Manage Climate Change All Year

 With predictions for more hot summers like 2006 air conditioning companies have been seeing a strong growth in business despite record rain and cooler conditions this year. One reason for the continuing expansion could be that air-con is no longer considered a luxury and a necessity for many commercial buildings, shops and some private homes. As building specifications demand more insulation extra, heat accumulates from the use of computers and electronic machinery. Climate management is a cost effective tool and apart from keeping the environment cool and fresh in summer, temperatures can be maintained through the winter using one of the cheapest forms of heating available. Replacing older gas and oil-fired systems with modern heat pump driven systems can make even greater savings.

 

David Knibbs, CEO of Towcester based Air Conditioning Solutions (UK) Ltd, believes local planning chiefs are aware that far from harming the environment air conditioning using inverter technology for heating can be a benefit, reducing waste and avoiding the need to buy portable systems and fans that simply move hot humid air around the room. "The new technology incorporated into the systems sold by our company has gained approval by a division of the government agency DEFRA, for its energy efficiency and qualifies for a special tax benefit. For domestic installations VAT is reduced to only 5% on the grounds of the environmentally friendly nature of these new heating and cooling systems."

The benefits of managing the environment where people are shopping and working are self-evident. The government are being pressed by some trade unions to adopt recommendations made by the WHO for a maximum temperature limit in the workplace of 24 degrees centigrade. Reports of lower absenteeism by staff and pupils in schools and offices show that keeping the building temperature to a comfortable level is a win-win solution in terms of energy management and productivity.