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Listed Cambridge hotel fits Toshiba VRF into limited space

Leatherhead, 3rd November, 2006 It seems that today there are fewer and fewer places where the latest air conditioning systems cannot be fitted. Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning has successfully installed two Toshiba SMMS VRF air conditioning systems into a large Grade II listed Georgian property with very restricted space limitations.

The family-run Regent Hotel, established in Cambridge city centre for more than fifty years, felt it could resist the tide of demand for air conditioning no longer. It already has Wi-fi after all. Paolo Paschalis, one of the partners in the business, wanted to fit what he could believe would be the best, the most reliable and the quietest systems available today. Specialist contractor Adcock recommended Toshiba supplied by AMP. Paolo is delighted they did.

“My selection of Adcock has been completely justified. They have performed brilliantly,” he explained. “I did not know how I was going to get air conditioning into the hotel when it had only recently been refurbished. But they considered our needs very carefully and put it all in while we stayed open. Next summer I know our customers will appreciate the air conditioning.”

To take account of both hot weather and widely varying customer expectations, the hotel needed air conditioning. There is no flat roof space on which to site outdoor units, because of a new curved design to accommodate two penthouses, so a gantry had to be constructed above the fire escape in a passageway between the hotel and the neighbouring building. Planning permission was sought and given, once the equipment’s reputation for quietness had been proven.

The two penthouses have their own Toshiba Split system Daiseikai units for the ultimate in air purification and silent operation. In the other twenty rooms, Toshiba’s high specification high wall indoor units have been used and Toshiba’s simplified hotel controllers have been selected to restrict occupier control and limit their confusion! Full central control is available to the hotel in the manager’s office and this can be linked to the check in/check out system to save energy.

The heat pump based VRF system enables the hotel’s existing perimeter wet system to be supplemented with additional heating if required and the business overall has benefited from the government’s Enhanced Capital Allowance scheme for using energy efficient products.

Adcock was supported throughout this challenging project by AMP and the Toshiba Project Support Team.

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