Heat Recovery Systems Now Available from Airtherm Engineering Ltd

Heat Recovery systems are playing a increasingly important role in modern building design. An effective building ventilation solution has become critical as a result of increased levels of insulation and air tightness in commercial buildings. Factors such as ever increasing energy costs, modern construction methods and building regulations have ultimately led to poor indoor climates that can cause health problems for occupants and damaging long term effects to the fabric of a building.

Our Duplexvent commercial heat recovery units are designed to save your business energy and improve the indoor air quality. These units provide ventilation and heat recovery (for commercial and industrial areas) by using polypropylene exchangers which recover heat from the transfer of warm air to cold air via exchangers with high conductivity and performance.

Benefits of Heat Recovery

• Saves energy by reducing heating costs
• Extracts airborne pollutants that can cause allergies and asthma
• Constantly refreshes the internal atmosphere
• Removes condensation and humidity
• Supplies warmed, filtered air to living and working spaces
• Up to 94% heat recovery
• SAP Appendix Q eligible models
• Helps reduce a buildings carbon footprint
• Meets building regulations, Approved document F, April 2010 (MVHR

Technology
Heat recovery technology works by preheating incoming cool supply air by warming it with the outgoing exhaust air. In this way exhausted air transfers most of its heat to the supply air in a highly efficient heat recovery exchanger before being exhausted (at no time do the airstreams mix). 

In Practice

Stale air, contaminated with humidity, toxins and smells is extracted via outlet grilles from the kitchen, bathroom and toilet areas. These outlet grilles allow a constant or demand oriented air flow volume to be extracted.
 

BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) Our heat recovery units help buildings to be assessed for the BREEAM standard (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) - the leading and most widely used environmental assessment method for new buildings. 


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Kitchen Ventilation e-brochures

We now have new Kitchen Canopy Ventilation and Grilles and Louvres e-brochures available to download from our website.

The Kitchen Canopy Ventilation brochure illustrates the products we supply and additional systems we offer, their specifications and applications and a small selection of Case Studies. Areas covered include Lighting, Controls, Fire and Gas Safety and UV Filtration.

The Grilles and Louvres booklet covers the different types of grilles, diffusers, external louvres and dampers we supply. The booklet includes the different sizes, specifications, dimensions, pictures and safety information.

Please visit our Kitchen Ventilation page for more information:  
http://www.airtherm.co.uk/kitchen-ventilation.php

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CHAS Accreditation - Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme

Airtherm Engineering Ltd are proud to announce that we have successfully achieved the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS) accreditation in Feb 2013. CHAS are the recognised market leader for contractor’ Health & Safety pre-qualification in the UK.

This means we have proven our competence and ability to adequately manage and control the Health & Safety to our workforce.

Being CHAS Accredited shows that we have met the exacting standards of competence in Health and Safety, and that we have the ability, experience and resources to carry out specific work in our industry with confidence.

We maintain an excellent health and safety standard and to keep our workforce safe, we carry out risk assessments and method statements for every task that we carry out. We keep our equipment well maintained and we make sure to take precautions on every detail that goes along with any given project.

We think it’s extremely important to implement a safe working environment and being accredited with CHAS helps show our strength in this particular area.

Airtherm are committed to the continual improvement and development of our Health & Safety performance.

This recent CHAS accreditation follows earlier accreditations to the Construction Online and Safe Contractor schemes.

For more information: www.airtherm.co.uk/accreditations.php

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Case Study - Coleg Cymunedol School, Bridgend

Airtherm Engineering's track record of successful and efficient projects was demonstrated by the recent installation of two wall mounted 'Canvent' kitchen canopy systems at Coleg Cymunedol School in Bridgend, Wales.

The project involved the successful liaising between ourselves, the consultant, CKS, and the contractor, Swan Enviro Ltd.
 
The complete installation took just two days from attending site to completion. The canopies were installed using a special hilti type fixing, 'S' drilled into the Bison precast hollow ceiling and followed by rod and channel.
 

Canopy Sizes:
1 x 8400 x 1500 wall Canopy
1 x 6400 x 1500 wall canopy

Consultant: CKS
 
Client: Swan Enviro Ltd
 
Sector: Education
 
Products: CanVent System
 
Equipment: Cooking Equipment
 
Application: Extract Canopy System


More about our Canopy Product Range:

Our product range extends from simple condense canopies, extract only, island or wall mounted canopies, through to our air injection island systems allowing both input and extract. If required, the input air can be pre-heated for additional internal staff comfort during the cold winter months.

All products can be configured to suit each individual application.
 
Manufacture:
All canopies are manufactured from 304 (En 1.4301) or 316 (En 1.4401) stainless steel where specified and are suitably braced to prevent product distortion. All joints are welded and polished.

Our Canopies are cut, punched and folded into sub sections and factory assembled by means of computer controlled seam welds, and non-visible mechanical fixings. Systems are manufactured to the strict guidelines of DW/172, British Standards and conform to HSE for commercial kitchen ventilation. Wall mounted or island canopies can be manufactured to meet almost any dimension but typically 1000mm to 8000mm long. The system ductwork is manufactured and installed to incorporate cleaning and maintenance access doors to fully comply with DW/144 & TR/19 standards.

