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Toshiba suits the sporting life

UK: Solent University’s new sports complex, part of an ongoing £100m estates development programme, will benefit from Toshiba’s VRF air conditioning.

The building comprises two sports halls, three studios, a strength and conditioning high performance gym, a general purpose gym accessible to the public, a sports and exercise therapy space, and personal training and teaching gyms. 

Designed to achieve an Excellent BREEAM rating, the building also complies with Southampton City Council’s strategy on tackling and adapting to climate change.

The project includes a combination of Toshiba’s award-winning three-pipe heat recovery SHRMe and two-pipe SMMSe VRF systems, plus Toshiba Digital Inverter splits and applied AHU-DX combined coil systems. Along with a CIAT Floway DX system, comprising of a compact CIAT AHU twinned with a Toshiba Digital Inverter condensing unit, these provide for the complex heating and cooling requirements of the multiple spaces within the building, ensuring athletes, visitors and staff optimum comfort conditions for, while delivering excellent energy efficiency and low running costs. 

Toshiba’s regional specifications manager, Val Belz, worked closely with mechanical and electrical contractor, Briggs & Forrester Engineering, Northampton, throughout the design and delivery stage to ensure the client’s requirements were met. Requirements included long piping separation capability, low-noise operation, energy efficiency, value-for-money and proven equipment reliability.

Equipment was installed by Skyline Air Conditioning Ltd and supplied by Toshiba distributor Cool Designs Ltd. The complex is due to be handed over shortly, and enter into full use later this year.

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