you say to other women who are considering coming into the ACR industry?

I was recently elected as a member of the WES council (Women’s Engineering Society). WES is a charity and professional network of women, engineers, scientists and technologists who offer inspiration, support and professional development.

It was founded in 1919 and has grown

The career opportunities, people, companies and technology out there is fantastic. Like anything ACR is a trade most people take for granted or are unaware of. Every day there are requirements for temperature control, so it can only be rewarding for anyone involved. The skills you will develop can take you anywhere in the world too. www.integral.co.uk

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POWER OF THE PRESS Big things are predicted for a flame-free fitting system designed for the ACR market. David Todd reports.

Mano Bakhtiari, CEO of parent company, IBP Group

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ith more than 20 billion �ttings and valves to its name since 1909, you would expect Conex Bänninger to have an opinion on the future direction of the market. So when its CEO predicts a revolution in the way the ACR industry goes about its business, it is probably a view worth listening to.

The West Midlands-based company believes its latest press-fit system is about to signal significant changes in the UK air conditioning and refrigeration industry. Mano Bakhtiari, CEO of parent company, IBP Group, wants to see 50 per cent of the installation market using press-fit inside five years.

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If there is to be a revolution, Bakhtiari is realistic enough to know it will be a slow burner. He accepts that total conversion from traditional brazing methods could take “60-70 years’’ but is convinced that press-fit is the future.

At the official launch of the range in London he said: ““It is a cleaner, easier, faster, safer and more reliable way to work. We are not trying to de-skill the role of engineers; this is another opportunity to lead the industry into new techniques.’’

The >B< MaxiPro uses three-point-press technology

manufacturing plants (Spain, Poland) million-piece annual manufacturing capacity

distribution centres serving 75 countries sales offices (UK, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Gulf, US, China)

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The copper >B< MaxiPro uses Conex Bänninger’s three-point-press technology, where three presses are made, one each side of the bead and one compressing the O-ring. It has been designed for use in systems with operating pressures of up to 48 bar.

The flame-free solution means there is no need for hot work permits or time devoted to fire watch duties and, because the >B< MaxiPro is a mechanical joint, there is no nitrogen purge during the jointing process. With the joint created in around five seconds, Conex Bänninger says installation times, and therefore costs, are significantly reduced.

The system was devised in 2012 and has been developed and tested since then, before its introduction to the Australian, US and now UK markets.

Bill Barlow, Business Unit Director, UK – OEM & ACR at Conex Bänninger, added: “We firmly believe that we have developed an innovative product that provides a best-in-class solution for UK contractors and engineers in air conditioning and refrigeration applications.

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“As a revolutionary press-fit product, we are confident that >B< MaxiPro will further establish IBP Group’s UK ACR market presence, ensuring that Conex Bänninger is seen as the trusted brand in the

Conex Bänninger recommends the use of Rothenberger’s press tools and jaws.

Rothenberger Romax Compact: ₀ Jaws can handle application sizes 1/4” to 1-1/8” for Conex Bänninger >B< MaxiPro fittings ₀ Compact lightweight design – one handed operation ₀ Constant Force Technology for constant axial 19kN shearing force ₀ Easy to use LED status indication – flashing red when battery charge is low and will lock the machine, remains on when tool has reached 10,000 cycles use and requires servicing ₀ Simple and safe operation design – hold start button – tool automatically stops once press cycle is complete ₀ Safety yellow button – press to release pressure and stop press cycle

industry, consistently delivering product excellence and value to our customers and end users.” >B< MaxiPro is available in a range of fittings types including straight coupler, reducing coupler, fitting reducer, 90o bend, 90o street bend, 45o obtuse ebow, equal tee and stop End variants. The fittings can be used with annealed, half hard or hard copper tube that conforms to EN 12735-1 or ASTM-B280 in air-conditioning and refrigeration applications.

They are approved for use with a range of refrigerants, including R-32, R-134a, R-404A, R-407C, R-407F, R-410A, R-507, R1234ze, R1234yf, R-718, R-450A, R-513A, R-448A, R-449A, R-407A, R-427A, R-438A, R-417A and R-422D. >B< MaxiPro carries a certified training course and when professionally installed and used in accordance with these guidelines, the guarantee is increased to 5 years against manufacturing defects. www.conexbanninger.com

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WASTED TIME MEANS WASTED MONEY Time is an exceptionally valuable resource so it makes sense to conduct business as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Manuel Battista from Brymec offers some tips to help you do this.

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enjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, coined the phrase ‘Time is money’ in 1748 in an essay called Advice to a Young Tradesman. He illustrated what he meant with a simple example – if you skip halfa-day’s work then you throw away half-a-day’s wages.

In other words, a poor decision can result in significant opportunity costs (the money or other benefits lost due to missed opportunities).

Time is scarce so making the most of it really matters. In a practical sense, this means that boosting productivity increases profits – the faster you can install an air conditioning or refrigeration (ACR) system to earn money, the greater the opportunity you have to install further ACR systems to earn more money.

So anything you can do to accelerate installation time is good for your business.

One example of this is in pipework installation. Press fitting offers a range

of benefits over traditional jointing methods.

A relatively simple cold process, it creates a tamper-proof, secure, long-life, leak-proof joint for copper pipe connections from the single action of a special compression tool.

