Live Metering

Live Metering

Live Metering

Data gathering, sizing and bespoke system recommendation for commercial properties intending to replace legacy gas systems.

Live Metering supplies business-critical information to create more sustainable applications that are optimised to meet all hot water storage and delivery demands. All while critically operating within the capability of the existing electrical supply of the building for the most cost-effective transition and insight into future operations

Theoretical design day (Average Day + Uprated Peak Demand)

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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.

Through discussion we will aim to answer these questions:

  • Is the new hot water system going to be gas-fired, or electric?
  • Will the new system have a renewable source?
  • If so, will it be ASHP or solar thermal?
  • What level of redundancy or backup is required?
  • The metering data will then allow us to select the hot water system power, the tank sizes, and the renewable size.

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.

Running costs will be determined by hot water use and energy prices rather than the size of the water heater. By moving from gas to electric price per kW will currently increase and should be factored into sustainability strategies. 

But the building’s electrical supply will define the system’s capability. If greater amperage than what is currently available is required by the project then initial costs can be expected to soar.

For this reason, factual data recorded during metering is critical for optimising application design so that energy input and water storage meet actual demands, and so that organisations can calculate future operational costs and carbon savings.

 

Report Data

  • – Building type and occupancy
  • – Current system & performance
  • – Hot water provision
  • – Plant room or systems assessed for restraints
  • – Record of any non-regular events that may impact demands during testing
  • – Typical daily/weekly water usage trends and tasks requiring hot water (occurrences, quantities & times)
  • – Current Gas & electricity prices

Metered data

  • – Average daily usage in litres
  • – Max daily usage in litres
  • – Measured peak period in 6 /18/ 30/60/120/180-minute intervals to enable easy percentile calculation as needed
  • – Measured peak demand (date & time of occurrence). All the data collected is used to find the absolute biggest peaks in each of the time periods and plot them graphically and the 30-minute data on either side to give context.

Interpretation and Recommendations

  • – Design Cold feed temperature
  • – Theoretical design day hot water consumption & number of peaks. Theoretical Design is created from the average data being overlayed alongside the peak graphs. Each data point is chosen based on each maximum from either the peak or average. Demand uprate presented as a percentile for the system to be sufficient to provide hot water for the building.
  • – Demand margin uprated with design storage and power required to support the selected system

System recommendations include:

    • – Design percentage at 120% to allow for assured hot water provision, especially during peak operation
    • – kW of the system
    • – Storage size in litres
    • – Supply temperature °C
    • – Storage Temperature °C
    • – Design cold feed °C
    • – Performance overview
    • – Peak periods the system will cover and performance over the peaks
    • – Estimated yearly consumption in litres, enabling estimation of yearly kWh, carbon emissions (kg) and estimated annual running costs.

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EB and E Immersion Heaters

EB and E Immersion Heaters

EB and E Immersion Heaters

The Adveco EB and E series are a range of electric immersion heaters and kits for use with water heating systems. Ideally suited as primary or backup heat sources in a wide variety of applications, they are an excellent choice for low carbon top up heating when paired with renewables. Installation of supplementary electric immersion heaters also grants a reliable level of reserve heating capacity in the event of a primary heat source failure.

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Adveco’s Immersion heaters boast a Nicalloy 825 sheath with stainless-steel flange and gasket. Connecting directly into the clean-out access or side port of its compatible range of tanks, they are capable of reaching operating temperatures of up to 90°. The EB and E rangers offer a choice of 25 electric immersions with outputs ranging from 3 to 36 kW and operating pressures up to 6 and 10 bar.

All heater kits additionally contain the required Control thermostat & overheat cut-out thermostat and pockets for use with the heating elements as standard. All heating elements are available in multiple flange sizes or as standalone elements, allowing maximum compatibility with a large number of vessels.

Immersions with dual heating circuits (EB0027) supply electrical output through its primary circuit, with a secondary circuit providing a variable heating intensity based on periods of demand, for use with differential tariff supplies, or to provide 50% redundancy backup to the primary immersion heater circuit, depending upon how it is controlled. This ensures a continuous supply of hot water even in the event of a primary heater failure, virtually guaranteeing a hot water supply so long as there is power to the building.

