Carrier FCUs help transform former gas works
6th October 2025
UK: Carrier has supplied more than 1,000 Comfort Line fan coil units to Regent’s View, a landmark East London residential regeneration of the former Bethnal Green Gas Works.
In converting the 4.5-acre brownfield site, the London-based developer, St William, is retaining the two historic Victorian gas holder frames to frame 555 new homes, including 146 affordable properties, along with more than 4,180m2 of community and commercial facilities, including cafés, gyms and shops.
The scheme recently won Best Future Residential Project at the 2024 World Architecture Awards.
Appointed by installation contractors Watkins, Carrier is delivering 1,027 FCUs over approximately two years. The units, equipped with articulated filters and adaptable control systems, are designed to meet the project’s spatial and acoustic requirements.
The installation is said to have presented multiple challenges, including confined ceiling voids congested with building services, small and restricted access hatches, and strict acoustic and energy performance criteria. Bedrooms were required to meet noise ratings of 25NR and living areas 30NR, often requiring additional attenuation.
Carrier’s Comfort Line FCUs provided the flexibility to adapt on site, with reversible handings and modular designs that eased installation in tight spaces without major infrastructure changes. The units exceeded the 0.5W/l/s energy efficiency benchmark, achieving SFP levels as low as 0.14W/l/s in some cases.
The first units were delivered in December 2024, with hundreds already installed and successfully tested.