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On top of this, press fitting is flame-free so there is no risk of fire and no need to obtain a hot works permit or conduct fire watches so it can save hours on each site.

And, no brazing or oxygen-free nitrogen purging are required, which accelerates installation time still further.

Perhaps one of the biggest advantages of press fittings, though – particularly on the three point press variants – is that they offer installers an added layer of security because they can be assured that the joint is sealed correctly.

The press fitting technology that we stock – Conex Bänninger >B< MaxiPro and its specialist installation tools from Rothenberger – saves an enormous amount of time and effort. Creating reliable, tamperproof connections from a single action, >B< MaxiPro benefits from a three-point press resulting in a permanent and secure joint.

However, faster, more effortless installation is not the only way to save time and money. Buying cheap products, for example, can cost more in the long run, perhaps because they use more expensive components, or are less reliable and therefore break down more readily.

That’s why it pays to take a holistic approach to the products you buy and fit, taking account of every element from supply through installation and after sales service and support rather than simply buying the cheapest components.

Whole life costing explained Whole life costing (WLC) helps buyers determine both the direct and indirect costs of a product or system. It has many definitions, but probably the most pertinent for ACR installers is ‘the systematic consideration of all relevant costs associated with the acquisition and installation of an asset’.

So, for example, WLC will certainly include capital cost, but also embraces criteria such as speed of installation, service and support, reliability, training and security of supply (in terms of lost opportunity costs should the product fail to get to you on time, for example).

By some estimates, the ‘visible’ cost of a product can be as little as 15% of the WLC. That is why the cheapest option often becomes the costliest in the long-run, and engaging in short-term thinking is bad for business.

Applying this ‘whole-life costing’ model to your business (see accompanying panel) might mean paying a little more in capital cost. However, it also means selecting products that can be easily accessed (to prevent job hold ups) and choosing a quality supplier that offers fast, efficient delivery and product training (so you, as an installer, can fit a system in the quickest and most efficient way possible).

Finally, security of supply offers peace of mind. There is nothing more frustrating than waiting for a delivery that has been delayed through no fault of your own. It will cost you money and can dent your reputation with your own customers. That’s why you need a reliable, trustworthy supplier who you know won’t let you down on delivery.

All this leads to my two central messages. First, it pays real dividends to reflect on all possible procurement factors before you buy. Apart from installation ease / speed and training provision, these include the warranty period, life expectancy, accessories and options, customer service and support and the strength of the business relationship in terms of honesty, flexibility and delivery.

Secondly, ensure you choose your supply partners carefully. An honest, open and trusting business relationship is worth a lot more than money. The best partnerships also allow you to benefit from the latest product developments and working practices.

Time is money; invest it wisely.

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QUALITY ON TAP Introducing the new REFCO wireless and Bluetooth-enabled digital TAP (Temperature and Pressure) gauge set.

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he TAP gauge set is an ergonomic and user-friendly instrument, capable of measuring both temperature and pressure from the high and low sides of refrigeration and air conditioning systems.

The set features a digital pressure gauge that connects directly to the system.

The gauges come with a built-in library of over 50 different refrigerants, making the REFCO TAP a highly versatile piece of equipment.

The pressure gauges feature a Micro USB allowing the user to update the gauge and add the latest refrigerants on the market. This is vital as lower GWP refrigerants are becoming more common due to the F-Gas regulations. As new refrigerants are released onto the market the REFCO TAP gauge set can be updated and continue to be used.

REFCO celebrates 45 years, see Chilly Chatter, P56-57 In addition to the pressure gauge the TAP Set also features a wireless K-type temperature clamp. To use, simply clasp the clamp to the pipe, and its digital display will show the current temperature readings for the system.

The K-type temperature clamp can handle all pipe sizes between 6mm – 41mm

Bluetooth, simply select the refrigerant and the app will display the temperature and pressure the devices are reading.

You can then create and build a custom report to suit each site and email the results to the office or the customer, as either a pdf or excel file, allowing the engineer to keep accurate records without the need for paperwork.

The REFCO TAP set is at the forefront of refrigeration manifold technology. It is easy to use, efficient and accurate and several versions are available. (¼” – 1 5/8”). This ergonomic feature is simple to use and can save the engineer valuable time, as accurate temperatures can be taken without the need to disconnect any part of the system. Furthermore, measurements and calculation of superheat or sub cooling can be shown on the pressure gauge or the app.

Both the gauge and the clamp feature Bluetooth technology that can connect to the new REFCO app. To save the engineer time from checking all the parts individually a smartphone app has been developed that can monitor up to six TAP devices at one time. The app is both IOS and Android compatible. Both the pressure gauge and the K-Type temperature clamp can work standalone or with the app. The devices effortlessly connect to the app via

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PROTECTION DETAIL KEY TO CHILLER PERFORMANCE A data centre’s chillers are being protected from a growing threat of contamination following the fitting of air intake screens.

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he Hibernia Atlantic data centre is on a one acre site at Southport in Lancashire.

It is a remote location surrounded by �elds and the chiller cabinets would normally be subject to local airborne debris in the form of seed, pollen, leaves and insects. However, this quickly changed when adjacent land was sold o� for housebuilding development. The two-year development project has massively increased the amount of airborne debris, not only from increased tra�c but also the dust from construction.

