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Helec plant Room

An “EnSmart” pre-packaged plant room energy centre was handed over to The Formation Group’s Berol Yard residential new build scheme in Tottenham, North London. Work on the project had begun in March 2020 and continued - off-site and socially distanced - throughout the pandemic. The Technical Director designed and built a complete plant room to deliver space heating and domestic hot water services to 167 apartments and delivered it to site and into position in three main sections.

Sauter Automation, Southbank Place, Vision Centre

Sauter Automation has completed the design, installation and commissioning of the controls package for the buildings known as One and Two Southbank Place in London. This is a mixed-use development with the signature Shell Centre Tower building at the heart of it. The project is a joint venture by developers Canary Wharf Group plc (CWG) and Qatari Diar, working together to revitalise the area with high quality architecture and much improved public spaces.

Waterloo, Glan Clwy Hospital, Laing O’Rourke, Crownhouse Technologies

The £170 million redevelopment of Glan Clwyd Hospital in North Wales has seen Waterloo Air Products provide a wide range of air terminal devices which met the exacting hygiene standards of a healthcare facility whilst ensuring the wellbeing and optimum comfort of patients.

Combat Heating, Four Pure Brewery, CoRayVac, radiant tube system

Following a £500,000.00 investment Four Pure Brewing opened a new taproom based in London which was set to ‘blow people away’. The new facility includes a bespoke horseshoe bar with 43 taps, a reception room, brewery shop, meetings areas and a live music area.

Mitsubishi Electric, Strand Palace, HVRF, hybrid VRF, GWP, Elementa

London’s Strand Palace Hotel has upgraded its cooling with an innovative hybrid VRF (HVRF) system from Mitsubishi Electric.

Viega, press fit, Promech Services, Megapress,

In partnership with M&E specialist Promech Services, Viega has supplied its Megapress press connection system for thick-walled steel tube to the redevelopment of the former Britannia Music offices in Ilford, East London.

Grundfos Pumps, pumps, Murrayfield Stadium,

In the heart of Edinburgh and with the biggest capacity in Scotland, the BT Murrayfield Stadium is not just home to Scottish rugby, but also regularly hosts an array of other musical and sporting events.

GDL, Crow Wood Hotel, Burnley, ventilation, grilles, diffusers, slot diffusers

The recently opened Crow Wood Hotel & Spa near Burnley is a luxury venue with 76 bedrooms and suites, set within 40 acres of secluded countryside offering wedding, spa and conference facilities.

Rinnai, H Pickup & Sons, water heaters, limescale protection

Scarborough-based H Pickup Mechanical & Electrical Services has applied a Rinnai continuous flow hot water solution at a large-scale seafood processing plant in the North East of England.

Dunham-Bush, Hydrocourse, Eastbourne, Devonshire Park, trench heating

Dunham-Bush has supplied its Hydrocourse trench heating to the Devonshire Quarter for the £54 million transformation of the old Devonshire Park into a cultural, conferencing and sporting facility.

Coolair Equipment, Platform 21, Birmingham, air conditioning, Mitsubishi Electric

Coolair Equipment has been awarded a £900,000 contract by Imtech Engineering Services Central on behalf of Wates Construction to help provide the best possible working conditions at a Birmingham property named Platform 21.

Prolojik, Arm Holdings, smart buildings, power over ethernet, PoE

Cambridge-based Arm Holdings, one of the world’s leading semiconductor design specialists, has used technologies from Prolojik in its new headquarters building.

Micronics, Princes Dock, heat meters, U1000

Energy Metering Management has installed 24 Micronics U1000 heat meters at Princes Dock in Liverpool.

Elco, 100 Bishopsgate, Evo, boilers, heating, hot water

100 Bishopsgate is a striking new 40-storey office tower in the heart of London’s financial centre. Six Trigon XXL Evo boilers from Elco Heating Solutions have been installed in this at 900,000 sq feet building.

Waterloo, air movement, Studley Castle, hotel, grilles, air valves, diffusers

Waterloo Air Products’ grilles, air valves and diffusers have been used extensively throughout the renovated Studley Castle, successfully creating the perfect environment at Warner Leisure’s new landmark hotel.

Dunham-Bush, historic buildings, refurbishment, God’s House Tower, Southampton, heat emitters

God’s House Tower, a late 13th century gatehouse into the old town of Southampton, has had its heating systems modernized with the installation of a diverse selection of Dunham-Bush heat emitters, including fan convectors, hydro-course trench heating and radiant panels, to meet the varying installation requirements of this ancient monument.

Grundfos, fire, combustible,  jockey pump

With internal flexibility now a core demand of so many new building projects, the design and delivery of the new Riverside Studios in London has successfully managed to combine a range of entertainment options into a new exciting space. This new build project, on the banks of the River Thames, has been carefully designed to offer a free-flowing area that can be transformed to meet any demands for theatre, studio, cinema, music, dance, comedy, art, comedy, art, events or hospitality needs.

Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC , Remeha, Gas 220 Ace boilers

The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has refurbished a series of heating systems at its Harwell Campus in Didcot using Remeha high-efficiency condensing boilers.

SES Engineering Services,  mechanical, electrical, plumbing

SES Engineering Services has been appointed to deliver mechanical, electrical and plumbing services on Phase One of Milburngate, the prestigious mixed-use regeneration scheme on site in Durham city centre. This is a multi-million-pound contract win for its North East office working with main contractor, Tolent.

Vital Energi, Royal Arsenal Riverside development

Vital Energi are continuing their relationship with Berkeley Homes after being awarded the £7m mechanical and infrastructure package for the next phase of the scheme.

Architect, Jake Edgley, Titon, Trimbox NO2 filter

Architect adopts Titon

01 January, 2020

Architect Jake Edgley used two Titon HRV10 Q Plus units with Trimbox NO2 filters on his own self-build home. And he has since gone on to recommend them to his clients.

air conditioning, Apple Technical Solutions, refurbishment, Royal Bath & West Pavillion, Toshiba, Toshiba Smart Cassettes

High-performance Toshiba Smart Cassettes running on low Global Warming Potential (GWP) R-32 refrigerant are at the heart of a new air conditioning system at Bath and West Showground’s recently refurbished restaurant.

Viessmann, boilers, CHP, modular, tall buildings, 110 George Stret, Vitobloc, Vitocrossal

Viessmann boilers and a Viessmann CHP unit have been specified for 101 George Street in Croydon. The project is the tallest modular building in the world.

Heatrae Sadia, Lush, hot water, cylinder, Megaflo

When the Norwich branch of the fresh handmade cosmetics retailer moved to a larger unit in order to meet rising customer demand, a new hot water cylinder was needed to supply enough water for product demonstrations and use in staff facilities throughout the day – no matter the time of year.

 Dunham-Bush, Glasgow Dental School, Panther, Fan coil units, FCU

Dunham-Bush Panther fan coil units have been installed at the Glasgow Dental School. Fitted in the Restorative Clinic at level 6 of the building by contractors James Frew, these high specification units were selected for their quiet powerful operation, energy efficiency and easy access for on-going maintenance.

Coolair Equipment, Gloucester Business Park, Spie UK, Hitachi, VRF

Coolair Equipment has won a contract worth over £300,000 to install an air conditioning system with heat recovery at the Gloucester Business Park at Brockworth. Gloucester Business Park was officially opened in September 2000 and is home to more than 70 companies including Direct Wines, Horizon Nuclear Power, Ageas and TBS Engineering.

Dunham-Bush, Charles Darwin School, school, radiant panels, heating, Evolution, sports hall

It was a case of natural selection when Dunham-Bush Evolution radiant panels were installed at the recently refurbished sports hall and gymnasium at the Charles Darwin School in Biggin Hill, Kent.

Grundfos Pumps, pumps, Sligo University hospital, Energy Check, Magna3, TPE3

Grundfos Pumps were delighted to play their part in helping a hospital achieve energy savings by providing the Sligo University Hospital with a detailed Energy Check report. This outlined the energy savings that were achievable by exchanging the hospital’s existing pumps with intelligent MAGNA3 and TPE3 pumps.

Toshiba Carrier, TCUK, Lambeth Palace, library, AquaSnap, chillers, heat pumps

Precious books and manuscripts dating back nearly 1,000 years will be protected in controlled environmental conditions courtesy of high efficiency Carrier AquaSnap chillers and heat pumps in a new world-class library at Lambeth Palace, home of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

 NIBE, heat pumps, domestic, Chipping Homes, Ribble Valley

Developer Chipping Homes has specified air source heat pumps from NIBE for its attractive Fellside development in the picturesque village of Chipping in the Ribble Valley, which comprises 39 family homes.

Elta Fans, Pizza Hut, QUBE, centrifugal, box fan

A nationwide project to upgrade Pizza Hut’s kitchen ventilation systems to a higher performing, energy efficient solution is underway. Project manager Marcus Sawkins of GFMS Services has already upgraded several of the restaurants’ systems with the Elta Fans QUBE Centrifugal Box Fan which is reducing energy usage.

Trox, Birmingham University, laboratories, VAV, Easylab, air management

Trox Easylab air management systems, VAV units, and fume cupboard controllers have been chosen to optimise energy efficiency at the new BREEAM 'Excellent'-rated Collaborative Teaching Laboratory (CTL) at the University of Birmingham.

Geyser Thermal Energy, heat pumps, Tyram Lakes

The luxury Tyram Lakes eco resort is working with renewable energy experts Geyser Thermal Energy to reduce energy use without sacrificing guest comfort.

