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Prevention is better than cure for ‘leaky loos’ to save water in commercial and public sector buildings
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ver the last two decades, dual flush toilets have become an increasingly
popular choice for commercial and public sector washrooms. However, some models can leak – and these ‘leaky loos’ could potentially be wasting millions of litres of clean, fresh water every day. Fortunately, a simple, cost-effective flush valve upgrade is all that is needed to eradicate leaks. While dual flush toilets
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Fusion of style and performance - built for active work in the Spring. Snickers Workwear’s new range of lightweight Mid-layers are crafted for full flexibility on site and optimal comfort.
Built for active work, they’re fully flexible and can be worn as an outer layer when it’s warmer or a mid-layer when it’s a bit cooler. They’re full of handy technical features and innovative fabrics to tame the wind, plus brand new energising colours to brighten your spring-time workday. Choose from new street-smart styles such as the Windblocker Half-zip Hoodie or the Lightweight Flexiwork Mid-layer Jacket. There’s also a new Windproof Soft-Shell Jacket for women. Whatever Snickers Workwear Mid-layer you choose, you can be sure that they all have body-mapping designs for a great fit, outstanding functionality and long-lasting comfort – all day, every day.
www.snickersworkwear.co.uk 300 – 5,000 litre capacity Large connections for all commercial applications
Rated for 6 bar working pressure at standard, 10 bar on request Dual insulation featuring inner anti-condensation lining High, mid and low-level connections
Hot water specialist Adveco introduces the Chilled Water System (CWS). This range of premium carbon steel tanks serves a diverse range of commercial cooling applications - including heat pumps, chillers or fan coil units - which require chilled water storage. The CWS range offers 10 models from 300 litre to 5000 litre capacity. This extra capacity enables a chiller system to considerably improve performance by ensuring better temperature control, increasing chiller longevity, reducing condenser cycling and improving system start-up times. Each vessel features multiple large bore flanges providing high-capacity connections as standard at high and low levels providing greater versatility to cater for a wide range of system applications with moderate to high flow rates. These tappings enable the tanks to be used with multiple cooling sources, such as heat pumps. Each CWS tank is supplied with dual-layer insulation, the inner lining providing an anti-condensation underlay, and then a further 100mm of outer insulation. Designed with a low maximum height (1.87m to 2.265m with insulation) CWS despite its larger volume is easier to install in plantrooms, especially those with limited clearance. Due to the lower vessel height, CWS incorporates three internal partitions to aid in stratification and preventing preferential flows. The outer insulation is also temporarily removable to aid in siting during installation. The vessels also lend themselves to incorporation into packaged plant rooms to leverage the advantages of offsite construction, which include production oversight for improved system quality and rapid delivery to install times. The Adveco CWS range is suitable for use with standard working pressures of up
to 6 bar. For projects requiring higher pressure, such as multi-storey buildings with basement plant rooms, 10 bar versions are available on request in all sizes. Multiple sensor pockets at all levels provide straightforward integration of controls or BMS sensors. An inspection/clean-out flange allows for ease of service or maintenance. The versatility of the Adveco CWS with its multiple large capacity connections means that it is capable of meeting the large majority of system requirements for cooling, negating the need for bespoke cylinder manufacture which is both more expensive and time-consuming. For projects specifying larger chilled storage vessels CWS offers everything you need at a ready-to-go price. The Adveco Cold Water System tanks are available to order now.
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were primarily designed to save water, not all models are water efficient. Dual flush toilets usually have a drop flush valve, and it is this component that will naturally start to leak over time. The valve’s seal tends to be situated below the cistern’s water line, and limescale deposits and debris (commonly found in cistern water) can cause degradation, as can chemicals if they are also present in the water. It’s estimated that a third of commercial washrooms have at least one leaky toilet. With each one wasting between 215 and 400 litres of clean, fresh water on average per day, six leaking toilets could increase a building’s water bill by up to £2,500 a year. EasyflushEVO from Cistermiser is a revolutionary siphonic flushing valve, engineered to eradicate water leakage from dual flush toilets. EasyflushEVO does not have a flush seal below the water line, removing the risk of degradation and subsequent leaks. It is ideal for new applications or can be easily retrofitted, in either a dual flush or single flush configuration. Each unit can save up to 146,000 litres of water per year and a return on investment can be achieved in just seven months. There are three variations of EasyflushEVO available: an EVO 1.5” flushing valve, an EVO 2” flushing
valve and EVO CISTERN – a complete flushing cistern kit, which includes an EasyflushEVO flushing valve, a fill valve and a concealed cistern with a 1.5” flush pipe outlet and flush cone. For more information on EasyflushEVO, please visit our website.
www.cistermiser.co.uk Adveco Introduces Chilled Water System Tanks
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