Paul Hanstock Air Conditioning, which installed the chiller cabinets and provides quarterly servicing, recognised the potential problem and specified RABScreen air intake screens as the solution.

Energy savings

RAB Specialist Engineers surveyed the site and supplied and fitted large filter media up to 15ft in length to cover all sides of the three Daikin chiller cabinets.

Paul Hanstock, managing director of the air conditioning company, said: “We are really happy with the way the installation went and the RABScreens will certainly protect the coils and keep them contamination-free. From this experience, we are very likely to use RABScreens on another site later in the year”.

The screens are likely to reduce the maintenance requirements by the air conditioning company every quarter and there should also be energy savings through the more efficient running of the air conditioning system. Just 1mm of dirt can reduce efficiency by 21%.

Manufactured in the USA by Permatron, the RABScreen BHA air intake screen is a black engineered mesh, which is heavy duty and high abrasion resistant.

Incoming debris held in place on the mesh is easily removed by vacuum, brush or washing during regular maintenance.

Protecting the data centre’s equipment from incoming debris is expected to extend the life of disposable filters and save as much as 30% of input energy on chiller coils. This, together with labour saved by reducing cleaning and chemical

use, means that return on investment can be less than six months.

The screens are made of a black high abrasion (BHA) specification comprising a single layer of 9 x 9, 1000 denier multi polymer coated polyester mesh. They come with a ten-year UK warranty covering the media, grommets, final border and stitching.

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KEEPING YOUR COOL WHEN THE HEAT IS ON Poor power quality in HVAC systems prove costly for businesses. Steve Hughes, Managing Director of REO UK, explains how to keep the HVAC running cool when things get hot.

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ower quality is a term that many people use but few fully understand. Typically associated with a stable supply of mains electricity, power quality covers a range of problems, including the continuity of the supply of electricity, �uctuations and spikes in voltage and current, as well as transients or harmonic currents.

For years, power quality was a problem almost exclusively reserved for industrial applications. When manufacturers began using non-linear, switched, devices like variable speed drives (VSDs) to control the speed of a motor driving a conveyor belt, they had to pay attention to the effect these devices have on the mains supply.

The use of switch-mode power supplies (SMPS) results in harmonic currents in the electrical supply. Here, the current waveform expands to accommodate multiples of the fundamental 50Hz frequency. This means that the device using power is not only consuming more electricity — sending energy bills through the roof — but it can also cause motor windings and transformers to overheat and lead to inefficiency and possible breakdowns.

Industry standards

In recent years, the popularity of SMPS in computer systems and laptops, as well as in phone chargers and consumer electrical equipment, has created a power quality problem in HVAC applications.

Combine this with the fact that most buildings, offices and residential and commercial facilities have some form of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) it is easy to see the scale of the problem.

Poor power quality can damage HVAC components including heat exchangers, fans, pump motors, condensers and furnaces, reducing their lifespan and raising energy costs.

Facilities managers responsible for a building’s HVAC system are also obliged to meet industry standards such as EN61800-3, which specifies the limits of electromagnetic emissions, immunity levels and testing methods for power drive systems (PDS) — the parts of a VSD that control driven equipment.

Growing demand

The standard identifies four categories where PDSs can be used in one of two environments. The first

environment looks at domestic premises, low voltage networks, houses, apartments and residential buildings. The second looks at industrial buildings and those supplied by a dedicated transformer such as factories and plants. Depending on the category, the standard either lets anyone install the PDS or requires installation by a professional.

According to the standard, a PDS rated at less than 1000V can be installed by anyone in domestic premises. This is already causing problems as the demand for apartment buildings grows. Apartment buildings typically use more sophisticated building management systems, with electronics controlling the heating, lifts, extraction, doors, telecoms and internetover-mains connections, all of which can be compromised by poor power quality, ultimately hampering the user’s experience.

To enable facilities managers to use drives properly in their HVAC system, REO UK has developed an entire suite of products dedicated to eliminating power quality problems in HVAC applications. The REO Unity range comprises electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) filters, mains chokes, output chokes, sinewave filters and powerline filters.

So, the next time you feel like wearing your shorts to the office, make sure your HVAC system is running as cool as you look.

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DATA GROWTH HIGHLIGHTS VALUE OF CRITICAL COOLING Billy Durie, Aggreko Head of European Sector and Account Development, says the challenges of ensuring continuous operation will continue to increase as storage capacities rise.

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study1 has shown that 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created around the world every day. This is equivalent to 10 million Blu-ray discs, which if piled together, would be the height of four Ei�el Towers. As data volumes around the world continue to surge, so too does the pressure to increase capacity.

The volume of data being generated daily is growing at such an ever-increasing rate that businesses are increasingly responsible for ensuring it is stored effectively and securely. This presents a great opportunity for data centre construction and innovation to flourish.

In fact, research predicted that the global data centre construction market would grow from $14.59bn in 2014 to $22.73bn by 20192 .

In order to make the most of this projected growth, data centres need to run at their optimal performance.

