Technology Ancillary equipment
Pipe-work
oxygen diffusion barrier protects ferrous components
within the heating system from corrosion. The pipe-
work is fully tested to BS7291 and listed in the WRAS
directory.
www.rehau.co.uk
● Polypipe Water Management Solutions (WMS)
has launched a product and system selector to guide
consultants, engineers, specifiers and contractors
through Polypipe WMS’s full portfolio of products.
The selector includes in-depth information on the
testing and accreditation processes undertaken by
Polypipe WMS to guarantee the performance of its
products.
www.polypipewms.co.uk
● With its fi ve-layer composite pipe, Uponor says it
REHAU has a range of pipe-
● REHAU’s RAUTHERM and RAUPEX polymer has developed a product that unites the advantages
work systems
pipe-work systems have been used in the 2,000-seat of a metal and plastic pipe and eliminates the
Usher Hall concert venue in Edinburgh to replace the disadvantages of both materials. Advantages are
heating, plumbing and chilled water systems. said to include: a diffusion tight aluminium core;
The original specifi cation for the octagonal Beaux prevention of the ingress of oxygen; compensation for
Arts concert hall was for carbon steel pipe-work, but “snap-back” forces; and less expansion due to changes
consultant Irons Foulner Partnership switched to the of temperature.
fl exible REHAU alternatives “because they could be The Uponor MLCP consists of a longitudinally safety-
Uponor says
installed much more quickly and easily in the curved welded aluminium pipe with an inner and outer layer
building services duct”. of high temperature-resistant polyethylene according
it has developed
RAUTHERM pipe-work for the heating and to German DIN 16833. All layers are permanently
a product that
plumbing is extruded from cross-linked polyethylene bonded together by intermediate adhesive layers.
unites the
with a co-extruded EVAL oxygen diffusion barrier. The www.uponorhousingsolutions.co.uk
advantages of
a metal and
Controls
plastic pipe.
● The Climastat, Climapro and Climapro RF ranges a more stable and comfortable room temperature is
of “intelligent’ room controls from Glow-worm achieved, says Glow-worm.
are designed for use with the company’s Flexicom, www.glow-worm.co.uk
Ultracom and Ultrapower sxi domestic boilers.
Climastat is a room thermostat that controls ● The new Honeywell DT90 range of digital room
temperature and the Climapro and Climapro RF thermostats is claimed to cut fuel bills, be good for the
are programmable room environment and help prevent hypothermia among
thermostats with two channels, the elderly.
enabling the householder to The Honeywell DT90E and DT92E – wired and
set their hot water and central wireless versions of the same control – are said to
heating to come on either match boiler fi ring to the load on the system so the
together or at different times boiler operates more effi ciently. They are designed to
of the day. increase boiler effi ciency by adjusting fi ring duration
Climapro RF has the same with demand and maintain room temperatures
functionality as the Climapro, around the set point rather than using simple on/off
except it “talks” to the boiler control. They can be used on any boilers, with radiator
by using radio frequency and underfl oor systems, electric heating and zoned
technology. heating systems.
Glow-worm offers
As the temperature in the room approaches the The thermostats are also “intelligent”: they have a self-
“intelligent” room control
desired set point, the Climastat or Climapro begins learning facility designed to recognise how the heating
to lower the fl ow temperature of water supplied to system responds to its demand signals. They can then
the radiators. A lower fl ow temperature means that adjust to adapt to the thermal characteristics of the
the boiler operates more effi ciently in, or closer to, building and the heating system to give better control.
the condensing mode. Energy costs are reduced and www.honeywelluk.com
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