Residential HVAC - Case Studies

Special considerations must be made when replacing an energy recovery wheel in an existing HVAC unit. Transporting and installing wheels into limited access areas is a challenge, often requiring special handling equipment and lifts. Airxchange eliminates these challenges with modular assemblies that are designed for easy transport and assembly in limited access areas.

Refrigeration manufacturer Haglund Industri AB wanted to achieve energy efficiency class A. Experts at the Danfoss Application Development Center (ADC) rigorously tested new component packages and reported energy savings up to 34%. Haglund Industri AB is one of Sweden's pioneer refrigeration manufacturers. They have produced products in sheet metal for more than 150 years and manufactured quality refrigeration solutions for the restaurant and catering trade for the last 65 years. Key to their s...

Upon failure of Warners old air conditioning equipment at Bourne in Lincolnshire, Adcock recommended replacement of the entire system. This project involved removal of the old R22 refrigerant from the site, which, from 1st January 2015 became illegal to charge virgin into any refrigeration or air conditioning system. Air conditioning equipment Along with the benefit of new air conditioning equipment, substantial energy savings are being realized by Warners due to the modern inverter controlle...

AAON, Inc., a globally renowned manufacturer of heating and cooling products, has selected Sospes’ EHS management software as its environmental, health and safety platform partner for its operations in Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri. AAON products are regularly recognized as industry-renowned, most recently winning awards in July 2019 for excellence in product design in the 16th annual Dealer Design Awards Program. EHS management software Sospes’ EHS management software improves com...

This growing brewery has been a client of Adcock for many years where the cooling equipment has been designed and installed to provide process and storage cooling for the increased brewing capacity at the site.  This new project at Broadland Brewery Woodbastwick involved design and installation of refrigeration equipment in the extension area of the ale storage cellar. Installing bespoke cooling systems As a Danfoss UK Ambassador, Adcock, not only provides equipment installed by a team o...

Adcock was asked to provide a climate control solution for Holkham Studios, two buildings in a small complex on the Holkham Estate. They faced the challenge of designing a system that suited the layout of these Grade 2 listed buildings located in the 3,000 acre walled grounds of Holkham near Wells-next-the-Sea. Wall mounted indoor units They installed two Daikin VRV systems incorporating wall mounted indoor units. Holkham Estate specified that no equipment and pipework should be seen on the e...

Adcock was asked to provide a temperature control solution for the bus as an alternative to an expensive diesel heater which wasn’t providing enough heat. Multi split condenser Their engineers installed 2 ducted fan coils linking them to a multi split condenser which was all mounted in a modified internal storage area. This enables the bus to be moved to its new home later this year without further alterations being made to the system. Adcock values the important contribution made by th...

Downtown Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin House needed an HVAC overhaul but, like most historic buildings, had no room to expand. EVAPCO reached into its archives for the specs of the building’s original cooling tower and created a more powerful, up-to-date version for the same space, making the installation process easier for Elliott-Lewis Corporation. Upgrading ‘The Ben’ cooling system Upgrading historic sites typically comes with challenges, such as limited space Th...

The new CIE in Denmark will meet a growing demand for a qualified workforce in the field of electronic engineering. Advanced labs for education and research will put a high demand on the cooling system. Therefore, Danfoss and partner G.I. Industrial Holding are introducing one of the first chillers using the refrigerant R452B. It has some of the lowest Global Warming Potential for scroll systems available.   The low GWP is a specific choice from Danfoss owners, The BMC Foundation, who...

The Elmira Corning Regional Airport completed a $61.5 million, state-of-the-art modernization project. This redesign of the outdated 1960s airport provided 60% more floor space and included investments in renewable energy technologies and sustainability for future operations. ERV technology A priority of the redesign was to deliver fresh and affordable outdoor air to the expanded space. In order to offset operating costs for the additional outside air, energy recovery ventilation (ERV) technol...

For the prestigious redevelopment project at 21 Dartmouth Street, London, a premium occupant experience was essential to complement the enviable location. The installation of a TROX air conditioning solution, including TROX X-CUBE air handling units (AHUs), and X-AIR CONTROL modules, with the X-AIR CONTROL Zonemaster, is enabling the building to achieve outstanding levels of efficiency alongside elite levels of comfort. The solution provides energy efficiency The 21 Dartmouth Street building...

Cairo Airport, the second busiest airport in Africa after that of Johannesburg, which serves more than 65 airlines, thanks to the addition of the new Terminal 2, will reach a capacity of over 30 million passengers a year. With an increasing air traffic, the structure had even a greater need for the filtration of the outside air towards the inside, especially because of the pollution coming from planes and other ground vehicles operating close to the gate areas, in order to ensure the comfort of...

A high performance Carrier air-to-water heat pump is delivering comfortable ambient conditions for children and staff at Yew Tree Nursery in Axbridge, Somerset. Carrier’s AquaSnap 61AF heat pump was selected to replace an oil-fired heating system that was proving unreliable and inefficient. The Carrier unit captures low-grade heat energy from the atmosphere and upgrades it to generate hot water for use in the nursery’s underfloor heating, radiators and domestic hot water supply. Ca...

Further extending its commitment to environmental sustainability, TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico (TMPR) is enhancing its fleet with 220 containers chilled by the industry’s only natural refrigerant-based system, the NaturaLINE unit from Carrier Transicold. TMPR is the first shipping line to place a sizable quantity of NaturaLINE units into service on U.S. domestic trade routes. NaturaLINE units use carbon dioxide (CO2), a refrigerant with the lowest global warming potential (GWP) among all ref...

Pertwee Estates are converting one of the Ipswich’s most interesting and historic buildings into office accommodation. This iconic building, to be known as The Maltings, is close to Ipswich station, town center and business district. Pertwee Estates wanted flexible office space that could have the potential to be let to one or multiple companies. Owing to limited floor to ceiling height at each level, Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning designed a Daikin VRV System using Floor Mount...

