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British shoe craftsman and manufacturer Barker Shoes (also below) replaced its four existing atmospheric boilers at its five-acre factory and offices site in Northamptonshire with Remeha’s energy-saving Gas 610 Eco Pro condensing boiler and anticipate a 40 per cent reduction in gas usage
gies (where relevant) would address this performance gap and significantly raise efficiencies. Controls are crucial to a more
effective heating system. Adding the appropriate control - such as weather compensation and opti- misation - allows the boiler to operate at its optimum efficiency, while sequence control is essen- tial where multiple boilers are operated in cascade.
Heating systems that incorpo- rate passive flue gas heat recov- ery (PFGHR) technology – like Remeha’s own ‘super condens- ing’ solutions - are particularly successful on commercial refur- bishment projects. By recovering the maximum useable waste heat from the boiler and passing it back into the system, they achieve the highest possible effi- ciency of 107 per cent NCV at all times and at all flow and return temperatures. To put it another way, PFGHR systems raise effi- ciencies by 10-15 per cent above the standard condensing boiler under conditions where you can- not optimise the flow and return temperatures to gain the highest efficiencies from a standard con- densing boiler.
Fortunately, given the impor- tance of smart system design, advances have been made to improve information sharing between all members of a project team, making optimum carbon
and energy savings more achiev- able. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a new collab- orative approach that will bring outstanding benefits: improved efficiencies, reduced carbon emissions of an estimated 20 per cent and greater accuracies that deliver time and cost savings both at the design stage and throughout the life cycle of the building. So for heating, digital 3D BIM files of the various prod- ucts inserted into the design will provide detailed, regularly updat- ed, accurate data that will not only help designers and speci- fiers produce smarter, more effec- tive designs, but will also provide useful information to assist build- ing operators with maintenance and refurbishment.
As heating manufacturers, our aim is to improve quality of life with clean, green products that achieve the highest level of ‘Blue Efficiency’ not just in laboratory tests but in real life conditions. With our specialist knowledge of our products, our BIM Library and over 70 years’ experience, we look forward to supporting building services professionals and commercial buildings own- ers in the design of smarter heat- ing systems that will take us one step further along the path to a more sustainable future. // The author is the managing director of Remeha Commercial //
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