building services
Replacing Coventry’s tech park air conditioning
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OVENTRY University recently invested in Daikin’s VRV IV heat recovery system to replace an old
and outdated air conditioning unit. The university’s previous unit contained
R22 refrigerant, which was banned from use in 2015 because of its ozone depletion potential. Following the ban, it is illegal to work on or replace any components in a system using R22, meaning that the system can only be kept as long as it is in fine working condition. When the unit failed, Coventry University Technology Park had no alternative but a total system replacement, which sparked further upgrades in the rest of the park. Daikin installer Envirotech Climate
Control and consultants Pick Everard were called to assess the situation. Richard Cobb, Associate at Pick Everard, said: “We were commissioned to plan and design the replacement of a Daikin R22 refrigerant ducted air conditioning system. We have facilitated the installation to accommodate new LV switchgear for external condenser compounds.” The Enterprise Centre now has nine
VRV IV heat recovery condensers in a compound at the rear of the building. These units are individually controlled via a Daikin wired remote control to give tenants flexibility to change the temperature in their offices. These new systems use R410a
refrigerant, which is expected to be in widespread use well after 2035 - meaning the upgrade is anticipated to be a future- proof one that will serve the Park for many years.
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Warwick Uni quadruples Mersive Solstice installation
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ARWICK University has expanded its deployment of Mersive Solstice Pods to over 90 units, in
its Oculus Building and in a variety of learning and conference spaces across the campus. The University made the deployment to allow students and staff to share content seamlessly from any device in meetings and teaching sessions without risk to the security of the university IT infrastructure. Warwick University initially deployed 14
Mersive Solstice Pods in the Oculus building, its first dedicated building for teaching and learning. The Pods proved so popular and successful, that the university has adopted Mersive technology as its standard wireless presentation solution and rolled them out into existing buildings around the campus, with a total of 90 Pods now installed in teaching spaces, conference rooms, meeting rooms and social learning areas. The teaching and social learning spaces of a new Faculty of Arts building are currently being planned, with Mersive technology integral to the design of the space. Warwick University initially sought a
wireless Bring Your Own Device solution for staff and students in the Oculus, a flagship building that benefits from one of the UK’s most advanced suites of AV equipment. The specific challenge was to allow any user to bring any device into its AV equipped spaces and share content instantly onto the screen. The vision of the university’s IT Services manager Jonathan Owen was that any presenter, with any background and any device can walk into any space
and get their content up on the display, whether it’s a standard touch-enabled screen in a small room or the impressive 4-screen video wall in the atrium. He commented, “Having evaluated
several options, Mersive Solstice clearly stood out. From the local user’s perspective, the interface was much more intuitive than the alternatives. For us as an IT management team, Solstice is a true enterprise grade solution offering central management of licensing and deployment.” The Bring Your Own Device approach
paid off, and has now been extended to existing teaching spaces as well as new areas as they are opened. University of Warwick IT Services Owner Jonathan Owens attributes the quick adoption of Solstice at least partially to the familiar user interface. “The student community picked up on the user interface almost immediately. The point and drag interface of the Solstice app is familiar from mobile devices lowering the barrier of entry to users,” he said. The initial 14-Pod installation in the
Oculus was so successful that the University has now standardized on Solstice as its content sharing technology of choice for existing and new teaching spaces. Owen added: “Solstice does not just replace the cable that tethers a presenter to the front of the room – it acts as a true communication platform, accessible by any member of the classroom, from any device they brought with them.”
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