Products & Services Products and Services Telephone: 020 7880 6206 Email:
darren.hale@redactive.co.uk Cathedral effect helps save energy
Mechanical and electrical contracting engineers, J & B Hopkins has used its headquarters in Fareham to demonstrate a highly energy efficient way of controlling the temperature within almost any building, using low temperature heating and high temperature cooling. Where managing director Paul Hopkins
and his team have been truly innovative is in installing underfloor heating on both
floors, as well as including ceiling panels with embedded pipe work to allow for cooling or heating via the ceiling. This combination radiates heat from both
the floor and the ceiling during the heating season, or in the summer cooling season, creating an artificial thermal mass that Hopkins calls the ‘cathedral effect’ where heat from the occupants and electrical equipment is absorbed by the cooler ceiling and floor. This is typically kept at between 16-19 deg C. This means that cooling can be provided
at much higher temperatures or heating at lower temperatures, saving overall energy by reducing the high and low temperature requirements needed with traditional heating and cooling methods. The company is able to use a flow
temperature of only 30 deg C in heating mode, and in cooling the traditional need for temperatures of 10 deg C or less is a thing of the past. The overall effect is one of comfort in a steady condition. l For more information email Paul.Hopkins@
jbhopkins.co.uk or call 01489 584706
UK’s first online task management system
Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) companies across the UK look set to benefit from next week’s launch of TaskAdviser – the UK’s first online Task Management System. Owned by MMB Software Ltd, TaskAdviser enables M&E companies to automate the production of job sheets and invoicing. Maintaining such control over the business is vital for the success of any enterprising M&E firm. l For more information visit
www.taskadviser.com or email
Kevin.shipp@
taskadviser.com
Menlo³ – Freedom to create with the power to comply
In anticipation of forthcoming changes to lighting industry standards, Thorn has launched a new range of modular fluorescent luminaires: Menlo³. The dual component design, with market-
leading light output, achieves efficacies of up to 62 luminaire lumens/circuit Watt, far exceeding the target value of Part L of the Building Regulations. It also delivers excellent levels of cylindrical illuminance and facial modelling, as recommended by the awaited update to EN 12464-1 (Lighting Indoor Workplaces). l For more information visit
www.thornlighting.com
MHS Boilers has supplied four 1,400kW Monomax gas-fired, fully modulating, pressure jet boilers powered by Ecoflam burners and two Ultramax R3601 condensing boilers to one of London’s newest ‘urban quarters’ – High Point Village, Hayes. Developed by the Ballymore Group and designed by Rolfe Judd architects, High Point Village is a major regeneration scheme of 570 residential units, a hotel and a retail development. The apartments have been created to a high specification. l For more information visit
www.mhsboilers.com
Rehau cable management in £86m college project
Rehau has supplied the cable management solution for the Cat 6a wiring installation at the newly opened £86m MidKent College campus in Gillingham, Kent. The company’s PROFILA data cable management system has been installed throughout the three buildings and two huge glass pavilions that make up the new campus. Rehau was chosen for the project by M&E contractors, Balfour Engineering Services, working on behalf of main contractors Kier. l For more information email
Jo.Price@rehau.com or call 01989 762600
Natural ventilation in schools It is well known that when CO2 levels rise in school classrooms, concentration levels drop. As ‘air conditioning’ is becoming unacceptable in most cases, due to the heavy use of energy, natural ventilation solutions are rapidly becoming standard in our new and refurbished schools. SE Controls has launched a brochure titled ‘Natural Ventilation in Education Buildings’, guiding the specifier through the current legislation and the systems that can be specified. l For more information visit
www.secontrols.com or call 01543 443060
www.cibsejournal.com August 2010 CIBSE Journal 57
MHS Boilers at heart of new urban village
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