The importance of this has never been greater. When constructing or maintaining a data centre’s operations, there is little room for error. It is essential to make sure critical systems, such as

200 kW of cooling for example, then there is a need to artificially create an environment with 200 kW of heat in order to test it. Generators, uninterrupted power supply (UPS), power distribution units, backup battery systems, chillers and cooling towers should all be put through their paces using a combination of loadbanks and heatloads. cooling, IT infrastructure and power generation, are performing at peak rates with minimal risk of failure.

The consequences of losing power or temperature systems during construction or maintenance are disastrous. But as storage capacities and data volumes continue to rise, so do the challenges of ensuring continuous operation.

When data centres are built, systems are put in place that needs 100 per cent up-time power. To ensure this, when systems are at the build stage they need to be tested thoroughly. Testing your power and cooling systems is crucial to ensuring the resilience of your site and loadbanks are used to prove the power works as it should. If air conditioning is required to cool a large data hall with

Central lifeline

Loadbanks are used to test electrical power supplies. They simulate variable electrical load conditions in a way that can be accurately controlled, measured and recorded. Factors such as weather and scale pose particular challenges and it’s important to test systems under duress in a variety of scenarios and plan for potential emergency situations.

Data centres could be viewed as either of two types of projects: construction or existing. Typically, new builds will need support maintaining humidity and temperature within a room, or for cooling concrete, or to ensure warranties are not voided on newly installed equipment due to condensation build-up. The need for heating and cooling varies

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depending on location. For example, staff at data centres in Norway may need comfort heating given the low ambient temperatures, whereas on the opposite end of the spectrum, working somewhere with soaring temperatures, like Arizona in the US, could need cool air in order for workers to operate in safety and comfort.

Once the data centre is up and running it is all about being reactive to emergencies or an immediate change in circumstance, such as if a compressor fails on a chiller system. It could be that due to an expansion or improvements to the data centre that more cooling is required in warmer summer months. New server units, for example, can result in higher power consumption and increased ambient temperatures, putting pressure on both existing power supplies and AC infrastructure.

Cooling is one of the central lifelines of a data centre and one of its main veins, alongside power. By renting additional cooling capacity for the precise time it is needed, customers avoid tying up capital in purchasing additional AC capacity that may remain under-used or redundant when temperatures return to normal. This introduces inefficiencies and exaggerated running costs. With the increasing regularity of temperature and seasonal fluctuations, Aggreko is being increasingly called on by data centre operators to support this particular requirement.

Despite this, commissioning is still a valuable quality assurance exercise that results in long-term cost-effectiveness.

At this stage, a data centre’s physical infrastructures and systems are tested holistically, to ensure the highest level of reliability and resilience. Testing also demonstrates whether equipment is ready to cope with a data centre’s variable operating requirements.

Back-up power

It’s important to ensure this equipment is maintained at optimal temperatures to help prevent a build-up of moisture that could potentially damage equipment and risk it malfunctioning when it’s eventually

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switched on. It also helps preserve equipment warranties, which could be deemed void if operating temperatures are not adhered to.

Most data centres will have a batterypowered UPS system in place, which can be safeguarded by correct cooling technologies. The batteries powering the UPS need to be kept cool and at a steady temperature, as an increase in temperature could reduce efficiency or permanently damage them. Batteries will last longest and operate at their best when kept at temperatures between 20-25 degrees Centigrade. Tests have shown that raising the temperature of a battery by 15 per cent can reduce its life by 50 per cent3 .

AC/DC reactive and resistive loadbanks provide periodic testing of the UPS autonomy time to determine whether it could cope with the site load in the event it is called upon. The batteries also need to be discharged from time to time to prove the UPS could recharge them within an acceptable timeframe to avoid a break in power, should the unthinkable happen.

Battery temperatures will fluctuate as they charge and discharge so it’s important to consider the lifespan and preservation of your data centre’s UPS system when installing cooling infrastructures. Well preserved batteries will perform better when an emergency hits and could be the difference between hours of downtime and finding a more sustainable back-up power source.

Downtime can be catastrophic for a data centre. Black Friday is considered to be one of the busiest days in the retail industry’s

calendar, particularly in the US, with millions of transactions being processed around the world every minute. Data centres play a crucial part, enabling retailers to process those transactions, so when one facility needed to upgrade its cooling system around this time, it relied on Aggreko to ensure it was able to remain up and running.

Temporary system

For this specific project, we knew that every 10 minutes of downtime had the potential to create losses of more than $200 million.

The facility faced two weeks without cooling, but our engineers and cooling tower specialists teamed up to design a temporary cooling system that met needs and also handled increased loads over the busy holiday period.

The system combined chillers, cooling towers and generators – plus a standby system in case of failure. It was specially designed to improve cooling water performance and ensure reliable, nonstop availability.

Our cooling system kept the climate within the data centre at an optimal temperature for two weeks. None of their critical equipment needed to be switched off, which meant that holiday shopping could continue at pace. With the contingency back-up giving the facility’s operators complete peace of mind, the holy grail of data centres - non-stop availability was achieved.

Cooling is critical to the resilience and function of every data centre and the Black Friday example demonstrates how important it is to have the right infrastructures in place.

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COOLING ON THE EDGE Mike Hayes, applications specialist at DencoHappel, outlines the considerations to take into account when specifying a cooling solution for decentralised data centres.

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he rise of streaming services such as Net�ix and BBC iPlayer as well as a host of other online, cloud-based services means that now, more than ever before, people need access to data quickly and e�ciently.

