Read The Adveco December 2023 Newsletter

November 30, 2023/in Blog, Catering, Education, Health, Hot Water, Hotels, Leisure, Net Zero, News, office buildings, restaurants

Seasons greetings from the Adveco December 2023 newsletter.

As we round out the year we celebrate a year of innovation in water heating for commercial properties throughout the UK. We also are pleased to introduce new members to the sales team and take a look at the importance of whole-life carbon and what this means for hot water systems. We also cover all the latest updates on products and seasonal office times.

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Embodied Carbon

November 20, 2023/in Blog, Hot Water, Net Zero

The Importance of Embodied Carbon

The building industry is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for nearly 40% of global energy-related emissions. While operational emissions, from energy used to heat, cool, and power buildings have been the focus of attention, embodied carbon emissions, from the production, transportation, and disposal of building materials, are increasingly recognized as a significant concern.

Embodied carbon is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the entire lifecycle of a building’s materials, from extraction to manufacturing, transportation, and disposal. These emissions are “embodied” within the building itself and are released over time, even if the building is operated efficiently.

A significant, yet often overlooked source of emissions, and unlike operational emissions which can be reduced through energy efficiency measures, embodied carbon emissions are more difficult to address. Once a building is constructed, its embodied carbon emissions are locked in and cannot be easily changed.

As buildings become more energy efficient, embodied carbon emissions will become an even more significant share of the total carbon footprint of buildings. In fact, some estimates suggest that embodied carbon could account for up to 80% of the total carbon footprint of new buildings by 2050.

Measuring Whole Life Carbon Of The Built Environment

In response, a new assessment standard for carbon measurement in the built environment from The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is set to be the framework for significantly reducing the industry’s carbon output.

The Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment (WLCA) standard has been updated from its first edition, released in 2017 and is now suitable for global use and can cover all built assets and infrastructure projects throughout the built environment lifecycle.

Using the WLCA standard, assessors can estimate the amount of carbon emitted throughout the life cycle of a constructed asset, from the early stages of development through to the end of life. It gives visibility to embodied carbon, operational carbon, and user carbon – something that is vital to carbon calculations and a unique feature of the RICS standard.

By giving visibility to the carbon cost of different design choices, the standard aims to help manage carbon budgets, reduce lifetime emissions, and deliver a net-zero future for the built environment.

Through this process, property managers gain an understanding of the carbon costs and benefits of design choices in construction. It provides information on calculating and reporting carbon emissions over the lifecycle of a built asset, including production, construction, operation, end of life and beyond asset life.

Embodied Carbon & Water Heating

With its focus firmly on sustainable alternatives for supplying domestic hot water demands to commercial properties, Adveco recognises the need to deliver system design which is supported by embodied carbon data. We are already aware of the requested levels of data required by consultants and specifiers in the UK and are well into the process of collating manufacturing data on our product lines to ensure embodied carbon figures are readily available.

Adveco is in constant discussion with its manufacturing partners globally as well as assessing its own internal policies and operations to develop strategies that can support the reduction of embodied carbon emissions in the building industry.

These discussions range from specifying low-carbon materials in the manufacturing processes, improvements in efficiency, reducing the size and weight of components or even eliminating them entirely if deemed unnecessary. This is especially true of the latest generation of packaged systems such as FUSION and FUSION integrated with solar thermal, where systems are increasingly more compact and supplied ready to install with pre-made pipework kits for less waste. The systems also leverage high-quality build materials, such as stainless steel, and components to ensure an extended working lifespan, reducing the need for replacement and the impact over time of embodied carbon. Where possible we encourage the application of recycled materials, especially metal and alloys, and continue to source as much as possible from the UK and European manufacturing to shorten transportation distances. Offsite construction and a focus on packaged whole systems also enables us to reduce the number of deliveries to a project site, in optimal conditions a whole system will be delivered in a single instance.