Additional Options

  1. Pocket mounted combination control & overheat thermostat for primary heater
  2. E0049 Control Panel with auto-changeover function in event of a fault & BMS fault output

Additional Information

  1. Multiple immersions can be used
  2. Not recommended as a primary heat source in hard water areas
  3. Electric immersions are easy to install/replace but should be regularly maintained
  4. For electric as a primary heat source or for electric heating in harder water areas Adveco recommends use of an indirect ARDENT electric boiler.
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Model
Capacity [kW]
Immersed Length [mm (in)]
Phase Input
Heat Intensity [W/cm2]
EB0014; E0021
3
375 (14.75'')
1 or 3
8.7
EB0015; E0022
6
460 (18.1'')
1 or 3
9.2
EB0016; E0023
9
460 (18.1'')
1 or 3
9.4
EB0017; E0024
12
510 (20'')
3
9.2
EB0018
18
460 (18.1'')
3
9.4
EB0019A
24
510 (20'')
3
9.2
EB0021A
36
510 (20'')
3
9.1
EB0027
18 + 9
510 (20'')
3
9.2

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Adveco Solar Thermal

Adveco Solar Thermal

Adveco Solar Thermal

Faced with an increasing expectation to become more actively sustainable, as well as mitigating rising energy costs, commercial organisations need to give greater consideration to the integration of a solar thermal heating system as part of their premises. Not only a proven and extremely reliable technology, solar thermal offers a clear path to reducing CO₂ emissions.

From offices to healthcare, hospitality, schools and leisure, if, as a business, you are using large amounts of hot water, then solar thermal is potentially an ideal technology, particularly if an application is for a new build project.

Additionally, solar thermal lends itself to working in conjunction with other conventional heating and renewable technologies. This is critical, as a solar thermal system alone, typically would not be able to generate a business’s total energy requirements to meet the year round demands for domestic hot water (DHW). Correctly designed and sized, the solar thermal system can generate a substantial proportion of the hot water requirements, enough to reduce reliance on the gas boiler, especially during summer months. This alone can result in considerable savings in the overall energy overheads of the business.

Adveco specialises in design for solar thermal and can support you installation needs.

For installers wishing to offer solar thermal services Adveco can provide installation training via CPD and onsite instruction.

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Solar panels, part of a solar thermal commercial hot water system.

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Before committing to a solar thermal system, it is vital to consider a wide range of factors. Besides maximising the efficiency of the appliance, it is equally important to have a sustainable and ecologically sound installation. We have stated how solar thermal systems are ideal for organisation that use and rely on large amounts of hot water (restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals and larger offices), but it is important to understand that a solar thermal system will not fully replace your existing water heating system and will not provide space heating. The actual percentage of your water heating demand covered by solar thermal will depend on your site and energy consumption habits (though this figure is typically around 30% for commercial sites). A south-facing and unobstructed roof with an inclination of 30° from the horizontal is optimal, though by no means essential as Adveco solar collectors can be installed in a variety of ways: built on roof; built in roof; mounted on walls or on frame construction to achieve inclination on flat roofs.

All areas of the UK are suitable for solar energy technology; however, even minimal shade can greatly reduce a system’s output. If a solar thermal collector suffers significant shade coverage, then the technology will not be applicable and a commercial air source heat pump, such as the Adveco FPi range, may be a preferred option to produce low carbon heat. Assuming the location exhibits no shade issues, Adveco’s application engineers will assess a building’s hot water demand and calculate the number of collectors and size of the storage vessel to correctly size an application.

Solar thermal systems are most productive in the summer months, when there is most sunlight, resulting in the additional need for non-renewable energy sources during the winter months. Despite this sustainability is more than achievable, and Adveco will package the appropriate technology.

The A.O. Smith SGS solar water heater with ITE storage vessel is a perfect example of a sustainable application. The intelligent solar control of the system ensures maximum efficiency. Even with little solar input, the required hot water temperature is guaranteed by the gas burner operating as a back-up system.

Solar thermal.

As with any water heating system, every application is unique and this demands a bespoke approach Especially when it comes to correctly sizing the solar thermal system, which will ensure the design is optimised for the application and will therefore operate efficiently.

First, a correctly sized system will consider the daily usage and peak demands. Its aim is to serve all peaks from storage, with the size of the peak determining the size of pre-heat. The recovery time for peaks is what ultimately determines number of collectors a building requires.

Second, the design process needs to size usage with available space. So, sizing considers whether the site is flat, pitched or vertical and the type of construction, its direction and shading. Length of pipe run is also important, if collectors are located a considerable distance from the plant the system’s thermal losses could be significantly detrimental to efficient operation.

Together this enables calculation of the Solar Fraction, the total annual heat for hot water compared to total available from solar inputs. To this is then added the details of other energy heaters (typically gas) that are to be used, to fully visualise the completed system.

For buildings already on gas and that rely on large amounts of domestic hot water (DHW) – a large proportion of current commercial UK properties – solar preheat is the preferable option. Depending on the building and energy consumption habits, solar thermal will typically provide around 30% of the hot water demand.

If electrical costs can be offset by adopting solar thermal pre-heat and a gas water heater to meet peak demands, then the numbers can be very favourable. A ten-year return on investment becomes very achievable and the property gains undisputed carbon and cost savings.