Edge computing plays an important role in the quick transfer of data. Without edge data centres, many of the services we rely on each and every day would fail to run.

Often based in comparatively old, redundant, commercial spaces, it can be difficult to manage the climate and ensure that the servers have the correct conditions they need in order to operate efficiently and effectively, without failing.

But apart from sizing a cooling system to match the heat output and optimising energy efficiency, what other factors should specifiers consider when choosing a solution for this most tricky of environments?

Scalability and flexibility

Scalability and flexibility can be key factors in the decision-making process behind which cooling system would be best to use in an edge data centre application.

The modular nature of these sites is usually dictated by the need to increase capacity in stages as further subscribers are signed up.

Often, edge data centres will be set up to be dynamic in order to meet changing requirements. Should the need increase for edge computing microcentres in the north of England, for example, the company operating the data centre will simply shift stock IT hardware to the relevant sites in order to process data in a suitable location,

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while alleviating oversupply of equipment to quieter locations. When servers can be moved from site to site this quickly, it is important to have a cooling solution which can also be fully operational within short lead times.

All of this means that cooling solutions with large amounts of fixed site infrastructure are largely inappropriate for edge data centres. Instead, those that can be scaled up or down in a modular way should be considered, as well as units that are easily transportable so that they can be moved to key sites when necessary.

This way, the cooling equipment can be quickly deployed wherever it is needed, no matter how many servers the data centre owner has on site. For example, each of our Multi-DENCO unit requires only a single set of small-bore refrigeration pipework between the indoor and outdoor equipment, similar in size to a domestic central heating system.

This can be installed or modified very quickly and at low cost to achieve the required flexibility.

Reliability

Always a key consideration when it comes to data centres, reliability is of extra importance when it comes to edge computing. Losses created by downtime can have a catastrophic effect on business, both in financial and reputational terms.

IT downtime for any business can be devastating – consider, for example, the case of British Airways’ computer crash earlier this year which was estimated to have cost the company around £58million and led to numerous cancelled flights.

The result was a substantial, detrimental and lasting impact to the company’s reputation with its customers.

As we look to the future we can only expect an increase in the widespread need for latency-sensitive data.

Driverless cars, for example, will need constant access to a server in order to function correctly, something that will be vitally important for ensuring the safety of passengers and other road users.

Any cooling system recommended for this environment, then, must deliver the utmost reliability, ensuring a constant, suitable temperature throughout the data centre 24 hours a day, alleviating the risk

of downtime and allowing access to the stored data whenever it is needed.

In fact, to provide redundancy, one or two additional units are often specified to provide back-up should any unit fail.

The use of electronically commutated (EC) fans in both indoor and outdoor units, together with speed controlled refrigeration compressors, means that energy efficiency is much greater when operating at less than design loadings.

For this reason it is customary to keep any back-up systems online, which not only provides ‘hot’ standby, but also ensures extra units earn their keep by reducing energy consumption to a minimum.

Space

With little space to play with inside an edge data centre, any cooling systems must be carefully designed to ensure they can be moved to and will fit into the smallest of areas. Enough room also needs to be left so that access can be gained for maintenance without sacrificing footprint for server racks and IT equipment. Often, the use of the

smallest quantity of highest capacity units is not the best solution.

The space challenge is not confined to the interior; sufficient outdoor areas should be allocated for external units of a cooling system. If outdoor space is limited, manufacturers such as DencoHappel can offer compact solutions. For example, we offer a hybrid unit which combines both the condenser and freecooling drycooler for heat rejection. Although slightly less efficient than having separate systems, this is often chosen when external space is at a premium, as it takes up no more room than a system without freecooling.

There are many issues which are unique to setting up edge data centres. Moreover, the stakes are so high with little room for error. But by carefully considering the kind of cooling solution suitable for this environment, specification engineers can minimise the potential for downtime and provide the flexibility their customers need in this fast-moving industry. www.flaktgroup.com

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THE HYBRID REVOLUTION How installation of a Grant VortexAir allowed for immediate restoration of heating to property.

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roviding a bridge between renewables and traditional heating methods, Grant UK says its VortexAir Hybrid unlocks the benefits of green energy to off-gas households. It combines an Aerona³ inverter driven air source heat pump with a VortexBlue oil-fired boiler and in distress purchase situations, allows for the immediate restoration

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of a property’s heating, while also enabling homeowners to introduce cleaner energy into their homes.

A 17-year-old oil boiler in a fourbedroom detached house in Dalrymple, south of Ayr, was in need of upgrading.

The property was built around 1990, with a radiator wet system and domestic hot water cylinder being heated by a system oil-fired boiler. When it became

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apparent that their old oil boiler needed replacing, the homeowners decided that they wanted to incorporate greener heating technology into their home. This installation was completed

by MCA Renewables, a Grant G-One Accredited Installer based in Glasgow.

“The building’s heat loss calculation was 12.8kW so we decided to install the smaller Grant VortexAir Hybrid which includes a 16kW Aerona³ heat pump with a 15/21kW VortexBlue oil boiler,” explains Terry Doherty, of MCA Renewables.