Embodied carbon is a critical issue that must be addressed if the building industry is to meet its climate goals. By adopting a holistic approach that considers the entire lifecycle of building materials, the industry can significantly reduce its carbon footprint and contribute to a more sustainable future.

Produced in partnership with the UK’s Department for Transport and Net Zero Waste Scotland, RICS will take the new WLCA standard to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Duba next week.

Read The Adveco November 2023 Newsletter

November 1, 2023/in Catering, Education, Health, Hot Water, Hotels, Leisure, Net Zero, News, office buildings, restaurants

Welcome to the Adveco November 2023 newsletter. We are celebrating awards for the FUSION packaged electric water heater range and Live Metering which continues to garner attention for its ability to reduce capital expenditure when transitioning from gas to electric hot water systems. We also introduced the latest generation of MSS cylinder for heat pump based projects, look at the sustainability of existing office space and preview COP28 which debuts in Dubai latest this month…

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COP28 – Climate Change Challenges

October 30, 2023/in Blog, Hot Water, Legislation, Net Zero

The 28^th session of the Conference of Parties (COP28) is the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Inaugurated in 1995, COP is an annual opportunity for signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to debate solutions to climate change.

The key outcome of the COP process has been the 2015 Paris Agreement, signed by 195 parties, which saw the agreement to cut global greenhouse gas emissions to ensure global surface temperatures remain below 2 degrees Celsius (ideally 1.5 degrees Celsius) in order to prevent dangerous climate change.

COP26, which was held in Glasgow, built on the Paris Accord, with renewed commitments by signatory governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. 190 countries agreed to the phasing out of coal for energy production which is widely regarded as one of the fastest and relatively easy ways to cut carbon emissions. Timeframes for emissions reduction targets were also established, though crucially not legally binding.

It was hoped that COP27, held in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, would build on this success and push targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions even further as UN reports suggest current commitments of signatories to the Paris Agreement don’t go far enough to successfully limit global warming to under 1.5 degrees celsius (vs. 1990s levels).

COP27 was feted for the creation of the Loss and Damage Fund, primarily aimed at helping developing countries cover the cost of damage caused by natural disasters related to global warming, such as wildfires, rising sea levels, heatwaves, drought, and crop failure. Questions over how quickly the fund will be able to get up and running, and how effectively it is able to function remain, clouding initial jubilation.

COP27 was also characterised by a lack of commitment to completely phase out fossil fuels. The final commitment stated a need to “accelerate efforts towards the phase-down of unabated coal power and phase-out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.” This has been a major point of contention for the green lobby. As a result, Cop27 was greeted with an equal mix of celebration and frustration, so much now rests on Cop 28 being seen as a success, but it poses significant challenges.

The 2023 conference, COP28 takes place between November 30^thand December 12^th in Dubai. It marks a significant milestone with the completion of the first full assessment of the Paris Agreement begun at COP26. This “Global Stocktake” is intended to “assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of the Paris Agreement and its long-term goals.” It will explore how signatory countries are faring against the emissions-cutting commitments at an overall global level, identifying trends that should inform countries’ national climate commitments (NCC), which must be updated every five years. At COP27 governments were urged to revisit national climate plans to meet 2030 targets, and there is an expectation for them to demonstrate more ambitious climate strategies compared to those of 2022. This could well be contentious for some, including the UK, which has been accused of slowing rather than accelerating targets.

Financing action against climate change will without doubt be high on the agenda. In 2009, at COP15, developed countries committed to a collective goal of mobilising 100 billion USD per year by 2020 for climate action and mitigation efforts in developing countries. However, a subsequent lack of commitment to funding pledges has created an atmosphere of mistrust amongst some COP signatories. With no agreement reached at COP27 on how large the funding stream would be for the Loss and Damage Fund, who will be responsible for paying what, and who will be eligible to receive funding, there are urgent expectations for greater clarity of purpose to come out of COP28 to support developing countries.

The UAE’s priorities for its COP of course will include a focus on how to implement the policies that were agreed in Paris and Glasgow. It is already clear that COP28 will take place in the context of challenging geopolitical relations.

