FOCUS: HOTEL & LEISURE


Remeha high eciency


condensing boilers have been installed at Halewood Health & Fitness Club in Knowsley, Liverpool, to provide an eecve soluon to robust, energy ecient, reliable heang and hot water provision


eisure centres are intensive energy users, especially complexes with swimming pools. So it’s essential that the heating system operates as efficiently as possible to achieve the comfort levels expected by visitors and staff, while simultaneously reducing energy waste and keeping costs to a minimum.


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Halewood Health & Fitness Club, which is managed by Volair on behalf of Knowsley Council, had been served well by its original Remeha boilers for nearly twenty years. The three Remeha Gas 3002 boilers had reliably heated the water in the 25 metre swimming pool, fed the under floor heating, steam and sauna rooms, and supplied hot water for the showers in the changing room facilities.


But as one of the boilers was beginning to fail and parts were becoming increasingly hard to source, the decision was taken to undertake a boiler upgrade. M&E contractor, Foztek recommended installing three high-efficiency Remeha Gas 310 Eco Pro boilers to improve heating performance and provide easier future maintenance.


uHalewood Health & Fitness Club in Knowsley in Liverpool


“The key requirements were to ensure reliability, reduce operational costs and improve the energy efficiency of the site in keeping with the council’s wider environmental commitments,” says Foztek’s MD, Paul Foster. “We recommended upgrading to the latest generation of Remeha boilers as we are familiar with their products and the high levels of efficiency and reliability they deliver.” To ensure that the leisure centre remained open to the public as normal during the project, a minimum of two boilers were required to run at all times.


“It was a case of one boiler out, one boiler in to keep the centre fully operational,” Foster explains.


u Inside the plant room at Halewood Leisure Centre Compact dimensions


The Gas 310/610 Eco Pro range has been specially designed for ease of installation. Its compact dimensions and ability to be installed side-to-side in a modular arrangement provide extended, flexible, space-saving design options. And where access is restricted, this boiler model can be dismantled into parts, for later reassembly inside the plant room. It is also supplied on integral wheels for easier positioning.


“The installation went well,” says Foster. “From an engineering perspective, it was interesting to see how boiler technology has evolved over the years, as the new boilers are half the size of the older models.”


With the three new Remeha boilers now fully operational, the improvement at the club has been perceptible.


“The old boilers performed really well over the years, especially considering their age and the high demand,” adds Foster. “But even the most efficient and robust boilers eventually come to the end of their lifecycle. Staff have commented on


the noticeable benefits, from consistently hot water for the showers to higher comfort levels across the centre.”


Reduced energy costs


Volair and Knowsley Council are looking forward to continuing high boiler performance and the prospect of reduced energy costs in the months ahead, which, given the higher operational efficiency of the new boilers, is anticipated to lead to considerable savings.


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