Grant says the VortexAir Hybrid provides engineers with flexibility when it comes to installation. The oil boiler and heat pump can either be installed at the same time or in two-stages, when the oil boiler is installed first to quickly restore a home’s heat and hot water with the heat pump being installed at a later date.

Furthermore, the Hybrid’s oil boiler can either be sited internally as a stand-alone unit or externally alongside the heat pump depending on the availability of space.

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For this installation, both components were fitted at the same time with the oil boiler being installed outside with the heat pump (which is always externally sited) to create a single unit. The property’s existing radiator system was already suited to oil so there was no need to resize and replace the radiators to accommodate the introduction of a heat pump.

“The Hybrid was so easy to install and commission. The unit has been running for a week now and when the air temperature is under 10°C, the oil boiler kicks in to bring up the temperature to assist the heat pump,” said David Mawhinney, one of the installing engineers.

The Grant VortexAir utilises an advanced control system which automatically monitors the system temperatures, seamlessly switching the unit to the most effective heating mode (heat pump, oil, or a combination of both). In addition, the heat pump is eligible for the Government’s Renewable Heat Incentive, being MCS approved and meter ready. Consequently, this unique Hybrid can not only reduce a household’s fuel bills, it can also earn them financial rewards via the Domestic RHI Scheme. www.grantuk.com

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RECORD GROWTH FOR STIEBEL ELTRON S

tiebel Eltron UK is celebrating record growth for the �rst half of 2017. Turnover at the heating products manufacturer rose by 16 per cent last year, thanks to an increased product range and expansion into the leisure and hospitality industries.

This is double 2016’s growth rate on the previous year and has resulted in three recent senior appointments.

Amber Larkin brings transferrable mechanical skills Vauxhall Motors in Ellesmere Port to strengthen the technical desk at head office, while Andrew Probert

Mark McManus - Stiebel Eltron UK Managing Director

has joined as a service manager for the south after working in the mechanical and heating industries as an installation engineer. Andrew Buttree has joined as key account manager, a business development role working alongside architects and developers to create new specifications in the residential sector.

Mark McManus, Stiebel Eltron UK Managing Director, said: “We are seeing increased demand across the residential and commercial markets and have a number of innovative new products in research and development as we speak.’’ www.stiebel-eltron.co.uk

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BEST OF BOTH WORLDS Iain Bevan, Commercial Director for Heating and Renewables at Daikin UK, discusses how installers can offer customers the best of both worlds by recommending hybrid heating solutions, which combine the familiarity of a gas-condensing boiler with the efficiency of renewable heat pump technology.

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hen sourcing a heating solution, installers and customers review various factors, including system efficiency, cost and a property’s location, before selecting the best option.

With continued legislation changes within the heat pump sector and renewable heating technology vastly evolving, installers are becoming increasingly aware of the potential that heat pumps can possess for their customers. But while a heat pump’s vast benefits are becoming increasingly apparent, homeowners can be timid when considering the move from traditional heating technology to a renewable solution.

To support the use of renewable heating solutions such as air source heat pumps, the Government has begun its reform of the Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI).

Taking place in September this year, the Government’s consultation response detailed encouraging signs. The consultation says reforms ‘will support growth in the size of the market and improvements in the quality of the supply chain’. The reform also includes ‘growing installation numbers over the next four years and beyond’ and aims to ‘improve clarity on support levels for investors in these projects and aid financial decision-making’.

Essentially, this means the reform will help heat pumps to become an attractive option for installers and their customers, and further increase the benefits of these technologies through the reformed RHI.

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In addition, the Government’s Clean Growth Strategy is also geared to welcoming the rise of innovative technologies such as heat pumps and

hybrid solutions. Highlighted as having ‘the potential to support the scale of change needed’, heat pump technology is referenced throughout the report showcasing the Government’s support of the technology.

With the aim of reducing energy bills and improving air quality, while supporting new technologies, the Government’s strategy also suggests ‘all new homes off the gas grid from mid-2020s being heated by a low carbon system, such as a heat pump’. This clearly demonstrates the growth potential of the sector and the upcoming opportunities for the industry.

Indeed, allocating further funding and increasing awareness surrounding renewable heating solutions is helping to change what is, still in some areas, innovative, new and not fully understood technology.

To offer customers the best of both worlds in terms of energy efficiency and carbon emissions, hybrid solutions such as the Daikin Altherma Hybrid heat pump are the ideal solution. Providing the familiarity of a gas condensing boiler and the renewable benefits of air source heat pump technology, hybrid heating systems can offer customers a recognisable solution and therefore additional peace of mind.

Designed to fit in the same space as a traditional boiler, the Hybrid outdoor and indoor units are seamlessly connected through small diameter refrigerant pipework. Not only does this ensure a quick installation, it also means the gas boiler can be commissioned and installed before the heat pump unit, providing a fully functioning heating system in rapid time. For customers new to renewable heating technology, this can be a significant factor in aiding the selection of a low-carbon solution.

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An additional benefit of a hybrid system is its two heating modes: ecological and economical.

For the former, the user can choose to minimise their systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ecological impact by limiting its carbon emissions.

When using the latter mode, the smart control automatically chooses the most cost-effective heating solution based on electricity and gas energy prices, heat pump efficiency and heat load. This means the more hybrid heat pump system runs, the greater savings made on household bills - saving up to an impressive 35% more energy than traditional condensing boilers.