The production of oil, natural gas, and coal, which is responsible for as much as 79% of total emissions worldwide will be a point of issue, especially as only the phasing out of coal was a subject of a commitment at COP27. Businesses in the region are at an earlier stage in their sustainability journey and much of the current focus is on how to achieve a ‘just transition’ – making sure that global decarbonisation efforts are equitable, fair, and inclusive. Expectations will also be muddied by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and rising tensions in the Middle East, both areas being major suppliers of oil and gas. Though expectation is for one of greater impetus in the drive toward non-fossil and renewable alternatives to ensure fuel security in developed nations.

Alok Sharma, the UK Conservative MP and former minister who led the Cop26 talks in Glasgow in 2021, says the task is clear, “Cop28 must deliver strengthened emissions reduction targets, and a commitment to peak global emissions by 2025,” he said. “There must be a plan to turbocharge the clean energy revolution, and a commitment to phase out fossil fuels. And a meaningful agreement on how to scale up finance, both public and private, to support developing nations to decarbonise their economies – moving from the billions to the trillions.”

NIC Advisory Too Focussed On Domestic Carbon

October 24, 2023/in Blog, Hot Water, Legislation, Net Zero

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), the government’s independent advisory body, has published its second National Infrastructure Assessment. The NIC advisory is a five-year review that sets out plans to transform the country’s energy, transport and other key networks over the next 30 years.

The immediate interpretation if the new NIC advisory is one of prioritisation of heat pumps and district networks in order to switch buildings away from gas heating, with many reporting recommendations for ruling out the use of hydrogen.

Less obvious from the headlines is that the Commission’s “comprehensive and fully costed programme of government support” once again mainly targets households to make the carbon emissions saving switch from gas to electric, observing that 7 million domestic buildings in England will need to make this transition by 2035 to meet the Sixth Carbon Budget.

Of the £6.4bn predicted to be required by the NIC advisory for this process, half would be destined for domestic properties and half used to improve energy efficiency and install heat pumps across the public sector estate and social housing.

The NIC’s stance on hydrogen relates specifically to domestic applications, ruling out its application for domestic heating estimating that a system with hydrogen heating would be around “1.2 times more expensive than a system without”. Heat pumps, it says, use around three times less energy than hydrogen boilers to produce heat.

The focus for hydrogen should be one of power generation and industrial decarbonisation states the NIC advisory report.

Comments from the industry that, “Heat pumps already cost less to run than a gas boiler” are sweeping statements that when taken out of a domestic space heating context are blatantly untrue. This is especially the case when it comes to water heating where gas remains three to four times cheaper depending on tariffs and current grid costs of electricity and gas. In the commercial environment heat pumps absolutely have a role to play in decarbonising hot water production, but the technology still is best applied as a preheat resource, otherwise capital and operational costs begin to soar. Adveco remains an exponent of hybrid approaches that draw the best from a mix of technologies which include heat pumps, electric heating, solar thermal and ultimately green gasses, including hydrogen, to cut carbon emissions while still meeting the large-scale demands of the commercial sector for daily hot water.

The NIC correctly recognises that the heat pump market needs significant support to reach economies of scale and reduce costs if net zero targets are to be met, but the oft-cited “rapid replacement of the gas grid” by those lobbying for electrification of homes, fails to consider the wider impacts of the built environment. In particular, the commercial sector remains a major source of carbon emissions from its built estates. NIC’s commitment to industrial decarbonisation through hydrogen is to be supported but needs to more tacitly incorporate commercial buildings with high energy demands, such as for safe, business-critical hot water production. The danger is that the commercial sector continues to be a grey area of government oversight and more critically, lack of financial support.

Addressing homeowners’ concerns is a predominantly political play, especially with the expectations of an election in the near term but continues to be detrimental to the wider need to address energy use and climate change impact of the wider built environment of the UK.

