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The Cogeneration Gap – Part 1

CHP for residential care homes (Combined Heat and Power).

Often seen as an ideal application within the residential care home, in this short blog series Adveco discusses the argument for onsite energy cogeneration, the operational costs, the environmental impact and highlights the increasing performance gap between ‘dirty CHP’ and the latest generation of highly efficient micro-CHP… Whether building a new residential care home or … Read more

Legionella Precautions When Reopening Buildings

Legionella Precautions When Reopening Buildings

Find the Legionella risk assessment for your building. Restart hot water systems 24 hours before the building is to be reoccupied. Test water temperatures. Get expert advice if a building’s occupants’ health places them in a high-risk category. Commercial hot water and heating specialist, Adveco, today offered a precautionary warning against the dangers of Legionella … Read more

Sustainable Energy For The Leisure Industry – Part 2

Bromsgrove Leisure Centre case study Adveco

In part 1 we discussed the importance of understanding how hot water, heating and power demands can be cost-effectively brought into balance, and why hybrid systems are key to achieving long-term sustainability… As well as being able to be cost-effectively controlled, a hybrid system can also be optimised for COâ‚‚ emissions by selecting the optimal … Read more

Sustainable Energy For The Leisure Industry – Part 1

Bromsgrove Leisure Centre plant room.

From hotel accommodation to restaurant kitchens, spas and swimming pools, leisure estates generate a wide range of electrical and heating demands. In terms of usage patterns, demands can be significant, often varied, but also constant, creating a complex range of challenging applications. Currently, around 40% of UK greenhouse gas emissions are accounted for by heating, … Read more

Solar Thermal – Proven Route to Sustainability

Solar collector panels Adveco

Solar thermal represents a vital component for addressing sustainability within commercial organisations. Obviously, solar thermal systems are most productive in the summer months, when there is most sunlight, so this does result in the additional need for non-renewable energy sources during the winter months. Despite this, sustainability is more than achievable, and Adveco will design … Read more

Adveco Covid 19 update – Engineering Site Visits

Adveco commissioning

The provision of heating and especially hot water within hospitals and residential care facilities, supermarkets and those supporting key workers, such as schools, is being actively prioritised for support by Adveco. An important aspect of that work is the provision of site-based engineering services for emergency call outs, ensuring priority customers have a reliable supply … Read more

Adveco Covid-19 update

Adveco Covid-19 update.

During these unprecedented times, and in response to the latest Government advice to all businesses in the UK, Adveco is taking all necessary measures to protect its staff and help prevent further spread of the Coronavirus. Our services have always been regarded as business-critical to our customers, and with so many providing front-line support in … Read more

Reducing Carbon with Air Source Heat Pumps

Reduce Carbon with Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP).

It is estimated that 40% of COâ‚‚ emissions can come from commercial heating alone and finding new and innovative ways to heat premises is at the top of the list for many businesses. Commercial sites – education, healthcare, retail, logistics, offices, hospitality and leisure – seeking to reduce both their carbon footprint and energy bills … Read more

Offsite Construction for Heating – An Educated Decision

Pre-fabricated packaged plant rooms.

There are massive benefits for the education sector using pre-fabricated packaged plant rooms for schools to rapidly deploy hot water and heating. Provisioning a modern, efficient, cost-effective and sustainable business-critical hot water and heating system is not necessarily straight forward for some sites. They may be limited in terms of existing plant room space, or … Read more

Micro-CHP and The Urban Balancing Act

Micro-CHP and The Urban Balancing Act.

Adveco’s Technical Director, Bill Sinclair, discusses balancing concerns over the cost to health from NOx emissions with the advantages of using micro-CHP in urban commercial building projects. A by-product of the combustion of hydrocarbon fuels, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) are a major contributing factor to poor air quality, the most toxicologically significant being a combination of … Read more