Weatherite Building Services Ltd - Helping to cool down John
Lewis Stores
Weatherite Building Services has just completed
upgrading the air conditioning systems at the John Lewis
department store in Milton Keynes.
This is part of a major refurbishment programme
Weatherite Building Services are undertaking for John
Lewis which also includes the Aberdeen, Cheadle and
Peterborough stores.
As the principle contractor, Weatherite Building
Services assumed total responsibility for the recovery
of redundant plant, together with the design,
installation and commissioning of replacement systems,
which, in the case of the Milton Keynes store, included
four new Hitachi chillers and 21 new Daikin split
systems.
The existing systems throughout the stores are being
replaced primarily because they used the R22 refrigerant
which has been found to have a detrimental effect on the
ozone layer due to its excessive UV levels but also
because the existing equipment was too dilapidated to be
able to offer a ‘refrigerant drop-in’ solution.
Graham Mappledoram, Maintenance Surveyor (Engineering),
John Lewis Partnership comments: “The Partnership is
committed to green issues and being environmentally
friendly and energy efficient is important to us. We are
delighted with our new air conditioning which is so much
more reliable and efficient compared to the old system.
We are now confident that our store will be kept at just
the right temperature all year round for our customers
and staff.”
Mike Turton, sales director, Weatherite, comments:
“Having already developed a close partnership with both
Daikin and Hitachi we were very familiar with the
products that were chosen by John Lewis Partnership to
provide their customers and staff with precise cooling
throughout the building.
“Following the success of these first projects for John
Lewis Partnership, we hope to work with them in the
future on their five year programme to upgrade air
conditioning at their other stores across the country.”
Weatherite Building Services is part of the £40m
Weatherite group, one of the UK leaders in air
conditioning and air handling equipment.
More recently Weatherite Building Services has expanded
its activities to cover other sectors of the building
services market, including heating, ventilation, boiler
house refurbishment, water, control systems and
electrics, as well as all aspects of commercial air
conditioning systems. WBS now offers a single source
choice to its customers which includes project
management, design, installation and commissioning
capabilities.
Email:
rboswell@weatherite-holdings.com
Arundel Jones Associates Ltd
Hill Farm, Linton Hill, Maidstone, Kent ME17 4AL
Tel : 01622 745333
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