The Altherma Hybrid Heat pump is also engineered with a unique dual heat exchanger. Using condensing technology, the hybrid system produces heating and domestic hot water up to 15 per cent more efficiently than a boiler alone.

Government initiatives such as the RHI and the continued drive towards low carbon heating solutions present business growth opportunities for installers. By partnering with leading manufacturers that offer comprehensive product portfolios including hybrid solutions, installers can reassure more timid customers and offer them the best of both worlds: the familiarity of a gas condensing boiler, with the efficiency of a renewable air source heat pump. www.daikin.co.uk

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PILOT SYSTEM AIMS TO TACKLE FUEL POVERTY Communal ground source scheme designed to halve bills for residents in historic village.

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ousing association residents in a development of 49 one and two-bedroom bungalows in Herefordshire are set to have their heating bills halved as work begins on the installation of a communal ground source heating system.

Burton Gardens is close to the centre of the rural village of Weobley, part of the famous ‘Black and White Village Trail’. The Burton Gardens ground source heat pump retrofit scheme is being piloted by leading social housing provider Stonewater with the aim of providing residents with a warmer and cheaper home heating system that will save them hundreds of pounds annually on their energy bills.

Stonewater is working with Britishmanufacturer Kensa Heat Pumps on the pilot retrofit scheme which is due for completion in December this year.

The Kensa Shoebox ground source heat pumps will replace residents’ expensive electric night storage heaters and immersion hot water heating systems.

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“With rising energy costs forcing more vulnerable people into fuel poverty as we approach winter this year, there is a real need for social landlords and housing providers to help tackle the problem which affects thousands of people across the UK,” says Nick Harris, Stonewater’s Chief Executive. “Effective measures such as replacing night storage heaters with more efficient, affordable and carbonfriendly home-heating technologies, can make a big difference to people’s lives, particularly their health and wellbeing.

“An average two-bedroom bungalow typically costs £800 a year to heat with night storage heaters, compared with £390 from a ground source heat pump which is less than half the cost. Our Burton Gardens residents will see a significant reduction in their energy bills with their new ground source heat pump system, which will enable them to heat their homes at an affordable cost and stay warm and comfortable during the cold winter months.”

The scheme’s communal ‘micro district’ design – where a Kensa Shoebox heat pump installed inside each bungalow is connected to one of 25 communal boreholes - ensures eligibility for Energy Company Obligation

(ECO) funding provided by Kensa’s unique partnership with EDF Energy, along with twenty years of income through the Non Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).

The micro district design also avoids the need for a plant room, and provides complete heating independence to the tenants who are free to switch energy providers. Each resident will also receive a new hot water cylinder and radiators in place of the old night storage units.

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Stonewater’s ground source heat pump upgrade in Burton Gardens is costing the housing organisation £700,000 to install.

The scheme, which is being subsidised by an upfront ECO grant of £95,000, has an expected payback of 16 years with Stonewater receiving an additional £800,0000 income over 20 years from the Government’s non-domestic RHI scheme.

David Broom, Kensa Heat Pumps’ Technical Sales Manager, said: “For every ground source heat pump installed at Burton Gardens we are taking the equivalent carbon emissions from two cars off the road. Add to this energy security and affordability becoming an increasingly important issue, it is vital to work with forward-thinking housing providers like Stonewater, to improve the condition of the UK’s housing stock.

Through the borehole installations we are providing an infrastructure which will deliver 75% of the heat required for these properties, for free, for the next 100 years. The homes will be warmer and more comfortable for residents as the cost of heating is significantly reduced, plus they are also protected from future cost increases as the majority of the energy required comes from underneath their garden.”

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Paul Lawrence is the new Managing Director of chiller, fan coil and heat pump manufacturer Aermec UK. He replaces Rex Murden, who has retired after more than 30 years in the industry.

Lawrence, who has more than 18 years of HVAC experience, moves from his previous role as Aermec’s Sales and Service Director, responsible for the P&L of the capital side and the service side of Aermec UK’s business and a key part of the company’s UK leadership team. As well as growing the company organically, he will be developing the product offering and exploring new markets.

He said: “Aermec has a strong reputation for delivering robust engineered solutions. Our highly skilled engineers combine innovation and valueadded benefits that help maximise efficiencies, from commercial buildings to high density mission critical computing facilities. I am looking forward to developing our customer base, driving new product development and growing the business.”

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Daikin UK has appointed Iain Bevan as Commercial Director for Heating and Renewables, while Martyn Ford is now National Sales Manager for Domestic and Renewable Heating.

Iain joined Daikin in 2010 as National Sales Manager for Renewable Heating and was responsible for delivering the UK sales strategy. He has extensive knowledge of the renewable and domestic heating market and previously spent 12 years at heating manufacturer Vaillant as Divisional Sales Manager before overseeing his own company, GLT Services.

He said: “I’m looking forward to expanding the company’s specification and installer network, to ensure that as the heating sector evolves Daikin’s range of Altherma heat pumps are at the forefront of the industry.”

Martyn has been at Daikin UK for nearly 10 years and his new role will see him focus on delivering the UK sales strategy through the installer and specification channels. He spent 12 years at Valliant before joining Daikin UK in 2008 as a Sales Engineer for the South West region.

