www.heatingandventilating.net From the editor


Humidity comes to the fore


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umidity control is always pushed up the priority list in commercial buildings and homes in the winter.


In businesses, humidity is essential for maintaining a comfortable, healthy and safe environment for occupants, promoting energy efficiency, protecting equipment and preserving valuable assets. In homes, it is equally important, when


central heating reduces humidity resulting in dry skin, eyes and the possibility of respiratory issues for residents. It’s the reason for our focus on humidity


control in the January issue, and this month’s features, aimed at the commercial sector, do not disappoint. Firstly, Humidity Solutions’ Simon


Marshall addresses the subject of low energy humidification (PG10), while Condair’s Dave Marshal-George looks at how to manage electrostatic with humidification (PG13). Then finally, David Baird of Dristeem offers a general picture of how to achieve healthier and more productive environments with optimal humidity levels (PG14). Other features include Air Distribution, Light Commercial & Sustainability. The HVR team would like to wish all


our readers and advertisers a happy and successful 2024.


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Welcome & news Cutting edge


heat & vent ‘SOLID’ INNOVATION IN WATER TREATMENT


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teve Crick, managing director of water treatment business DosaFil explains how his frustration with traditional methods led to a


new solid approach to water treatment which has been achieving success with multiple customers. It is more or less accepted that all water treatment


products come in a liquid form, that can be added to the circulating water in the heating or cooling system, requiring the movement of heavy, usually plastic containers that once subjected to chemicals cannot be recycled. Inevitably, a high proportion of the liquid chemical added is water, not active ingredient. The DosaFil alternative solution relies on being able to provide the active ingredients in a solid paste format that is lighter, less dangerous to handle and transport, results in zero leakage or spillage, needs zero plastic that ends up in landfill and offers as good or better results once applied to a system. Many customers have reported


success with the DosaFil solid chemicals and dosing devices suggesting that the results of the solid chemical approach can be as effective as the traditional liquid chemical approach and in many, significantly better. “We set out to challenge the status quo, creating a safe, easy to install and operate water conditioning system that also addresses common key concerns of modern business, such as health and safety, eco-friendliness and reduction of energy consumption,” Steve says. “We designed a new approach to water treatment, dared to


dream about changing things when we were told they couldn’t change, and produced a solution that has made us a highly successful business as we quietly went about changing the face of improving water quality in heating systems.” “DosaFil was created with the purpose of designing, manufacturing and delivering innovative, high quality water conditioning equipment for the commercial and industrial water treatment markets. The initial idea was to master the belief that water


treatment does not need to revolve around huge quantities of liquid chemicals. Steve was convinced that solid paste type chemicals that rapidly dissolved when applied to systems was the answer to several issues that needed addressing in the sector. And now DosaFil is currently working on the means of introducing a similar product – a solid paste chemical cleaner and inhibitor/system protector – for the residential heating and plumbing marketplace. Once again the new product will, when released, meet all the standards and guidelines that currently exist in the marketplace whilst offering a raft of benefits over liquid solutions for merchants stocking the product and installers using it – including a weight reduction for moving the product in bulk, less space taken up on the merchants shelves and in the installers vans, less mess – due to no spillage of the liquid product and a range of other benefits that merchants, specifiers and installers will see as beneficial.


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