Evaporative system helps pickers keep their cool
September 1st 2007 The cooling of two large
mezzanines at Clarks Shoes'
warehouse in Somerset has
been achieved using EcoCooling
evaporative coolers. A total of 12
units, providing up to 400kW of
cooling capacity, form part of a
cross-flow ventilation scheme.
The distribution centre covers
an area equivalent to six football
pitches. The two mezzanines total
11 000m2 and form the main picking
area. Conditions were proving
uncomfortable for personnel.
Barry Mosley, Clarks' group
facilities manager, wanted an
environmentally-friendly, low cost
solution to the cooling of this area.
He comments "Clarks has a strong
environmental ethos while still
requiring commercially sound
investments. Evaporative cooling
has only 15% of the carbon impact
compared with conventional
refrigeration-based air conditioning
and, in addition, EcoCoolers do not
use potentially harmful refrigerants."
The top discharge coolers were
installed in four banks of three. Five
speed EcoCoolers can run in either
ventilation or cooling modes. Each
is controlled by a Hygro-thermostat
which automatically sets the fan
speed and the cooling mode. More articles from EcoCooling (UK) Ltd: | 