Canopy Lighting:

The units are designed and manufactured to deal with a wide ranging and varied commercial application, and can deal with humidity, condense rich, as well as hot and greasy environments. These units are normally recessed into the canopy ceiling providing easy cleaning and maintenance of the unit exterior. This also helps to greatly reduce the build-up of grease and other contaminates usually associated with the commercial kitchen environment. 

Recessed Incandescent Units:
• Approved for use in commercial kitchen applications 
• Meet with guidelines for DW172 & HSE Guidelines 
• Satin finished stainless steel matching faceplates for matching hood interiors 
• Tempered prismatic glass diffusers

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New Partnership with Clyde Energy Soutions...

Airtherm Engineering are proud to announce the formation of a new and exciting partnership with Clyde Energy Solutions. 

The combination of Airtherm's high quality products and services at affordable prices and Clyde's 90+ years experience in supplying and servicing commercial and industrial heating systems will benefit both of our mutual customers.

“This was not a hard decision for us, a well-known brand such as Clyde, with a long standing reputation in the industry... Airtherm had no hesitation to enter into a partnership to strengthen our position in the marketplace,” commented Andrew Brown, Airtherm's Managing Director.

“Clyde has a reputation for innovation and a consistently reliable service, supplying boilers and water heaters with a variety of Renewable Energy Solutions that meet customer expectation's. Our role at Airtherm will be to provide technical support, comprehensive proposals and cost-effective quotations for chimney and flue solutions, to our client’s throughout the UK.”

“Airtherm Engineering Ltd only uses branded flue and chimney products which are synonymous with the highest quality and it is this assured reputation that attracted Clyde to use our versatile product range on their boiler and water heaters with total confidence.”

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Case Study - Manressa Street (off Kings Road), Chelsea

Airtherm Engineering's reputation for providing a quick response to clients needs was highlighted by a recent flue installation at student accommodation in Manressa Street (off Kings Road), Chelsea, London.

The client contacted our office to request an engineer to attend site, survey and provide a price the same day. After our initial survey we offered our cost proposal for consideration, after which an order was issued but only on the provision that we could install both flues within 48 hours due to exceptional time constraints.
 
The product required was in stock and the installation was completed within the 48 hour deadline, much to the delight of our client.

Consultant: Shaylor
Client: MVS Ltd
Sector: Education
Products: MasterFlue System
Equipment: Andrews Water Heater
Application: Atmospheric

Water Heater: Andrews Water Heaters
Model: Ecoflo EC380/1900
Application: Chimney / Flue system
Operating mode: Wet
Pressure: Positive
Working pressure: 200 Pa (product will operate 1000pa max)
Inner wall: 316L1.4404/1.457 thickness Ø250 0,4 mm
Outer wall: AISI 304/ 1.4301 thickness 0,5mm
Insulation: None
Sealant : Tri-lip 'o' type silicone ring
Fuel type: Gas

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Case Study - Crackley Hall School, Kenilworth

Airtherm Engineering Limited worked with Trendgrey Construction Limited to complete the installation of a twin wall stainless steel, four hour fire rated flue installation at Crackley Hall School, Kenilworth. We also installed our Solatube Day Lighting system in several classrooms and corridors.

The new extensions at Crackley Hall School will provide new specialist classrooms, a new hall and music centre. As Crackley Hall is a historic building and is set within a residential context, we worked closely with our client and the local planning authority to develop an appropriate solution for the termination of the products of combustion.

Consultant: Ridge & Partners
 
Client: Trendgrey Ltd
 
Sector: Education
 
Products: MasterFlue System / Solatube Daylight Systems
 
Equipment: Ideal Harrier / Solatube 160DS
 
Application: Blown Gas / Flat Roof

Flue solution -
Water Heater: Ideal Cast Iron Boiler
Model: GT Harrier 5
Application: Chimney / Flue system
Operating mode: Dry
Pressure: Negative
Working pressure: 200 Pa (product will operate 1000pa max)
Inner wall: 316L1.4404/1.457 thickness Ø250 0,4 mm
Outer wall: AISI 304/ 1.4301 thickness 0,5mm
Insulation: 25mm thick
Sealant : Tri-lip 'o' type silicone ring
Fuel type: Gas

Lighting solution - 
Product Type: Solatube
Model: Solatube 160DS
Light Coverage: 1032sq m (each)
Number of Solatubes: 5off systems
Location / Areas: Classroom & Corridor
Roof Application: Flat
Roof Type: Sarnafil

Day Lighting systems actively capture daylight from the rooftop and project through a highly reflective tubing to where it’s needed. Solatube light tube system uses the most advanced technologies to ensure that the efficiency and performance of their systems is unrivalled.
 
Extension tubes are available in lengths of 610mm (straight) or 380mm long incorporating a 0-30° adjustable angle along with the new 0-90° angle unit. All reflective tubes – including adjustable tubes – are manufactured from 99.7% reflective Spectralight Infinity material, allowing tube lengths of up to 15 metres for the SolaMaster 330 DS.
 
OPTIVIEW® DIFFUSERS
The technologically advanced OptiView® diffuser uses a multiple Fresnel lens system with a stunning architectural look to deliver crystal clear daylight.

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