Automation & Controls - Case Studies
Florida-based tanker transportation and fleet management company, Oakley Transport is no stranger to success. Its roots date back to 1961, starting out as an independent citrus fruit broker, before entering into the harvest and hauling sector of the citrus industry. Specialized tanker transport In 1986, Oakley Transport diversified into the transport of liquid food grade products and quickly became one of the top transporters in specialized tanker transportation services. And just four years a...
Global thermal and energy management supplier Hanon Systems announces the company is supplying their innovative R744 heat pump components to the Volkswagen Group for its global MEB platform. Designed specifically for battery-powered and electric vehicles, the first to market R744 heat pump components enable a single solution that delivers cabin comfort in cold or warm conditions with low power consumption. Heat pump systems "Based on our own market insight and engagement with global vehicle m...
The nationwide lockdown in November, which was necessary due to the high number of infections in the second corona wave, has been accompanied by considerable restrictions. It is therefore all the more important to continue to secure the indispensable work in public institutions and especially, teaching in schools. In order to provide a decisive solution to the problem, Viessmann has developed a new air ventilation unit, the Vitovent 200-P. This is a unique hybrid ventilation unit that provides...
Carrier Air-conditioning Sales & Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Carrier China) was selected by Guangzhou Respiratory Center to provide advanced heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) solutions to help protect the health and safety of patients and medical staff. Carrier China will provide solutions available through Carrier’s Healthy Buildings Program to help improve indoor air quality in the center. Carrier China will also install high-efficiency chillers and heat pumps to co...
Boiler manufacturers Baxi Heating and Worcester Bosch have installed hydrogen burning boilers at ‘HyStreet’, in specially built demonstration houses at DNV GL’s specialist test site at Spadeadam in Northumberland, United Kingdom. The site has been used to complete over 200 tests, researching and proving the safety of converting homes and gas networks to hydrogen. The project is part of H21, a Network Innovation Competition project sponsored by Ofgem. Northern Gas Networks is l...
Axiom Solutions are a professional building consultancy and project managers offering high quality project work through to design and build construction solutions for clients. Adcock was tasked with a challenging project from a long-standing customer looking to install Air Conditioning, utilizing heat recovery VRF systems and Heat Recovery Ventilation systems for fresh air supply throughout a 5 story building in Hatton Garden, London. The project had a limited available footprint for condensers...
Accommodating significant fleet growth and modernization, one of North America’s renowned refrigerated trucking companies, KLLM Transport Services, is adding 1,400 new Utility trailers refrigerated by Carrier Transicold units, equipped with the eSolutions telematics platform and TRU-Mount solar charging systems. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, a globally renowned provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions. “Thanks to...
Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Ltd. (Adcock) looks after all the air conditioning, water chillers and AHU equipment at the Birmingham site, where Smurfit Kappa provides a reliable service for cardboard and paper recycling. Quarterly maintenance and service Adcock carries out maintenance visits every quarter and has engineers on hand to provide 24-hours support to assist the smooth site’s operation. The condenser and evaporator coils get clogged up quickly due to the hum...
Phillips County Health Systems (PCHS) is committed to providing safe, high-quality patient care and to further enhance this commitment, PCHS has invested in an innovative Clorox Healthcare® UVDI-360® System to bring advanced, ultraviolet (UV) technology to the hospital and medical clinic’s existing patient safety and infection-fighting protocols. These innovative Clorox Healthcare® UVDI-360® Systems now complement PCHS’ comprehensive infection control plan, which co...
Panasonic is currently working on developing technology for cold chain solutions that can deliver freshly picked fruits and vegetables from production sites to selling areas more efficiently and as fresh as possible. Safety, reliability, and freshness are the core of the food supply chain. What achieves freshness, in particular, is a technology that quickly pre-cools the fruits and vegetables during the pre-transportation stage after being harvested in the production areas. Panasonic's end-to-e...
