HVAC Plumbing - Case Studies
When TV channel Canal+ wanted to create a comfortable indoor environment, with a system that would meet strict energy performance criteria, France Energie stole the show with its UtCi 4in1, mini-reversible heat pumps. The new Canal+ head office covers some 42,000 m2 in the iconic Sways building, Issy-les-Moulineaux. The project has innovation and energy efficiency at its core, being rated at an impressive BREEAM level "Excellent", NF HQE "Exceptional", BBC Effinergie, E2C1, and R2S 3 stars.&nbs...
Working with East Cambridgeshire District Council, Palace Green Homes is in the final phase of a new 54-home residential development in the Cambridgeshire village of Haddenham, United Kingdom (UK), with 19 affordable housing properties for the Haddenham Community Land Trust (CLT). Panasonic and specialist heating and cooling distributor, Oceanair, worked with CG Plumbing to provide each property with sustainable heating and domestic hot water via Panasonic’s Aquarea Mono-bloc air to water...
Gloucester City Council has recently relocated and completed a refurbishment of a 700 sq. meters office space in the East Shopping Centre of the town. The Council has set net zero targets for 2030 and was looking for a sustainable and energy efficient system to cool and heat their new office space to replace an old gas boiler, plus wanted to ensure that the indoor air quality (IAQ) catered for the well-being of their employees and visitors. Panasonic Mini ECOi 10HP system installed The premis...
A new residential development of 22 private family homes in County Meath, Dublin, Ireland, has been installed with Panasonic Aquarea 7kW Monobloc Air-to-Water heat pumps, in order to provide energy efficient heating and hot water. North City builders and installers - MOS Mechanical, wanted to ensure the heating system was of good quality, compliant with the latest regulations, and delivered on reliability, long-term sustainability, and cost savings for the new homeowners. 5kW Aquarea monobloc...
PARAT Halvorsen AS will deliver 2 pcs 50MW High Voltage Electrode Hot Water Boilers to Fortum Power and Heat Oy in Suomenoja for District Heat production. The delivery includes 2 modern Power to Heat boilers for Hot Water with a design temperature of 184°C and design pressure of 10 barg. They will be connected to a 10.5kV connection. PARAT will also deliver Control Panel, Circulation Pump, Heat Exchanger, Feedwater Pump, and Blow Down Tank. PARAT will deliver the complete piping...
PARAT Halvorsen AS will supply the 10MW 10kV, High Voltage Electrode Boiler for hot water with a control cabinet and control system to the district heating company. IEH High Voltage Electrode Boiler The IEH High Voltage Electrode Boiler for hot water is used for district heating and Primary Grid regulation. The 10MW Electrode Boiler has a design temperature of 168°C and a design pressure of 6 Barg. The Electrode boiler is designed for Zero-Load and has already been installed and star...
PARAT will deliver a quality IEL Electrical Steam Boiler with 12 barg design pressure, 191°C design temperature with 400V connection. The delivery also includes Feedwater pumps, Blowdown tank and start-up. The end customer - Godfrey Hirst will be the first textile manufacturing company in New Zealand to be fully electric for the energy requirements. This is also helping to achieve the zero carbon emissions requirements that the New Zealand government has put in place. Kelford Engineering wi...
Interplay Learning, the globally renowned provider of online and VR training for the essential skilled trades, has partnered with Pacifica Hotels, the owner and operator of boutique hotels along the Pacific Coast, to provide comprehensive hospitality and safety training that enables Pacifica Hotels to rapidly upskill entry-level maintenance engineers and cross train experienced engineers to prepare them for a full range of hospitality services including HVAC, plumbing, facilities maintenance, an...
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced that a new world record for the longest oil and gas well (50,000 feet) has been set at its Upper Zakum Concession.DEC Honghua has provided nine sophisticated 3,000 HP artificial island drilling rigs for the company. Smart, safe and efficient, the drilling rigs have been operating since 2014. Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Seiari, ADNOC Drilling CEO, said: “This incredible achievement is in line with ADNOC Drilling’s quest to deliver increase...