Nortek, Reznor, Eagles Community Arena, heating, Nor-Ray-Vac, emitters

The Eagles Community Arena (ECA) is a new purpose-built community sports arena for grassroots sports of all ages and abilities.

Trox, fan coils, fancoils, grilles, Farringdon, London, Kaleidoscope, offices

Trox fancoils and grilles have been selected for a new office development at Farringdon East Crossrail station in London. The development, known as Kaleidoscope, will be a six storey office building of 88,600 sq ft with a restaurant unit on the ground floor.

HS2, London, Sugar Cube, Euston,

Sweet start for HS2 at Euston

01 September, 2019

The first major structure to be built at Euston as part of HS2 has received the green light, with the London Borough of Camden approving the design for the high speed rail project’s eye-catching structure which will house technical equipment and a ventilation shaft for London Underground.

Carrier, Toshiba, heat pumps, river, water source, water-to-water, AquaForce

Carrier has supplied three high efficiency AquaForce heat pumps with a combined capacity of 5.0 MW for an innovative project harnessing energy from a local river.

Elco, Studley Castle, boiler, Trigon, floor-standing, hotels, Inox-Maxi

Elco takes the castle

01 September, 2019

As part of a major refurbishment, the 180-year-old Studley Castle in Warwickshire needed to refurbish its boiler plant to provide hotel guests with highly efficient and reliable heating and hot water generation.

Geyser Thermal Energy, Pure Purchasing Consultants, The Oxfordshire, Golf Club, heat pumps

The Oxfordshire Golf Club, Hotel & Spa is set to reduce its energy bills by one third as it switches to a far more economical and sustainable supplier - its own natural resources.

Pump House, roof support, hospital, Singleton Hospital, Wales, Swansea

Funding approved by the Welsh Assembly has seen the most up-to-date and powerful MRI scanner in Wales being installed at Singleton Hospital, Swansea.

 Viega, press connection, Coleg Menai, Llangefi, Wales, Profipress, Megapress

Viega has supplied its German engineered press connection technology to the development of a new state-of-the-art engineering centre at Coleg Menai’s Llangefni campus.

Castle Building Services Organisation, CBS, University of Central Lancashire, UCLan, Student Centre

Castle wins education project

01 September, 2019

Castle Building Services Organisation (CBS), an independent building services design and installation contractor, has announced a significant £6 million education sector contract win for its North West Office.

Royal Papworth Hospital, Grundfos,

Papworth’s first association with the field of medicine began back in 1918, when it was designated as a specialist TB treatment centre. Over the years it gained a pioneering reputation as a centre of excellence for transplants. Their success was formally recognised when it was granted a Royal title in 2017.

Lochinvar, Glasgow, Baltic Chambers, G8 Energy Solutions, TTB boilers

Banbury-based Lochinvar has supplied three high efficiency, condensing boilers to the newly refurbished Baltic Chambers in Glasgow. Originally built by the Victorian developer Duncan McNaughton, it is a familiar landmark close to Glasgow Central railway station. The six-storey building retains many of its original features including its striking façade with ornate stonework and mosaic floor tiled entrance foyer.

Elco, Thision L Elco, Cromwell Junior School, Staffordshire Mechanical Solutions, SMS

Five Thision L Eco 120kW boilers from Elco Heating Solutions have been installed at Cromwell Junior and Infants School, Birmingham, as part of the complete refurbishment of the plant room. The new boilers have been arranged back to back on a cascade frame with a pre-fabricated header system – maximising the output in a restricted area.

 Trox, 21 Dartmouth Street, X-Cube, air handling units, AHUs, Max Fordham

For the redevelopment project at 21 Dartmouth Street, London, a premium occupant experience was essential to complement the enviable location. The installation of a Trox air conditioning solution, including Trox X-Cube air handling units (AHUs), and X-Aircontrol modules, with the X-Aircontrol Zonemaster, is enabling the building to achieve outstanding levels of efficiency alongside elite levels of comfort.

Mitsubishi Electric, e-Series Chillers, Redworth Associates, M&S Bank Arena

The M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool is now able to deliver energy efficient cooling to audiences of up to 11,000 thanks to the installation of 46 e-Series modular chillers from Mitsubishi Electric.

 Rinnai, hot water, Scarborough, continuous hot water, Coombe Hay Care Home, Rinnai HD55i

Rinnai continuous flow hot water heating units have replaced a vastly oversized and an almost-redundant traditional style of system at the Coombe Hay Care Home in Scarborough.




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Manufacturer helps equip skills centre

Ideal Heating has helped to equip a new £500,000 green energy centre in Merseyside which is seeking to attract fresh talent into the heating industry.

Acoustic solutions suite with easy access to services at University of Birmingham

A suite of ceiling and wall acoustic solutions have been specified for The University of Birmingham’s new landmark Molecular Sciences building, which will provide a hub for research and academic work.