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Heating and plumbing specialist Altecnic has strengthened its nationwide salesforce with the appointment of Graham Heap as Area Sales Manager.

He previously spent 13 years as Account Manager at Ariston Thermo, an Italian corporation that produces heating systems and related products.

Graham said: “I have been interested in plumbing and heating since I left school and I’ve been aware of Altecnic for many years as a market-leading name in top quality plumbing and heating fittings. Altecnic already has an excellent customer base but there is plenty more to go at so I’m looking forward to increasing the company’s market share and satisfying a wide range of new and existing customers.”

Altecnic Managing Director Alan Sherwin said: “Graham has so much experience and knowledge of the industry that we are confident he will make a big difference to how we work with existing customers and how we encourage others that Altecnic should be the automatic first choice when they are specifying heating and plumbing products.”

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Cleanroom and laboratory design and construction specialist Boulting Environmental Services (BES) has appointed healthcare construction expert Gavin Statham as business development director. The company has experienced rapid growth and has moved to larger offices to allow further.

Previously a senior project manager for systems integration at Olympus Keymed, Gavin has worked on specialist healthcare projects including the construction of cleanrooms and operating theatres. He is both an engineer and a commercial specialist, having developed a virtual reality (VR) platform to showcase the designs of each complex facility in true 3D full scale 360 degree to potential clients. BES’ new director is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineers.

He said: “BES already works with several leading pharmaceutical companies.

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OCEANAIR AND FUJITSU CELEBRATE 15-YEAR PARTNERSHIP ON GOLF DAY

The third Oceanair UK Annual Golf Day also marked the company’s 15-year partnership with Fujitsu.

The event Erewash Valley Golf Club, Ilkeston, saw 32 contractors and consultants enjoying the Stableford competition. Winner Ian Stevenson of Climate Control was presented with a Bose sound system by Tony Evanson, Managing Director of Oceanair and Nick Wilks of Fujitsu, who jointly sponsored the event.

Each of the Par 3 holes had a nearest the pin competition, with sponsors ACR Journal and CCM of Mansfield donating prizes.

The course was in excellent condition and players were kept supplied with food and refreshments by Oceanair staff… with pork pies a highlight of the day! Dinner was at the nearby Novotel Nottingham, where comedian Lea Roberts entertained before prizes were presented to the winners.

The Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People was the real winner as £255 was raised for the charity through the sale of mulligans which went to the Charity.

Among the riders Joe Rose, Head of Group Marketing, who presented a cheque to Mikayla Bernstein, Corporate Fundraiser at Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice. Joe said: “We are very proud to support Chestnut Tree House, which offers support to families of local children with life-shortening conditions and is a crucial lifeline for many families in the area.”

The Sussex-based children’s hospice cares for and supports children and young adults from East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire who are unlikely to reach adulthood. It has a base in nearby Eastbourne for its team of Community nurses who care for children in their own homes across the county. http://www.chestnut-tree-house.org.uk/handsup

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REFCO MARKS 45 YEARS OF SUCCESS

REFCO welcomed more than 100 guests from 30 countries to Lucerne to help celebrate its 45th anniversary.

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CIAT is expanding its offering with the launch of a range of high-performance DX air conditioners. ₀ T he Stella high-wall split system offers full reversible operation under inverter control, Wi-Fi enabled control and monitoring. ₀ T he flexible Mambo small commercial range of floor-standing console air conditioners features full inverter control and reversible heat pump operation. ₀ T he Salsa cassette heat pump air conditioner has a 360 degree air-flow design to ensure even temperature distribution across a room, without creating draughts for occupants. ₀ The new slim CIAT ducted range offers nominal cooling capacities from 3.52kW to 15.54kW and heating from 3.8kW to 17.6kW. ₀ C ompleting the range is a series of CIAT multi-split outdoor condensing units, with options capable of serving between two and five indoor units.

Applied Design & Engineering has completed a successful field trial of its new integral refrigerated grab & go cabinet at a food to go outlet in London.

The prototype Crivat model, with patented Aircell technology, provides a range of food to go focused features. Reduced energy consumption of over 30 per cent delivers cost savings, while tighter holding temperature means that food stays fresh for longer and minimal cold air spillage improves customer comfort levels.

The cabinet has a larger shelf display area than display cases with similar footprints, ensuring that there is more product on the shelves. Over a three-week test period at Le Pain Quotidien food to go outlet in Soho energy consumption of the cabinet was measured as 33 per cent less than the store’s existing open front multi deck display.

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Samsung has extended its wallmounted heating and cooling range by adding two large wall units to its product line up. The first is a 10kW split system providing 50m pipe length capability and A+ energy efficiency. It allows two indoor units to be combined with a 20kW condenser to create a 20kW twin split system solution.

Samsung has already received interest from the education sector on the new range, where 10kW capacity requirements are typically met by ceiling suspended units. A new 9.3kW wall unit has also been added to the DVM (VRF) range.

Andrew Faulkner, Commercial Manager of Air Conditioning, said: “Delivering the best air conditioning products to customers is our number one priority at Samsung. We know that different sectors require different heating and cooling solutions, and we are delighted that our new wall mounted range provides such an energy efficient solution for the education sector.” www.samsung.com/uk/dvms

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