BG Energy Solutions (BGES) has been appointed to design building management systems for Keadby 2, a new 840MW gas-fired power station under construction in North Lincolnshire. Keadby 2 power station Keadby 2 is expected to become the cleanest and most-efficient gas-fired power station in Europe, enabling the UK to move away from coal in the 2020s and to integrate more renewables into the power grid. It will also be capable of being upgraded to further decarbonize its generation through carbon...
Companies in every industry rely on innovation, especially those working in the medical field. However, when the pandemic hit, it was ironically a technology that’s been around for ages that have been a significant tool in the fight against COVID-19. UltraViolet devises Inc. in Valencia is a pioneer in UV-C, which uses disinfecting robots sent to hospitals across the nation and worldwide, including Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, to curb the spread of coronavirus and other infectious di...
The Vineland Veterans Home, located in Vineland, New Jersey, is the state’s oldest veteran’s home, continually operating since 1899. The Vineland Home has provided services to New Jersey Veterans from every war or armed conflict since the Civil War. Their new state-of-the-art, Medicare-certified nursing home was built in 2005 and accommodates up to 300 residents. Dilution Ventilation Dilution ventilation decreases harmful exposures to all indoor contaminants by replacing stale air...
Integrated Viral Protection (IVP) has announced their first municipality partnership with the City of Baytown, Texas to take further steps to enhance their indoor safety measures, by incorporating its Biodefense Indoor Air Protection System designed to instantly eliminate 99.999 percent of airborne COVID-19 virus particles. Biodefense Indoor Air Protection IVP’s Biodefense Indoor Air Protection System is an air-heated filtration system IVP’s Biodefense Indoor Air Protection System...
Iceland is a high street supermarket chain with 800+ stores across the UK selling frozen and chilled food and groceries. Famous for its pedigree in frozen foods, Iceland worked with Airedale to deliver a standard, optimized, control system which could be applied across all stores to maintain store environments and produce significant energy cost savings. Iceland required a standardized control system that could be integrated into all of the retailer’s stores for both new cooling plant and...
Airedale International’s design engineers, service and controls experts formed part of a multi-disciplinary team managing a complex chiller design, manufacture and installation project involving two 40-minute helicopter lift operations onto the roof of the London offices of a global professional services firm. The team, comprising Norland Managed Services, Plant Movements and Helirig, called for high performance chiller design combined with meticulous planning to minimize disruption to bu...
Custodian Data Center, winner of the Data Center Leaders Awards ‘Green’ category, designed its data center with the highest environmental efficiencies in mind. Working in direct partnership, Airedale designed and built an intelligent, energy efficient data center cooling solution that significantly reduces the need for mechanical cooling and provides fresh air free cooling up to 80% of the year. Preventative maintenance solution Airedale was selected for its ability to design and...
Egton Medical Information Systems Ltd (EMIS), based in Leeds, is estimated to hold the data for around 39 million patient records. It is the supplier of healthcare software and related services to GP practices. EMIS required a new 24/7 data center as expansion to the existing facility in order to increase its secure and resilient capacity as it extends its range of services to GPs. The data center incorporates a highly efficient, reliable cooling and monitoring solution designed by Airedale. &l...
The Tower of London is one of six historic buildings under the care of independent charity, Historic Royal Palaces (HRP). As one of Britain’s most important historic buildings, and home to priceless treasures including the Crown Jewels, it is vital that any works commissioned by HRP deliver best value-for-money and reliability. Principal contractor, EV Bullen, was responsible for the execution of the project from the design phase through to practical completion and handover. Delivering c...
Karndean Designflooring UK has been bringing nature’s influence and cutting edge design to homes and commercial businesses with beautiful floors since 1973. Adcock was appointed to survey, design and install energy-efficient heat recovery heating, cooling and ventilation systems to Karndean Designflooring Head Quarters in Evesham. To meet building regulations, Adcock Engineers chose to incorporate a new Daikin heat recovery fresh air ventilation system to the ground floor Training and Tes...
