Peter Thomsen maps the future for the energy efficiency of chilled-water plant and demonstrates how energy savings of 60% can be made over today’s best practices.

Aermec’s NSB range of air-cooled water chillers are designed to deliver free cooling whenever possible to reduce energy consumption. They operate in three modes.

Energy-efficient climate control for the head office of Pullman Fleet Services in Doncaster is provided by six energy-recovery VRF systems from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Many air conditioning plants do not perform to specification, wasting energy and costing thousands of pounds in inflated fuel bills. Mike Creamer looks at the scale of the problem and a new solution.

Air Diffusion’s latest range of panel floor grilles is available with full detail on the structural point loading of each standard model.

A ‘green charter’ produced by LG and running to 20 lavishly illustrated pages shows that the company is well on the road towards a ‘take-back’ strategy and end-of-life recycling of air-conditioning equipment.

Following the recent publication of a CIBSE Technical Memorandum, Mike Price reviews why chilled-water fan-coil units are one of the most effective means of providing air conditioning.

Not only does air-conditioning Oceanair have plenty of stock, but it is also an important provider of industry training and is also working to develop new and original business areas.

Carrier Rental Systems has published a comprehensive range of sales and product literature for its air-conditioning rental products.

Johnson Controls has introduced its York YDS VRF air-conditioning system to the UK. YDS is in its third generation and is based on six outdoor condensing units and over 30 indoor units.

The economic climate is a major influence on the UK market for air conditioning, but new technical trends are emerging — as David Garwood explains.

The choice for heat rejection from an air-conditioning system should not just be between dry coolers and evaporative cooling. Both techniques can be used to advantage, as Stephen Fairgrieve and Jaeggi Guentner explain.

Independent distributor FM has been selected by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as a distributor for its complete range of VRF and split air-conditioning systems in the UK. FM is a wholly owned subsidiary of AMP Air Conditioning.

Ahead of the ban on the use of R22 virgin fluid for the maintenance of air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment, McDonald’s has converted equipment at one of its outlets in Montagny-sur-Yverdon in Switzerland from R22 to Forane 427A from Arkema, a new generation of HFC.

Moving on from constant-volume fan-coil units to variable volume makes the approach to air conditioning more energy efficient — as Barry Trewhitt explains.

The international broadcasting centre for the Olympic Games in Beijing will be cooled using 22 Carrier air-cooled chillers supplied on the basis of a rental contract.

LG Air Conditioning’s AC Smart central controller can provide individual monitoring and control of up to 64 indoor units, setting heating or cooling mode, temperature, fan speed and also checking for faults.

Simple control of cooling units in a room using presence detection is provided by a PIR thermostat from Danlers.

Clivet Aircon has set up a training centre for its Versatemp air-conditioning system at its Portsmouth business centre. This facility will help building-services engineers, facilities managers and property managers gain a deeper insight into the working of Versatemp systems and how best to plan maintenance.

With the arrival of the Neosys range of air-cooled chillers, Lennox has completed the Ecolean range and now offers chillers from 20 to 460 kW using R410A.

Dunham Bush has supplied over 140 Lynx fan-coil units for the new Mountbatten Building at the University of Southampton. They were selected by consulting engineers CH2M Hill for their high performance and compact, discreet design.