Shoppers benefit from heat recovery When The Co-operative’s food store in Dagenham decided to refurbish its current heating and cooling system, the project presented the company with a few challenges. The convenience store does not have a mains gas supply and the old heating system was made up of an assortment of equipment including electrical and oil-fuelled heaters. These were extremely inefficient and costly to run and left some areas of the store cold whilst over-heating others.

The City Multi R2 system boasts an intelligent refrigerant distribution unit that regulates flow according to the requirement of each indoor unit so simultaneous heating and cooling is possible using just two pipes. Making a World of Difference Case Study The Co-operative Dagenham "In keeping with The Co-operative’s environmental ethos we wanted a new system that would reduce the store’s energy use and its CO2 output whilst providing our customers and staff with a comfortable shopping environment,” said The Co-operative’s Regional Energy and Environment Manager, Nick Cairns. "Any work involved...

Space-saving City Multi R2 units link to indoor ceiling cassettes to simultaneously heat and cool the store. Making a World of Difference Case Study The Co-operative Dagenham The PWFY unit sits in the store’s plant room in place of the old oil boiler and is linked to both the air conditioning and the hot water cylinder. The heat pump boiler uses excess heat from the VRF system and transfers it to the hot water supply. It can achieve a flow temperature of 70°C and is an ideal solution for providing a hot water supply to commercial buildings in an energy efficient manner. Space-saving City Multi...

Making a World of Difference Installation Summary PWFY heat pump boiler linked to City Multi VRF R2 Highly efficient VRF heat recovery system providing simultaneous heating and cooling, and sanitary hot water Case Study The Co-operative Dagenham The PWFY can often be retro-fitted to existing air conditioning systems offering the perfect solution to high efficiency hot water and air conditioning, and helping to control and reduce running costs and emissions levels. "In the case of The Co-operative, our expertise and years of experience in this business meant that we knew the PWFY was the perfect...