

Issue 24 - Focus on Schools
Britain must save energy. Risingfuel prices and environmental concern over CO2 make energy efficiency more crucial than at any time since World War ll.
SAV Systems’ unique LoadTracker concept combines low carbon energy efficiency with comfort in all areas for Townhill primary school at Hamilton in Scotland.
SAV’s new Watchman meets an urgent need to track energy use to ensure systems work at peak efficiency. SAV Watchman provides a competitively priced 24/7 sentinel - reducing consumption by continuously monitoring performance against target
CIM News - Focus on Schools
There’s no room for risk with gas and certainly not in a school environment. The ingenious range of CIM Lockable Ball Valves for gas applications is purpose designed to ensure safety.
CIM is the brand name proudly stamped on the world’s finest ball valve products. For over 50 years Cimberio has jealously guarded its reputation for innovation and quality indevelopment and manufacture.
Top quality ball valves like the CIM A Series with extended spindles can reduce energy waste by ensuring quick effective shut off or full flow conditions as required.
Issue 22 - Focus on Green Energy
Britain's war on carbon emissions has a powerful new ally. SAV Systems has joined forces with EC Power of Denmark to launch a new optimised energy service - LoadTracker.
Heat energy from the sun is all around us – in the air and beneath the ground. Heat pumps are designed to extract that energy and put it to practical use.
All of the technology used by SAV LoadTracker is purpose developed and proven in the field. Much of it originated in Scandinavia where energy conservation has been serious business for many years.
Issue 20 - Focus on Hot Water
There may be no mobs on the streets, palaces at Westminster and elsewhere remain unstormed, but nonetheless Britain is in the throes of a revolution. It's a revolution in the way we view and use energy.
The heating industry here in the UK has traditionally lagged behind its Continental cousins.
Ian Green describes the range of SAV products being used to provide high efficiency services for a major high rise development in the Croydon area.
Issue 19 - Focus on FloCon
SAV Systems has announced an enhancement to the company’s FloCon Commissioning Module design.
Energy consultant Chris Parsloe highlights a key feature of the service provided by SAV Systems.
SAV FloCon Modules continue to play their part at the heart of UK commerce.
Issue 18 - Focus on Scotland
As the nation looks to maximize energy savings, Scottish building services designers are increasingly turning to variable volume systems.
SAV’s innovative range of modular hot water solutions is now available in Scotland. The new AquaCon series of heat exchange modules utilises technology developed by the District Heating Division of Danfoss A/S.
SAV has launched a new energy watch service for designers and operators of buildings. SAV Energy will be an essential tool for all building operators and system designers facing up the challenges of a low carbon economy and accurate energy auditing.
Issue 17 - Focus on aM&T
The launch of SAV's new Watchman services meets an urgent need to track energy use to ensure systems work at peak efficiency.
Britain's drive for a low carbon economy has created a minefield of requirements – ranging from enacted or proposed legislation to best practice recommendations – that all impact on buildings and building services.
Individual metering of energy consumption in domestic dwellings such as apartment buildings is a major new requirement. Providing visible means of reading the amount of energy used by their heating and hot water systems to occupants puts those who pay in control.
Issue 16 - Focus on AquaCon
Danfoss and SAV Systems are to join forces in marketing an innovative range of hot water solutions in the UK. The new AquaCon series of heat exchange modules utilises technology developed by the District Heating Division of Danfoss A/S.
The space and energy saving features of SAV’s Aquacon Heat Exchange Modules are being employed in a new block of luxury apartments in Poole, Dorset.
The Aquacon range can provide a solution for all types of multiple dwelling application - in both private and public sectors. Space is always at a premium and nowhere more than in a 1-bedroom flat.
Issue 15 - Focus on Energy
Variable speed pumps can make a significant contribution in the drive to save energy. Systems require new considerations, however, if the savings made by modulating pumping power are not to be swallowed up by losses arising from poor control.
Meeting the requirements of KS7 needs a new approach to system design and to balancing and commissioning,” says Duncan Selby Managing Director of Comdronic Ltd.
SAV FloCon Modules provide monitored distribution of heating and hot water to new luxury apartments in Fairview on the north side of Dublin – an area once home to Bram Stoker the creator of Dracula.
Issue 14 - Focus on Refurbishment
Adelaide House stands at the epicentre of London's history - on the north bank of London Bridge. The stately 1930's building is currently being totally refurbished from basement to top floor - with the tenant in residence.
