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Birmingham school selects energy-saving boilers
Birmingham to improve the efficiency and reliability of its heating system, reducing energy demand and associated emissions. The school had previously relied on two
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boilers and a calorifier for its heating and hot water. A condition survey carried out for Birmingham City Council by Paul James, Senior Mechanical Engineer at Acivico, revealed that these had come to the end of their lifecycle. The decision was therefore taken to upgrade the ageing heating plant. M&E specialist SPIE UK was appointed
as the main contractor on the project by Birmingham City
Council.The priority for the Council was to achieve a more effective and reliable heating and hot water provision. To meet these requirements, Mark Nicklin, Contracts Director at SPIE, recommended installing four Remeha Quinta Ace 160 condensing boilers and an Andrews Water Heaters ECOflo direct- fired water heater. Nicklin commented: “We recommended
using multiple Remeha Quinta Ace 160 boilers on a cascade system and connecting them to a low loss header to
maximise heating efficiency and reliability. “When installing new condensing boilers
onto old systems, low loss headers help optimise boiler operation and longevity by achieving hydraulic separation between the boiler circuit and the heating circuit,” he explained. James is pleased with the result.
“The school is benefiting from reliable, high-performance heating which is creating a more comfortable learning environment for the school’s children and
staff. And the higher operational efficiency means that energy use at the school is reduced, lowering overheads and helping stretch the budget further. At the same time, the cleaner operation and ultra-low NOx emissions will minimise the building’s carbon footprint, in keeping with Birmingham City Council’s environmental commitments.”
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State-of-the-art ventilation system for Don Valley Academy
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ILBERTS, one of Britain’s leading independent air movement specialists, has employed cutting
edge ventilation technology for main contractor Kier Construction for the new Don Valley Academy & Performing Arts College in Scawthorpe, Doncaster. The school is part of the Delta Trust,
which aims to establish a Northern Alliance to transform educational outcomes in the region, with a core value of promoting environmental awareness and protection locally, regionally and globally. To meet the requirements of the
Facilities Output Specification (FOS), and Department for Education school building guidelines (BB101 and BB93), Gilberts supplied its state of the art Mistral Fusion System (MFS) stand-alone, ductless, dynamic hybrid ventilation
solution for multi-occupancy rooms. The modular design of MFS has meant
one core product has been used to address design configurations of ventilation through the wall or through the roof in all teaching spaces. Thus, 130 MFS 128 units paired with Gilberts’ WMZ glazed in façade louvres have been utilised to deliver appropriate airflow and quality into the classrooms with minimal heat loss throughout the three-storey building. A further four MFS units were then configured to create two natural ventilation roof terminals (MFS-VN), delivering fresh air intake and stale air extract for the main hall, in conjunction with four WHC high performance façade louvres. Kier contracts manager for the project
Mike Gorman, said: “Gilberts’ breadth of product and expertise meant we could,
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from one source, obtain the key elements we needed to ensure compliance with the ventilation criteria.”
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EMEHA energy-saving condensing boilers have been installed at Elms Farm Community Primary School in
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