Green construction innovator, Dura Products, is helping UK infrastructure contractor Colas, reduce scope 3 CO2e emissions from its latest highways project on the A46 at Stoneleigh by over 82,000 kg. 2,680 meters of the company’s eco-friendly lightweight, heavy-duty combined kerb and drainage system, Duradrain, will be installed as part of the project, which involves the construction of a new bridge over the A46 and the realignment of slip roads to form the basis of a new gyratory sy...
Gleeson Homes has recently completed a heat pump trial for its housing projects in South Yorkshire, which hold affordability for buyers at its core. 5kW Panasonic Aquarea monobloc ASHP The developer was looking for a sustainable alternative to replace gas boilers in its new housing developments. Panasonic provided 5kW Aquarea Mono-bloc air-to-water heat pumps to the trial homes in three locations. At the Gleeson Homes development in Poolsbrook, Chesterfield a 3-bedroom detached home ‘Th...
As people spend more time working from home, garden rooms have become a common facility, built to provide room for a wide range of domestic and professional activities. Having high-quality heating and cooling is crucial for their usability and Evergreen Air Conditioning Ltd, a global air conditioning installer in Essex and Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (UK) has used Panasonic’s split systems with mounted AC wall units that all come with nanoe™X technology, to provide year-round comf...
Seven-time NBA Champions, Golden State Warriors basketball team designed Chase Center with one goal in mind: to create a place that would provide guests with unforgettable memories. It is a home fit for champions. Chase Center, the world-class state-of-the-art arena that sits in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, delivers a fan experience like no other. On the court, the seven-time NBA Champions, Golden State Warriors, are changing the face of basketball. Chase Center When Chase C...
A multi-story office building in Ontario sought to upgrade its two-stage boiler and replace its direct-fired water heater to eliminate short cycling, improve efficiency and provide heating redundancy. Four high-efficiency boilers and one stainless steel indirect-fired water heater from Weil-McLain Canada provided the remedy needed. “The water heater was deteriorating rapidly, and the boiler was only running at about 85% efficiency,” said Darrel Gillespie, Owner, and President of Tri...
While planning to install linear wall-to-wall convector heaters on a perimeter curtain wall at the 150 North Riverside Plaza high-rise building in downtown Chicago, the owner sought an effective way to maintain the aesthetic of the building without sacrificing floor space. Custom convection style heaters, along with a custom-shaped bracket developed by Thomas Sales & Marketing, a manufacturer’s representative of mechanical and electrical products, proved to be the game-changing soluti...
Visitors to Great Yarmouth's new £26m Water and Leisure Centre, which recently opened on the resort's famous Golden Mile, will benefit from outstanding indoor comfort due to a high-performance Toshiba heat recovery VRF air conditioning system. The high-efficiency Toshiba system, installed by Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, was chosen to meet the project’s sustainability requirements and serves the center's pool and water facilities, 100-station health and fitness gym, spo...
When AIRMATICS experts in the USA conducted a compressed air audit at a large-scale tobacco firm in Nashville, Tennessee, they discovered that around 25 per cent more energy than was actually required was being consumed. As an organization that strives to improve operational efficiency, it decided to commission AIRMATICS to implement a system that would provide long-term commercial benefits and prevent on-going wastage. Compressed air installations The audit carried out by AIRMATICS included...
While planning to install linear wall-to-wall convector heaters on a perimeter curtain wall at the 150 North Riverside Plaza high rise in downtown Chicago, the owner sought an effective way to maintain the aesthetic of the building without sacrificing floor space. Custom convection style heaters, along with a custom-shaped bracket developed by Thomas Sales & Marketing, a manufacturer’s representative of mechanical and electrical products, leveled the heater perfectly from the top of t...
After years of enduring expensive and uncomfortable electric-resistance heat, Michigan’s Ontonagon Village Housing, a subsidized housing facility in Ontonagon, Michigan, started the search for an alternative HVAC option. With a population of about 1,500, Ontonagon residents are used to beautiful but humid summers on the lake and bitterly cold winters. Challenge The housing commission needed an all-electric heating and cooling solution to provide year-round comfort in a climate subject to...