Such hybrid approaches are unavoidable for commercial projects seeking a path to low carbon hot water and is the most sensible, practical, and cost-effective option. By using solar thermal with gas after heat, commercial organisations can actively drive sustainability and retain control of operational expenditure for decades to come. With hydrogen policy to be confirmed in 2026, retaining gas in existing commercial buildings keeps options open and future-proofs a building for other emerging heating technologies.

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MST Carbon Steel Thermal Storage Tanks

MST Carbon Steel Thermal Storage Tanks

MST Carbon Steel Thermal Storage Tanks

The Adveco range of carbon steel thermal storage tanks have been carefully designed to serve a combined heating and hot water application, and feature a stainless steel coil for potable water heating as well as up to two additional coils for use with central heating systems.

The MST range features high and low level flow and return connections at 90° to one another to allow the installation of the unit in a corner, and have extra tappings in the middle as standard to be used with multiple heat sources, low and high grade heat sources, or varying return temperatures as required for the installation.

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A dedicated high-recovery corrugated stainless steel domestic hot water coil is included within all tanks in the MST range, used for the instantaneous heating of potable water. The vessels can additionally include 0, 1, or 2 internal heat exchange coils for use with primary or renewable heat sources. These heating coils are suitable for use with glycol-filled systems such as heat pumps or solar installations.

Almost any heating application can be served by the Adveco MST range, providing an effective heating and hot water solution without the need for additional vessels. Standard vessels are available from 600 to 2000 litres for a range of applications.

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MST Thermal Storage Tanks

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Model
Storage Capacity [l]
Primary Connection Sizes [in]
Vessel Dimensions (OD x H) [mm]
Optional Heating Coil Capacities [kW]
MST 600, 601, 602
600
1.50
900  x 1900
Top: 14 / Bottom: 14 / DHW: 124
MST 800, 801, 802
800
1.50
990 x 1880
Top: 18 / Bottom: 18 / DHW: 124
MST 1000, 1001, 1002
1000
1.50
990  x 2270
Top: 18 / Bottom: 18 / DHW: 153
MST 1500, 1501, 1502
1500
1.50
1100 x 2665
Top: 24 / Bottom: 30 / DHW: 153
MST 2000, 2001, 2002
2000
1.50
1300 x 2500
Top: 30 / Bottom: 45 / DHW: 175

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MD Floor Standing Boilers

MD Floor Standing Boilers

MD Floor Standing Boilers

The Adveco MD range of high efficiency condensing boilers are designed to provide a high capacity and reliable solution to a building’s central heating demand.

Manufactured by our European partner with over 50 years of experience in boiler production, the MD range consists of four floor standing condensing boilers with heat outputs from 70 to 280 kW. Each boiler features one to four high-quality heat exchangers constructed from a continuous, non-welded run of titanium-stabilised stainless steel. This provides exceptional durability, strength and corrosion resistance, as well as a level of in-built redundancy for all units from 140 kW and above. The brand-exclusive heat exchanger features a 3 pass design with large bore, circular tube cross sections that reduce the collection of debris.

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With an efficient pre-mix burner and low NOX and CO emissions, the MD range is an eco-friendly solution to serve a central heating system. The units additionally feature a high modulation ratio to ensure maximum efficiency even during periods of low demand.

The Adveco MD range features an inbuilt controller with LCD display that ensures full temperature control, plus cascade control for up to 8 units and a maintenance self-check of primary components and functions, 0-10 input, MODBUS communication and alarm output.

The Adveco MD range is also compatible with proposed 20% hydrogen blends in natural gas networks, offering a transitional route to a more decarbonised energy without requiring physical alteration to the appliance or building.

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CWT Chilled Water Tanks

CWT Chilled Water Tanks

CWT Chilled Water Tanks

The Adveco CWT range of chilled water tanks is designed for use with cooling and conditioning systems, serving to expand the total system volume and increase thermal inertia.

Increasing the water capacity of a chiller system can drastically improve performance by ensuring better temperature control, increasing chiller longevity, reducing condenser cycling and improving system start-up times.

The Adveco CWT is a versatile range of carbon steel chilled water vessels, featuring high and low level tank connections that are suitable for moderate to high flow rates. All our chilled water storage tanks feature three internal partitions to aid in stratification and preventing preferential flows.