With over 50 years as a Burger King franchisee, Bennett Management Corporation has a long list of industry-changing firsts, like introducing the drive-thru concept to Burger King corporate. With a motto of, ‘People Pleasing People’, the family owned and operated franchisee with 25 restaurants and over 1,000 employees in the US States of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, prides itself on being an ‘amazing and inventive company’ with a people and community focus. Mark Peterson,...

Carmarthenshire-based food wholesaler Castell Howell has become one of Carrier Transicold’s first UK customers to take delivery of the Vector® HE 19 (High Efficiency), the company’s new flagship trailer refrigeration unit. The new arrival forms part of a larger order of Carrier Transicold systems all aimed at lowering the carbon footprint of the company’s commercial vehicle fleet: Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier, a global provider of innovative HVAC, refrigeration,...

A dedicated laboratory air management system, supplied by TROX, has been installed to optimize safety and environmental performance in a major new clinical and research facility. The TROX EASYLAB system, incorporating TROX VAV controllers, specialist filters, grilles, and diffusers, will assist Norfolk-based Quadram Institute to meet the stringent requirements for its world-class research. About Quadram Institute The new Quadram Institute building, based at the Norwich Research Park, brings t...

Viessmann has been selected to provide environmentally-friendly heating solutions to The Belfry Hotel & Resort, the scene of more Ryder Cup golf tournaments than any other venue in the world. Two Viessmann Vitodens 200-W gas-condensing boilers were installed last month during renovation of a plant room that serves one of the hotel’s three 16-bedroom ‘pod’ accommodation wings, which stand separately from the main building. The new arrangement will be replicated in the plant...

Clayton Rugby League Football Club, an amateur rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, received a substantial free makeover to its clubhouse last weekend (April 13th 2019), care of a ‘Community Kindness’ initiative sponsored by Viessmann and organized by the Pulse 1 and Pulse 2 radio stations. At the heart of the renovation is a completely new heating system, supplied and installed by the Heat for Good heating industry collective. Heating system upgrade Eleven installers ga...

Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning has decades of experience and knowledge working in healthcare environment. The company has formed long and successful partnerships with healthcare and pharmaceutical customers that their climate control and refrigeration equipment can be found in over 100 NHS sites. Following on from successful completion of full mechanical installation at the new medical center in Wickford, the company is pleased to confirm that they have now been awarded the ongoing m...

Based on the previous successful experience, Aston Rose selected Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning for their new project at Brook Street, Mayfair. By replacing their old air conditioning system with new Mitsubishi Electric VRF equipment, the company helped to improve the energy efficiency, lowered the energy costs and prevented unexpected breakdowns for reliable year-round comfort.  VRF solution enables to heat and cool different parts of the building at the same time or set the sy...

For over 18 years, the BAOBAB CHILDREN FOUNDATION in Kissi, Ghana, has been caring for children and young people who often have little chance of receiving a proper education in the surrounding rural area. As well as basic English, reading and arithmetic skills, the foundation teaches the children in its care traditional handicrafts, farming techniques and how to take responsibility for themselves. The village is spread across some five hectares, providing accommodation for more than 100 girls a...

LIXIL Americas’ kitchen and bath brands, American Standard and GROHE, are proudly supporting the Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School (SCVTS) in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. By providing some of the latest plumbing innovations, LIXIL aims to help students receive the proper training necessary to pursue a plumbing career in the modern world. The support is part of a larger effort of LIXIL Americas, maker of pioneering water and housing products, to steer the conversati...

Adcock gets a maintenance contract from Anglian Water. Adcock recently won a tender for a maintenance contract with Anglian Water. Adcock was the previous holder of the contract and have now secured the agreement for an additional four years.

Following the successful delivery of numerous natural refrigeration projects within the health sector, Green Cooling recently provided a Panasonic CO2 Condenser unit supplying a walk-in freezer at an M&S Simply Food franchise located within a large NHS Hospital. For this project Green Cooling provided a system that included a Panasonic 2kW CO2 Condenser unit (2kW at -30C) with RDM control incorporating remote monitoring, along with the cold room structure and associated services. The proje...

Carrier's award-winning high efficiency AquaForce Vision chiller has been chosen to provide high-quality air conditioning for the new International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales). Carrier, a pioneer in high-technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, is a part of Carrier, a global provider of innovative HVAC, refrigeration, fire, security and building automation technologies. Located at the prestigious Celtic Manor Resort, host of the Ryder Cup and recent NATO Summit,...

Carrier China was selected to provide Sunyoung Group, an engineering group providing integrated design and construction management services, the second generation of AquaFlow Variable Water Volume (VWV) systems for its headquarters building in Shanghai. The first order since its launch last year, the inverter water-cooled multi-connected central air conditioning systems have been delivered to Sunyoung for its headquarters that spans more than 30,000 square meters. Carrier China was also selecte...

Johnson Controls will improve lighting infrastructure in eight schools within the Folsom Cordova Unified School District (FCUSD) in Folsom and Rancho Cordova, California. The installation of intelligent LED lighting fixtures will help modernize school infrastructure, initiate energy savings throughout the growing district and improve the environment for student and faculty performance. The installation project will take eight months according to the plan developed by FCUSD school officials and...

For over 30 years, KKT Chillers has been developing and producing energy-efficient chiller solutions for customers’ medical and industrial applications. They have long become a valuable global player in the chillers market, thanks to their sites in Germany, USA and China, as well as their global service network. And to cater to customers’ heating solution needs as well, special solutions with the heat pump function are no problem for KKT Chillers. The company produces bespoke water...