Under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, 197 countries – including the UK – agreed to try to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C by 2100. To achieve this, scientists say that net zero CO₂ emissions must be reached by 2050. These are legally binding agreements with targets that critics have accused Rishi Sunak of watering down after he relaxed a plan to phase out the installation of gas boilers by 2035, instead aiming for only an 80% phase-out to save households money. NIC chairman Sir John Armitt said, “We’ve got a 2035 target [on boilers] which is only 12 years away, I find it hard to accept that we are likely to meet that when we are installing 50-60,000 heat pumps at the absolute most per annum at the moment when the government has set itself a target of 600,000 heat pumps per year by 2028.”

The International Energy Agency (IEA), the global energy watchdog, said in its latest report that the growth in clean energy and technologies was “impressive” and predicted renewables would provide half of the world’s electricity by 2030.

But it also added the caveat that the phase down of fossil fuels is not happening quickly enough and that the world’s reliance on fossil fuels means that we are still on track to be facing a global average temperature rise of 2.4C by 2100.

If the NIC chairman is concerned about hitting domestic targets for heat pumps that have been the focus of government policy and support, then the commercial sector represents a ticking time bomb, where a lack of grants and clear advice will only further exacerbate the problems of achieving future carbon budgets which are critical for meeting net zero aims.

In response to the publication of this latest NIC advisory plan, officials at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said it was incentivising investment in the heat pump market, providing up to £30 million to support UK manufacturing in a bid to make the switch a more “attractive choice”. Some £6.6bn is being put into clean heat and energy efficiency, with a further £6 billion of new funding from 2025, the department added. A spokesperson also said in response to the IEA report that the independent Climate Change Committee recognised oil and gas would continue to be part of the UK’s energy mix on the path to net zero. This gives us hope that there remain opportunities to support the right energy and technology mixes for commercial demands but the sector needs this to be laid out in black and white.

COP28 – the UN’s climate summit – takes place this November in Dubai, where it is hoped world leaders will make further commitments to tackling climate change. We wait to see if greater clarity and new commitments to action are forthcoming.

Offices

October 19, 2023/in Hot Water, Net Zero, office buildings

Sustainable Hot Water Products For Offices

Design, Supply and Support for Domestic Hot Water Applications for Office Buildings.

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS

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SOLAR THERMAL PRODUCTS

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As the specialist in the design and supply of sustainable hot water applications, we can help address the sustainability of office spaces today. Unless a new build, which will be electrical-based, most refurbishments will look to either improve on existing gas systems or aim to completely replace them with electrical alternatives, typically heat pumps and/or electric heating with a boiler.

Preserving The Future of UK Office Space

Office space in England contracted by an estimated 18m square feet during the Covid-19 pandemic, the single largest shake-up of the sector has ever seen. Unsurprisingly developers reacted warily as occupancy levels remained low, and many older offices which no longer met the demands of a modern employer or stringent environmental standards were decommissioned or transferred to domestic applications. This has been especially pronounced in smaller cities and away from central business districts.

Despite this, rents for prime offices – classified by good location, accessibility, and energy efficiency of the premises – are increasing in all major UK cities. This is being driven by developers reacting to pressure to make more versatile office spaces, supporting the growth of agile working and greener by supporting shifting work patterns and meeting new environmental regulations. These workspaces demand fully equipped premises – often with reception, meeting rooms, dedicated cloakrooms and shower facilities, break rooms, on-premises cafés and canteens – and a wider working environment that addresses sustainability in line with corporate social responsibility.

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Live Metering – The most cost-effective and efficient path to sustainability for your office's future.

If you need assistance with a system for your office, then Adveco’s Live Metering service is for you. Live Metering requires an Adveco engineer to visit your site and install a water meter to provide hot water temperature monitoring for verified water data and comment on the risk of the existing system.

Adveco will return within the month to collect the meter. During these visits we can confirm space and clearances, and installation suitability, and once we have analysed the data give a truly accurate sizing and emissions/costs calculation.