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Model
Storage Capacity [l]
Tank Connection Sizes [in]
Vessel Dimensions (OD x H) [mm]
CWT 500
500
3.00
690  x 1710
CWT 800
800
3.00
830 x 1741
CWT 1000
1000
3.00
890  x 2026
CWT 1500
1500
3.00
1070 x 2163
CWT 2000
2000
3.00
1170 x 2483
CWT 2500
2500
4.00
1270 x 2563
CWT 3000
3000
4.00
1320 x 2778
CWT 4000
4000
4.00
1470 x 2848
CWT 5000
5000
4.00
1670 x 2888

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MD Wall Hung Boilers

MD Wall Hung Boilers

MD Wall Hung Boilers

The Adveco MD range of high efficiency condensing boilers is designed to provide a high capacity, reliable and compact solution to a building’s central heating demand.

Manufactured by our European partner with over 50 years of experience in boiler production, the MD wall-hung is a range of high efficiency condensing boilers with rated heat output from 15 to 60 kW. All boilers include a single high-quality patented heat exchanger constructed from a continuous, non-welded run of titanium-stabilised stainless steel, providing exceptional construction strength and corrosion resistance. This brand-exclusive 3 pass design features large bore, circular tube cross sections that reduce the collection of debris.

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With an efficient pre-mix burner and low NOX and CO emissions, the MD range is an eco-friendly central heating solution. The units additionally feature a high modulation ratio to ensure maximum efficiency even during periods of low demand.

The Adveco MD range features an inbuilt controller with LCD display that ensures full temperature control, plus cascade control for up to 8 units, 0-10 input, and alarm output.

The Adveco wall-mounted MD range is also compatible with proposed 20% hydrogen blends in natural gas networks, offering a transitional route to a more decarbonised energy without requiring physical alteration to the appliance or building.

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Model
MD 15 (C/B)
MD 24 (C/P/B)
MD 34 (C/P/B)
MD 60 (A/C)
Heat Input Range kW
3.2–14.0
3.2–25.5
6.0–32.0
12.0–57.8
Heat Output Range (80°C/60°C) kW
3.0–13.6
3.0–24.8
6.0–30.9
11.6–56.1
Heat Output Range (50°C/30°C) kW
3.3–14.9
3.3–27.0
6.1–33.5
12.8–60.7
Maximum Efficiency (80°C/60°C)
96.5%
97.2%
96.8%
97.1%
Maximum Efficiency (50°C/30°C)
106.5%
105.7%
104.7%
107.0%
Instantaneous DHW Production (ΔT = 30°C)
n/a
12.9
16.0
n/a
Weighted NOX (0% O2) mg/Nm3
25
31
24
27.9
Weighted CO (0% O2) ppm
5
20
25
15
Dimensions H x W x D
770 x 445 x 305
770 x 445 x 305
770 x 445 x 305
685 x 445 x 484

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PP Heating

MSS Carbon Steel Buffer Vessels

MSS Carbon Steel Buffer Vessels

MSS Carbon Steel Buffer Vessels

The Adveco MSS range of carbon steel primary system buffer vessels has been carefully designed to fit any heating application that requires an inertia tank or energy storage vessel.

The MSS range features numerous high-, mid-, and low-level connections to ensure compatibility with almost any heating application. Such 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.

The range includes buffer vessels with capacities from 500L to 10,000L. Adveco buffer vessels up to 5,000L are also available with the option of up to two internal heating coils for use with indirect heat sources. All tanks are rated to 5 bar working pressure and temperatures up to 95°C.

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Model
Storage Capacity [l]
Primary Connection Sizes [in]
Vessel Dimensions (OD x H) [mm]
Optional Heating Coil Capacities [kW]
MSS 500, 501, 502
489
1.25
850  x 1700
Top: 12 / Bottom: 21
MSS 800, 801, 802
723
1.25
990 x 1740
Top: 15 / Bottom: 27
MSS 1000, 1001, 1002
1008
1.50
1050  x 2030
Top: 30 / Bottom: 40
MSS 1500, 1501, 1502
1449
1.50
1250 x 2120
Top: 35 / Bottom: 50
MSS 2000, 2001, 2002
2054
2.00
1350 x 2450
Top: 40 / Bottom: 50
MSS 2500, 2501, 2502
2328
3.00
1400 x 2635
Top: 42 / Bottom: 50
MSS 3000, 3001, 3002
2941
3.00
1550 x 2810
Top: 42 / Bottom: 60
MSS 4000, 4001, 4002
3796
3.00
1600 x 2900
Top: 50 / Bottom: 70
MSS 5000, 5001, 5002
5024
3.00
1800 x 2960
Top: 50 / Bottom: 70
MSS 6000
5854
3.00
2000 x 2790
Not available
MSS 8000
7636
3.00
2000 x 3490
Not available
MSS 10000
9544
3.00
2000 x 4240
Not available

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Twister II

Twister II

Twister II

Twister II is a fully room-sealed stainless steel condensing high-efficiency water heater (93% gross). Plug-and-Play technology; connect air inlet, exhaust outlet, water, electricity, and gas, set the temperature and the system functions properly.

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