Market Report Mixed fortunes for ventilation
The UK ventilation market in 2014, 2015 and into 2016, was very positive, according to the Ventilation and Air Conditioning Market Report – UK 2017- 2021 Analysis, published by AMA Research*.
centrifugal fans, other fans (including cross- flow, roof, desk, ceiling, box, Atex compliant, etc); commercial system ventilation (including MEV, MVHR, DCV etc); residential ventilation including intermittent and continuous (dMEV) extract fans (axial, centrifugal, mixed flow); positive input ventilation (PIV); multiple input ventilation (MIV); mechanical extract ventilation (MEV), and mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR). The increasing levels of new house building in
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the residential sector in particular, impacted on demand. Whole-house mechanical ventilation systems are now widely specified in larger new homes in order to meet the more stringent energy efficiency requirements. In addition, Government initiatives to encourage insulation measures in existing homes has resulted in the greater airtightness of buildings, which has effectively supported demand for improved ventilation. In the non-domestic sector, private work is
likely to have the greatest influence on growth particularly in sectors such as offices, industrial, leisure and retail. The private light commercial market in
particular has seen some growth, reflecting to some extent the operating costs of air conditioning systems and companies emphasis on environmental as well as cost issues, driving demand towards ventilation in place of air conditioning. The outlook for the UK ventilation market is
more subdued, with an uncertain UK economy following the UK vote to leave the EU in June 2016 and the recent election results. Steadier growth is anticipated from 2019 onwards, reflecting some settling down of the UK economy by then.
Future prospects Some of the key factors affecting the future prospects for the ventilation market in the UK: ●Revisions to Part L and the new simplified rules on energy efficiency incorporated within the Building Regulations will contribute to a reduction in the overall heating load in new build housing, contributing to greater air tightness of buildings, which will have positive implications for ventilation, particularly continuous mechanical extract systems with heat recovery.
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he ventilation market comprises non- domestic ventilation including commercial and industrial axial fans,
●The EU Ecodesign Regulation no 1253/2014 for ventilation units (LOT 6) came into force on 1 January 2016. This will achieve its target by setting up minimum performance requirements for ventilation products, which will be implemented in stages from 2016 to 2018, in order to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also significantly reduce the overall life cycle costs for end users, making buildings and businesses more sustainable for the future. ●Considerable replacement opportunities remain in existing buildings; there are still a large number of inefficient ventilation products in use. Heating costs, energy use and carbon emissions could be greatly reduced with the installation of new energy efficient ventilation. Retrofit systems are likely to be in greater demand. ●EU Fire Legislation and general concerns relating to fire and smoke precautions will continue to provide some additional motivation for the overall ventilation market with trends to increased fan size and higher operating temperatures for tunnel and metro applications in particular. ●A further positive motivation continues to be represented by the Governments’ Enhanced Capital Allowance scheme which offers up to 100% first year tax relief on a number of energy saving plant and machinery in non- domestic premises. ●Energy audits are required by large commercial enterprises in the private sector to
promote the uptake of energy efficiency measures through the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS). ●As part of the transition to a low carbon economy, there is a Government initiative to install smart meters in all UK homes and businesses over the next 5 years. ●Growth in the self-build sector will motivate demand for sustainable and low energy ventilation solutions such as mechanical ventilation systems with heat recovery (MVHR). ●In terms of development, there is likely to be a greater emphasis on the integration of ventilation control systems into the Building Management Systems (BMS) of non-domestic buildings. ●There is likely to be an increasing demand for intelligent ‘smart’ controls that can remotely manage home heating, hot water and ventilation (via a smart phone app, for example). ●Demand-controlled systems with sensors that automatically monitor ventilation requirements will also become more important and are likely to add value to the market. Continuous extract fans with ‘boost’ feature are likely to replace the lower cost intermittent extract fans.
*The ‘Ventilation and Air Conditioning Market Report – UK 2017-2021 Analysis’ report, published by AMA Research, is available online at
www.amaresearch.co.uk or by calling 01242 235724.
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