Bespoke theoretical hot water modelling optimised to work with a building’s existing electrical supply
Daily & annual hot water demands
Annual estimated energy consumption
Annual estimated carbon emissions
Annual estimated operational costs

Adveco can then advise on a new hot water system which meets the demands of a building while increasing efficiency, lowering carbon emissions, and managing costs.

Heat Pumps

For new office buildings which are serviced by electricity only, the deployment of air source heat pumps (ASHP) as a method of pre-heating water represent a clear opportunity to introduce low-carbon technology to meet sustainability goals.

Heat Pumps For New & Refurbished Offices
For new builds, consultants are already specifying a greater electrical load to account for the additional power demands to support a mixture of heat pumps and direct electric afterheat necessary to meet the higher water temperatures and volume demands exhibited in large office projects. Due to their relative ease of installation compared to ground source systems, we will focus on Air Source Heat Pumps or ASHPs. New domestic hot water (DHW) systems will predominantly follow this model, taking advantage of heat pump performance efficiencies to create a hybrid approach to deliver pre-heating for as much as 75% of the water in a direct electric system. Able to draw and transfer thermal energy from air, under the right circumstances ASHPs represent an efficient way to significantly reduce the carbon emissions of a building and with no gas to the building, no local generation of NOₓ and no flue to install this clearly has its advantages.

However, with ASHPs offering greater efficiencies in low-temperature systems, the high-temperature demands of DHW for office applications can be a challenge. High temperatures need greater compression of the refrigerant, requiring more electrical input which results in lower efficiency or Coefficient of Performance (COP).

When analysing the value of an ASHP in terms of reducing CO₂ emissions the carbon intensity figures from SAP10 should be used and advantage of ASHPs is that their performance is greater than 100% as they extract additional energy from outside of the building’s metered systems. This gives significant carbon savings but, when describing the efficiency of an ASHP, working flow water temperatures of 35°C are often cited. It needs to be recognised that this temperature is insufficient for office building applications. Even if a building has achieved Passivhaus standards, and this remains a rarity, 35°C is not going to be hot enough to safely provide DHW. Achieving 60°C in a calorifier (an indirect water heater) is a basic requirement for a commercial DHW system, but means the working flow temperature from the ASHP would need to be at least 65°C. As well as struggling to achieve these temperatures year-round in the UK, the COP drops very low meaning you lose the value of deploying ASHPs. A calculated working flow of 55°C is certainly attainable from current generation ASHPs and this is why when designing commercial DHW systems it is preferable to use a hybrid approach that uses the ASHP as preheat and combines it with either gas-fired or more preferably electric immersion top up to achieve the required hot water temperature.

Attention also needs to be given to the Ecodesign established European temperature zones when assessing the suitability of a heat pump to serve a building’s DHW heating load. For most of the UK the relevant defined temperature zone is ‘average’, where the annual reference temperature for the ASHP’s Seasonal Coefficient of Performance, or SCOP, is -10°C. For some Southern and Western UK regions, the ‘warmer’ Ecodesign temperature zone can be applied for modelling, where the lowest the reference temperature will only fall to 2°C. These differing temperature regions can have a significant impact on the SCOP therefore it is important to ensuring the values entered into an assessment are both relevant and accurate for the installation. Incidentally, the SCOP of an ASHP is a far better overall gauge of the year-round efficiency as opposed to COP. While COP figures are often cited in technical literature, you must remember that these represent very specific climatic conditions that may only occur for a moment in time.

Commercial DHW applications using heat pumps are going to be complex and, compared to gas-fired alternatives, are going to have higher up-front costs. Designing the system for peak efficiency, and therefore sustainability, is a must to help offset this additional capital investment when compared to traditional gas-fired systems. With 50 years of specialist experience in creating bespoke commercial DHW systems, Adveco is well-positioned to support such projects with a wide range of air source heat pumps, indirect tanks and electric immersions. Under the right circumstances, such as new builds with a high degree of insulation, ASHPs represent an efficient way to significantly reduce the carbon emissions of office buildings. As the cost of grid electricity closes on that of gas, ongoing savings garnered from operating a hybrid ASHP-based system, plus the reduction in CO₂ emissions makes the technology a truly attractive prospect for the latest generation of office building projects. New innovations in heat pump technology and refrigerants will further enhance the advantages of the technology cementing its position as a truly viable alternative for the provision of commercial-grade hot water.