As UK decarbonization gathers momentum, CIAT UK is collaborating with consultants and distribution partners in a pioneering approach to help schools transition to low-carbon heating technologies as part of a planned, phased strategy. The project follows Carrier’s recent successful Public Sector Decarbonization Scheme (PSDS) projects for more than 60 schools in London, the Midlands, and Yorkshire. CIAT is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the provider of healthy, safe, sustainable, and...
To equitably modernize facilities district-wide and protect indoor air quality, all while supporting the City of Fredericksburg’s resolution to power 100% of municipal operations with renewable energy by 2035, school leaders needed an innovative way forward. ABM’s custom energy savings project creates a projected $3.1 million in energy and operating cost savings over 15 years. In support of the city’s renewable energy resolution, upgrades to lighting and HVAC systems, plus oth...
French company - Airwell, a creator of climatic and thermal solutions, received the Bronze Winner award for its Hybrid House solution (Ma Maison Hybride), on 4th July, at the Innovation Awards at Le Mondial du Bâtiment. The distinction was received in the Construction Tech - Start-Up and New Technologies category, as part of the Innovation Awards competition for exhibitors at Interclima, Batimat, and Idéobain. The 2022 awards included 82 nominees, selected from a total of 167 subm...
Danfoss has named Pro Refrigeration, Inc., as its 13th EnVisioneer of the Year. The Washington-based manufacturer and supplier of chillers for the industrial and beverage processing market, and a long-time customer of Danfoss, used the company's components to develop its PROGreen CO2 Chiller system that brought big dividends to a California dairy farm and ultimately, to the environment. Launched in 2010, the annual EnVisioneer of the Year award competition recognizes North American original equ...
The security services market is constantly evolving: new types of services are arriving, equipment is becoming smarter, and companies with new business logic are entering the market. Security companies already on the market must adapt to these changes or overspend human and financial resources. That was the challenge the Sheriff's security company had to face in 2018. remote monitoring Because of the rapid decline in demand for physical guards and the equally rapid development of remote monit...
Since Miller Park (now American Family Field), home to the Milwaukee Brewers, opened in 2001, its signature has been a movable fan-shaped roof that can open or close in 10 minutes. The space beneath the roof is as large by volume as nine indoor sports arenas. Keeping that space warm and comfortable is essential to a positive fan experience. Sophisticated HVAC system A sophisticated HVAC system with nearly 350 pieces of equipment, an extensive lighting system that covers sports lights, as well...
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) serves as the cultural hub in a city known for its rich history of innovation and civic-minded population. More than a home for great treasures, the museum helps drive the city’s local economy and serves as a vital educational resource to over 700,000 visitors each year. When Mayor Jim Kenney committed to reducing Philadelphia’s carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, starting with the enormous and historic PMA campus was a natural choice as the museum...
The University of Virginia sought a way to quickly provide temporary heat during construction projects while also reducing boiler rental expenses. The solution was the development of two innovative mobile boiler trailers that provide on-demand heat where it’s needed. The University of Virginia is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia., founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson. It is the flagship university of Virginia and home to the Academical Village, a UNESCO World Herit...
All Saints Church of England Academy in Denstone, United Kingdom (UK) has taken a big step towards becoming carbon neutral, following the decommissioning of its oil-fired boiler and the installation of a new air source heat pump in autumn 2021. Its oil-fired boiler system has been in place for more than two decades, since the building was commissioned in 1999, and was reaching its end of life, with adverse environmental and budgetary impacts. New system ensures the building is energy efficient...
Situated within the former London 2012 Athletes’ Village, N06 in East Village is set to provide 524 build-to-rent homes delivered with an award-winning offsite construction approach. This includes a modular and onsite building services specification featuring Kingspan Kooltherm Pipe Insulation and Insulated Pipe Support Inserts. High Rise Solutions Work on the Get Living development used next-generation High Rise Solutions (HRS), an offsite sub-assembly construction method designed to de...
When the L'lla Diagonal Shopping Center in Barcelona had an exacting range of requirements for its new primary air conditioner, Servoclima stepped up to the challenge with their SC | CTA horizontal air treatment units. SC | CTA range Servoclima provides a range of standard and bespoke units and is well-versed in adapting products to project requirements. The SC | CTA range offers robust and durable horizontal air treatment units, which cover a range of flows between 1,800 and 130,000 m3/h. Th...
