Cool,green answer to summer excesses
July 1st 2008

The combination of CoSaf Environments' technical know-how and Seeley International Europe's Breezair evaporative cooling has resulted in temperature reductions of more than 10°C at JCB Transmissions' gearbox plant where, in summer, temperatures in excess of 33°C were reached.

Looking for a solution that would provide frequent air changes as well as cooling, site services manager, Barry Stevens, turned to CoSaf Environments, UK distributor for Breezair coolers and a heating, ventilating and air cooling specialist. The company conducted an on-site survey of the area to ascertain the best method of improving overall thermal comfort.

Following the survey an evaporative cooling system was designed and six Breezair TBA air coolers were installed on the roof above a low roofed section of the plant with cool air being distributed via ductwork to air diffusers and then into the heataffected areas to provide temperature relief.

Barry Stevens, site services manager, says "Breezair has enabled us to provide very effective cooling for our employees without using equipment with polluting HCFC gases and using 80% less energy than we would have used had we installed refrigerative air conditioning."

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