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Solar Thermal for Office buildings

A proven and extremely reliable technology, solar thermal offers a clear path to reducing CO₂ emissions.

Correctly designed and sized to the application, such as office services, solar thermal systems can generate a considerable proportion of the hot water requirements for buildings that are already on-gas with relatively short payback periods on the initial capital expenditure, while leveraging lower-cost gas to meet peak demands.

Recognising the implications on operational expense when switching to all-electric water heating, we would also advocate the use of solar thermal in new builds to offset at least 30% of annual hot water energy demands, reducing both operational costs and carbon emissions.

Solar Thermal For Office Buildings

Office buildings will typically use paired condensing gas water heaters sized to supply up to 100% of hot water demand to ensure consistent hot water availability throughout the year. The addition of solar thermal preheat on the cold feed reduces the need to fully employ the gas water heaters, reducing energy demands, costs and emissions. Solar Thermal alone will not provide for the entire hot water demand of a building, but, because of the 9-5 or staggered shift working patterns preheat storage demands can typically be shortened to three or four hours. As a result, systems employing solar thermal can be extremely effective, ideally allowing for approximately 20% solar fraction, or the percentage of the total thermal load satisfied by solar energy, thus reducing reliance on the gas boiler.

Adveco’s application design specialism is particularly valuable when assessing the demands and limitations of an office building. For instance, flat roofs will find up to 25% of the total space available for solar panels will be limited by the allowance for access and prevention of shade which would otherwise compromise system efficiency. As building footprints become more compact and high-rise in urban centres, especially in the case of city hi-rise offices, available roof space to demand sharply decreases and solar thermal will come into competition with other heating and ventilation systems using the roof as real estate for installation.

Adveco collectors feature a copper meander absorber through which passes the solar fluid (glycol) transferring solar energy as heat to the system’s water via an indirect cylinder. Collectors with an integrated drain back module, which prevents damaging overheating of the solar fluid, offer a low-maintenance, more cost-effective (as there is no requirement for large solar storage) and more efficient (as there is no call to dump unused heat) approach to incorporating solar energy into a sustainability strategy.

For existing office buildings with gas-fired water heating solar thermal is employed as a system pre-heat, reducing demands for gas to actively cutting carbon emissions from the buildings. Commercial new build and refurbishment however are either mandated or opting to shift to direct electric. Though perceived to be cleaner, they are finding the move comes with new financial challenges as electricity remains substantially more expensive to operate than gas – currently by a factor of 3.8. Undisputed carbon and cost savings mean we are seeing a definite upswing in interest for new solar thermal systems which can deliver a return on investment within a 10-year period.

For new projects, a hybrid approach harnesses solar thermal preheat, with afterheat simplified by integrating a packaged Adveco FUSION E electric water heating system combining an electric boiler and cylinder. The all-electric solar thermal approach reduces carbon associated with grid electric systems and aids in lowering operating costs.

The hybrid approach can be further extended with the inclusion of air source heat pumps (ASHP) to provide the initial pre-heat for the system. Operating at lower temperatures with the cold feed maximises the efficiency of the heat pump, reducing electrical operating costs and raising working flow temperatures from 10°C to 40°C. This is not hot enough for commercial applications, so the pre-heated water is then passed to the mid-solar thermal system to boost the working flow temperatures to at least 50°C. Although not operating at maximum potential, there is enough advantage gained from solar thermal to warrant the additional system complexity and capital investment. During summer months it is possible for the ASHP and solar thermal system to deliver the necessary 60°C working flows. But to ensure safe, consistent, and necessary high operational temperatures, the water is passed to the FUSION electric water heater. Here final consistent water temperatures of up to 65°C are assured year-round.

