ICS Temperature Control, a specialist in cooling and heating temperature control, has fitted each of over 60 hospital sites run by a leading private healthcare provider with a new fluid-based cooling system, having first decommissioned existing chillers, many of which, surveys found, were in need of replacement.
The hospitals’ operating theatres require extremely accurate cooling and temperature control. Surveys by ICS found that not only were many of the existing cooling systems nearing the end of their natural life, but were also running on the ozone-depleting refrigerant, R22. Having reviewed the options, and considered the energy and cost-saving potential of replacement, ICS, working with the healthcare provider’s head of engineering, equipped each site with a highly efficient fluid-based cooling solution. The new chillers would run part of the system using chilled water, and then a concentrated part using refrigerant. ICS says this set-up increases service accessibility, achieves a better carbon footprint, and meets the F-Gas requirements by reducing refrigerant quantity in the system. Each site and building type varied, and some, being listed buildings, had difficult chiller access points. The ICS installation team evaluated all the sites and chiller sizes and developed an installation plan which would avoid downtime. Rental chillers were set up to keep the hospitals operational while existing chillers were replaced. The customised, turnkey solution required little input from the hospital; everything was replaced and set up ready for it to start using the new equipment.