One might have heard of a creative DIYer converting an old 40-foot shipping container into a tiny house, but has anyone heard of using the container as a farm? Vertical Roots, a Charleston-based company in SC, uses retired shipping containers to create indoor hydroponic lettuce farms. Hydroponics is a soilless cultivation practice that uses nutrient-rich water to grow plants. The company is able to use this process to create high functioning farms within the metal containers. Lettuce producing...
McCormick has been the company to turn to for flavor expertise since 1889. In the food service and beverages division of McCormick (UK) Ltd, the company provides a broad range of herbs and spices for restaurants, hotels, chefs and food catering establishments. Schwartz is the forerunner brand in their diverse brand portfolio. Climaventa water chiller Mitie Technical Facilities Management (Mitie), the globally renowned facilities management and HVAC equipment servicing firm, had been called upo...
Whole Foods recently announced its launch of a new food redistribution program, “Nourishing our Neighborhoods.” Under the program, Whole Foods Market is donating a fleet of 21 Thermo King refrigerated vans to community-based food rescue and redistribution programs to expand their capacity and capability to move food from where it’s available to where it’s needed most. The refrigerated vans were upfitted by Thermo King customer Delivery Concepts, in partnership with Therm...
Located just a few miles south of Birmingham City Centre in Birmingham, the Spire Parkway Hospital provides wide range of private hospital treatments and specialist medical care to patients, coming from across the Midlands region and beyond in the United Kingdom. Thanks to a wealth of knowledge and experience within the healthcare industry, Adcock (Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Ltd) was awarded a maintenance contract at the hospital to look after their climate control system and ref...
London Data Exchange (LDeX) provides purpose-built, enterprise-grade, network-independent, colocation space and high quality data center solutions designed to deliver total confidence. With extensive server rack capacity, LDeX builds, manages and maintains its own data center facilities with total resilience built in as standard. London Data Exchange prides itself in never having experienced a moment of downtime since it started operating. In line with LDeX’s requirements, Airedale Intern...
Aggreko, the provider of portable modular power, temperature control, and energy services, is set to power the 2020 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open, which tees off at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick. Supplementary power Aggreko will be providing supplementary power to the three-day event, which sees 156 players compete for a share of the $1.5 million prize fund. The services that Aggreko provides will support the smooth running of the event, powering critica...
Adcock has been looking after the refrigeration and air conditioning equipment at 'ALS Global' in Chatteris, the provider of food and drinks testing services, since 2007. They recently attended site to carry out routine maintenance works to their mobile transport chiller cold room which has been onsite for nearly 20 years. Excellent customer service Following the visit they are pleased to say that the equipment has been restored to its former glory. This loyalty was earned through the quality...
Flax House is a five-story Victorian building with red brick, warehouse style construction, located on Adelaide Street, in the Linen Quarter of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Originally home to handkerchief manufacturer, McBride & Williams, the warehouse building was designed by Young & Mackenzie and built in the 1906-07 period. Straidorn Properties acquired 83-91 Adelaide Street, in 2016, after it had been derelict for 30 years. Flax House The refurbished and fully extended Flax House no...
Adcock (Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Ltd) was appointed by Savage and Sons Electrical Ltd to design and install an efficient climate control solution for The Gym Group in Swindon, United Kingdom. Adcock engineering team supplied, installed and commissioned 6 Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning systems, along with a RMI remote monitoring system. RMI remote monitoring system The RMI is the ideal solution for property managers, hotel and leisure operators, who, whether they are in...
Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems and Fischer Homes have announced a multi-year agreement to feature Bryant heating and cooling equipment in every new home built by the Erlanger, Kentucky-based Company. As part of the agreement, Bryant equipment will be installed in more than 2,000 homes each year, in markets including Atlanta, Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis and Louisville. Building automation technologies Bryant, a supplier of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC)...