To date, Adveco has designed and supports more than 800 live solar thermal systems across the UK and such hybrid approaches are unavoidable if commercial office projects seek a sensible, practical, and cost-effective path to low-carbon hot water.

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Sustainable Hot Water For Office Buildings

With concerns over the rise in emissions – and their effects on the global climate – larger, more forward-looking organisations are already realising and embracing the importance and value of embedding sustainability into growth & development strategies. This distinguishes them from the majority, however, which rely on legacy office space. Recent studies suggest more than 70% of the UK’s current office stock will still be in use by 2050, the majority of which currently suffer from a lack of retrofit needed to make them more energy efficient, comfortable, and attractive to workers. These ageing buildings will be directly challenged by modern shared working spaces and should be recognised as becoming a primary cause for employment churn in the near term.

Talk to Adveco today about introducing more sustainable hot water systems into your office buildings to immediately address the environmental concerns and comfort of workers.

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Adveco MSS Cylinder Range For Heat Pump Based DHW Applications

October 16, 2023/in Hot Water, Net Zero, News

Hot water specialist Adveco introduces the next generation of MSS cylinders for heat pump based DHW projects in commercial buildings. MSS is a specialised range of premium carbon steel primary system vessels designed to serve a diverse range of water and space heating applications which require an inertia tank or energy storage vessel.

The MSS range offers ten models from 300 litre to 5000 litre capacity. Each vessel features multiple large, high-capacity connections as standard at high and low levels. These tappings enable the tanks to be used with multiple return flow temperatures or multiple heat sources, such as renewables or low- and high-grade heaters. This makes MSS vessels ideal for hot water applications using heat pumps operating at lower temperatures as greater flow is needed to raise the kilowatts of the system.

MSS also features additional connections at mid-level providing greater versatility to cater for a wide range of system applications. Designed with a low maximum height (1.87m to 2.265m with insulation) MSS despite its larger volume is easier to install in plantrooms, especially those with limited clearance. The vessels also lend themselves to incorporation into packaged plant rooms to leverage the advantages of offsite construction, which include production oversight for improved system quality and rapid delivery to install times. Due to the lower vessel height, MSS incorporates three internal baffle plates to improve thermal separation within the vessel itself.

The Adveco MSS range is suitable for use with standard working pressures of up to 6 bar. For projects requiring higher pressure, such as multi-storey buildings with basement plant rooms, 10 bar versions are available on request in all sizes. All MSS vessels support working temperatures of up to 95°C.

Multiple sensor pockets at all levels provide straightforward integration of controls or BMS sensors. An inspection/clean-out flange allows for ease of service or maintenance.

100mm removable insulation is supplied with every vessel and Adveco can provide optional ancillaries including control and overheat thermostats, automatic air vents, and gauges.

The versatility of the Adveco MSS with its multiple large capacity connections means that it is capable of meeting the large majority of system requirements, whether for DHW, central heating or cooling, negating the need for bespoke cylinder manufacture which is both more expensive and time-consuming. For projects specifying larger energy storage vessels MSS offers everything you need at a ready-to-go price.

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Adveco Wins Two 2023 HVR Awards

