Braunton Academy upgrades to Remeha Quinta Ace 160 boilers ahead of the new academic year

Press Release (ePRNews.com) - WOKINGHAM, England - Oct 10, 2017 - When the ageing cast iron pressure jet boilers at Braunton Academy in North Devon began to show signs of imminent failure, the governors were quick to act to restore a reliable heating service.

The school’s primary concern was to ensure the continued operation of the building. Increasing the energy efficiency of the heating was a further requirement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower the school’s energy bills. Added to this was the need to complete the upgrade within the fixed timeframe of the school holidays.

IQ Engineering Consultants were called in to assess the condition of the existing boilers and to assist with a funding application. They concluded that not only had the original boilers reached the end of their life but they were oversized, reducing the efficiency of the heating service and creating unnecessary high energy bills. This was due to the building fabric having been upgraded with enhanced insulation and new windows over the years, while the heating system had remained unchanged.

After re-evaluating the building’s current space heating demand, IQ recommended installing three Remeha Quinta Ace 160 boilers in an in-line cascade with low loss header to meet the load. IQ specified the Remeha Quinta range based on their experience with the product and its use in previous projects, as Director Jeff Hocking explained:

“We have used Remeha Quinta range products on a significant number of schemes and all have proved reliable and successful,” he said. “The build quality and reliability is good and they are easily maintained. We have also experienced good back up service from Remeha, which is valuable to a specifier.”

Remeha wsfbb designed the compact, wall-hung Quinta Ace 160 to overcome the problems of restricted space in plant rooms. Its space-saving dimensions provided time and labour saving benefits on this project as the boilers could be positioned to take advantage of existing flue locations. The ability to install the three boilers on a complete back-to-back cascade package with pre-fabricated headers proved a rapid, high-quality solution to meet the tight refurbishment schedule.

Jeff continued: “The installation went well with the prefabrication and modular construction of the cascade system saving time on site. The Remeha pumping system also provided a successful solution to dealing with condensate drainage in the basement plant room.”

To maximise energy savings, the project included re-piping and zoning of the circuits within the building for enhanced controllability and the addition of a new Building Management System.

David Ludley, Estates Manager at Braunton Academy, commented:

“The fully-modulating Remeha boilers are working well, reliably matching the heat demand and keeping the system operating at its most efficient. The upgraded system is proving reliable and easy to control and has made a great improvement to the working environment of the Academy. We’re particularly pleased with the ability to control room temperature using zonal controls and are anticipating significant energy savings in the months ahead.”

The mechanical engineers were INTOHEAT Ltd. The contractor’s designer was EDP Environmental.

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About Remeha (http://www.remeha.co.uk/)

Remeha has been reliably engineering high-performance and high efficiency heating solutions since 1935, providing the most energy-efficient, sustainable and economical heating solution for every commercial requirement. At the heart of its comprehensive product portfolio is the class-leading, fully modulating, low NOx Remeha condensing boiler range. Built around a single design concept, these boilers can be combined with Remeha’s complementary high-performance renewable and low carbon heating solutions, including gas absorption heat pumps and an extensive range of combined heat and power units, to create the low carbon plant room.