The great buildings of yesterday still have a part to play in the 21st Century, but for many of them it's a role their original designers wouldn't recognise.
Many fine old buildings in central London can be converted into prestige offices. But space is at a premium and services must be accommodated in the smallest possible footprint.
Issue 13 - Fast, Flexible Solutions
SAV Partners combine reliable and energy-efficient products with unrivalled local knowledge. Parker Heating is fast building a reputation for innovative heating and hot water systems among architects, developers - and their clients- in the South of England.
Westhaven - a new development by Kingsbury Homes in the much-desired Canford Cliffs area - provides a fine example of the SAV and Parker Heating partnership in action.
SAV's new AquaCon Exchange Module brings a dramatically improved level of energy saving heat transfer efficiency to domestic hot water supplies. Hot water is instantly available, thanks to the Module's ability to automatically divert energy to where it is most needed.
Issue 12 - Family of Choice
Exning Court near Newmarket is an example of the versatility of SAV's family of choice inaction. This £3.7 million project by Hereward Housing will provide 34 flats for older people. A variety of special purpose SAV manifolds and HiCon Exchange Modules are used in the plumbing, radiator and underfloor heating circuits.
The space and energy saving features of SAV's HiCon Exchange Module are being employed in a new block of luxury apartments in Poole, Dorset. Parker Heating has developed a modular solution for "Westhaven" - a new development in the desirable Canford Cliffs area.
Issue 11 - Focus on Packaged Systems
SAV Valve Modules are specialists in the supply of tailor-made packaged commissioning and control centres for building services. Whether its hot and cold water, radiators, underfloor heating, or air conditioning SAV can supply a pre-tested plug and play solution that will be fast to fit and easy to operate.
SAV's new Plumbing Module pre-packaged control centre for plumbing and heating services is the long awaited cure for an old headache.
FAR is Italy's leading manufacturer of manifold based distribution systems for heating and domestic services. The advantages which the manifold approach in terms of reduced installation time, space saving and easy maintenance make the FAR range a first choice solution throughout Continental Europe.
Issue 9 - Focus on Saving Space
A house," said Le Corbusier, "is a machine for living in." I'm certain that the great French architect would also have avowed that a commercial building was a machine for working in.
All the key components of a distribution system for 2-6 Fan Coil Units, with a combined maximum output of 46kW heating or 25kW cooling, including multi-port manifold, manual air vent and isolation valves can now be housed in a pre-insulated galvanised steel SAV "box".
SAV Valve Modules has supplied a complete package of engineered solutions for one of Europe's "greenest" buildings.
Issue 7 - Special Commissioning Feature
New legislation demands real energy saving. Coming to terms with variable flow water systems is essential. Varying the speed of the pump to match system demand can significantly reduce energy consumption - energy savings of between 60-70% have been predicted for typical building, heating and cooling applications.
Faster commissioning and system balancing can make major savings in overall system costs. Here we show a cost comparison between traditional methods and an SAV Commissioning Module.
SAV Commissioning Modules are already being specified for application in projects all over the United Kingdom.
Issue 6 - Flexible Plumbing Feature
FAR is Italy's leading manufacturer of manifold based distribution systems for heating and domestic services. The advantages which the manifold approach in terms of reduced installation time, space saving and easy maintenance make the FAR range a first choice solution throughout Continental Europe.
The new AquaFAR manifold based distribution system is already proving its worth in practical applications. Graham Maller of Wilsam Heating Ltd is one of the first to put the new system to the test.
ExCel in the heart of London's Docklands is the capital's major new exhibition and conference centre.
Issue 5 - Underfloor Heating Feature
Lars Fabricius, Marketing Director, SAV Valve Systems argues that, as the market heats up, control of underfloor heating is becoming a more significant issue.
An underfloor heating system based on Osma pipework from SAV Valve Systems Ltd will combine comfort with care for residents at two new sheltered housing units in South East London.
Quality components and safety-first design enable us to build up factory-ready Control Centres that set the UFH industry new standards of excellence.
Issue 4 - Special Commissioning Feature
Now available in the UK is a commissioning system, that will revolutionise the way in which heating and cooling terminal units are installed. The SAV 747 Commissioning Module means faster, cheaper installation, more efficient control and simpler, reduced maintenance.
Specifiers preferring a traditional approach to fan coil distribution arrangements now have the option of a new ultra compact connection system that can drastically reduce installation and commissioning time.
SAV's Commissioning Module breakthrough has received a warm welcome from consultants and contractors and systems are already being installed.
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