After Adiabatics: How can Data Centres Respond to the Climate Crisis?
With great power comes responsibility. A recent report suggests that by 2025, data centres will consume one-fifth of all the electricity in the world. …
Measuring Embodied Carbon in Bespoke AHUs
Measuring the embodied carbon* of our bespoke AHUs is becoming more critical to our clients, as healthcare providers, commercial organisations and other industries seek to manage their own carbon footprint. Using CIBSE’s TM65 methodology, we are able to provide a mid-level embodied carbon calculation, along with the design data of each and every of our bespoke AHU products, from initial design stage. Whilst Environmental Product Declarations (EPD’s) are generally considered the most reliable method to assess the environmental impact of a product, including its embodied carbon, at every stage of its lifecycle, the development of EPDs requires the involvement of …
Green is the colour of money – how to make a sustainability programme stick in manufacturing businesses
As an air conditioning manufacturer we definitely feel the weight of responsibility when it comes to sustainability. Historically, because of the energy and refrigerant gases used within air conditioning products, the HVAC industry has attracted attention. On top of this, manufacturing processes currently use roughly one-third of the world’s energy. As a marketer I’m one of the people at the company taking a lead on sustainability as it’s my job to reshape that narrative and help steer the ship strategically, listening to our clients and what they want. We work heavily in the data centre market, which is an industry …
Grocers’ Hall
Grocers’ Hall approached Airedale via their specialist contractor and FM teams, UIMS (Universal Installation and Maintenance Services Ltd) and KCE FM, to replace an existing, failing chiller and overcome several challenges in doing so. …
