“The quality of school buildings has an impact on pupils’ learning experience, and ultimately on attainment levels and teacher retention.” So states the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts report on ‘The condition of school buildings.’ That quality extends beyond the fabric of the school building and into areas such as heating.
School buildings have suffered from years of underfunding, leaving many with out-of-date heating systems that are inefficient and have high level of emissions. Replacing those systems is increasingly becoming a priority, but with school buildings being so diverse, what’s the best approach and why?
Our latest Industry Spotlight: Commercial Heating for Schools article Charlie Mowbray, Senior Product Manager, Ideal Heating - Commercial Products explores how installing new heating systems into schools not only contributes to providing a safe warm environment in which to learn and work, but also how it helps schools reduce energy usage and emissions, ultimately helping pave the way the Net Zero.
Read the full Industry Spotlight article here.
Heat Pumps for more energy efficient buildings
The article explains how heat pumps are up to a third more efficient than traditional gas boilers, with potential for even further efficiency as the technology develops, meaning they require less energy to run. Our natural refrigerant ECOMOD CO2 heat pumps have a seasonal co-efficient of performance (CoP) rating of 3 or better.
Funding for heat pumps in schools is available through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), making them an appealing option.
Boilers: maximise energy efficiency
The spotlight article also describes that when school buildings that aren’t suited to heat pumps, modern condensing boilers are the best option and how our best-selling Evomax 2 and Imax Xtra 2 commercial boilers are extremely popular in school installations.
Maximum thermal comfort
Read our Tinsley Meadows Primary School case study which showed how sustainable thinking enabled the school to achieve maximum thermal comfort, while minimising energy usage.
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