October 9, 2023/in Blog, Hot Water, Net Zero, News

- Live Metering is highly commended in the 2023 HVAC Initiative of The Year Award category
- Adveco FUSION highly commended as HVR’s 2023 Commercial Heating Product of the Year
Adveco is named double winner in the 2023 HVR Awards. The company received two highly commended awards against stiff opposition in the HVAC Initiative of The Year and Commercial Heating Product of the Year categories, demonstrating Adveco’s dedication to driving innovation in the sustainability of water heating applications for commercial buildings.
The 2023 HVR Awards (Heating & Ventilation Review) celebrated the products, brands, businesses, and people that have led the way with their innovation and unrivalled levels of excellence, inducting them into the prestigious HVR Awards ‘Hall of Flame’.
Challenged with supporting gas replacement programmes Adveco developed a process to live meter hot water demands of existing systems to enable accurate replacements to be designed. This approach enables Adveco to provide the most feasible system design that demonstrates predicted carbon reductions, optimises capital investment, and allows for accurate calculation of future operational costs. The process of Live Metering has proven to be an extremely cost-effective method for generating proof of concept for the greenlighting of decarbonisation work as part of immediate net zero strategies, earning it a win in the HVAC Initiative of The Year category.
Adveco FUSION packaged water heating system has been completely redesigned from the ground up to provide four new models with pre-sized variants which deliver low-carbon all-electric systems for commercial projects.
FUSION makes use of familiar technology that is relatively quick to install, and easy to maintain, and enables it to be combined and operated in the most efficient way possible. As an all-electric system, FUSION has been conceived as a more sustainable approach to securing hot water whilst addressing familiar issues of water quality, cost of acquisition, cost of operation and system longevity.
Supplying a range of lower-carbon options for commercial projects requiring domestic hot water for sink and basin-led demands the system has a broad application across commercial markets and public sector organisations seeking to invest in new or replacement systems that can help deliver on sustainability targets today. This product innovation earned Adveco, in the Commercial Heating Product of the Year category, its second win of the night.
“The vision for, and execution to market of both our Live Metering service and the completely new generation of FUSION electric water heating systems highlight what we as a company do best. Listening to our customers and developing the tools and systems to best meet their fast-changing needs for sustainable hot water,” said David O’Sullivan, managing director, Adveco. “Being awarded two trophies in the HVR awards demonstrates the advantages of Adveco’s independent approach to innovation, delivering fast-to-market, low-carbon, cost-effective responses as we all work to achieve net-zero. It’s a great accolade for the entire team to be recognised for their dedication and effort in meeting new sustainability challenges.”

Read The Adveco October 2023 Newsletter

October 2, 2023/in Catering, Education, Health, Hot Water, Hotels, Leisure, Net Zero, News, office buildings, restaurants

Welcome to the Adveco October 2023 newsletter. This month we consider how a well-maintained system can affect air quality with new IAQ regulations coming into force. It’s also a busy time for events and awards. And the UK’s commitments to net zero seemed to be backpedalling as the prime minister’s planned speech on the subject was leaked to the consternation of many. We consider just how impactful these changes are likely to be on the commercial built environment…

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Adveco Recognised For Net Zero Impact Award

September 25, 2023/in Blog, Hot Water, Net Zero, News

Adveco Live Metering is named Net Zero Impact finalist in the Heating & Ventilation News Awards 2023

Hot water specialist Adveco has been named a finalist in the Net Zero Impact category of the Heating & Ventilation News (HVN) Awards 2023 for its Live Metering tools and design. The Net Zero Impact award recognises initiatives in carbon reduction, energy efficiency or embodied carbon which set groups or individuals on a path towards net zero.

Live Metering was conceived by Adveco in response to the London Fire Brigade’s (LFB) strategic project of station refurbishment to deliver net zero across its built estate.

A completely new method for assessing data on hot water flow in existing systems, the Live Metering process of non-invasive monitoring and theoretical system modelling which reflects true usage is enabling the Brigade to develop a strategy for confidently transitioning its existing gas-fired systems to lower carbon electric systems.

“Our close work with our public sector partners, especially the LFB, to deliver a truly practical response to the many issues facing those wishing to decarbonise legacy water heating infrastructure has again impressed industry judging, selecting us as one of this year’s finalists for the Net Zero Impact award. Year-on-year selection as a finalist in the 2023 HVN Awards is a real endorsement of our continuous programme of technical development and innovation. From both a product and services perspective, this has characterised Adveco’s drive to continue being the hot water specialist for commercial and public sector building projects in this new more sustainable age,” said Bill Sinclair, Technical Director, Adveco.

The winners will be announced on the 23^rd of November 2023.