After Adiabatics: How can Data Centres Respond to the Climate Crisis?
With great power comes responsibility. A recent report suggests that by 2025, data centres will consume one-fifth of all the electricity in the world. …
Measuring Embodied Carbon in Bespoke AHUs
Measuring the embodied carbon* of our bespoke AHUs is becoming more critical to our clients, as healthcare providers, commercial organisations and other industries seek to manage their own carbon footprint. Using CIBSE’s TM65 methodology, we are able to provide a mid-level embodied carbon calculation, along with the design data of each and every of our bespoke AHU products, from initial design stage. Whilst Environmental Product Declarations (EPD’s) are generally considered the most reliable method to assess the environmental impact of a product, including its embodied carbon, at every stage of its lifecycle, the development of EPDs requires the involvement of …
Green is the colour of money – how to make a sustainability programme stick in manufacturing businesses
As an air conditioning manufacturer we definitely feel the weight of responsibility when it comes to sustainability. Historically, because of the energy and refrigerant gases used within air conditioning products, the HVAC industry has attracted attention. On top of this, manufacturing processes currently use roughly one-third of the world’s energy. As a marketer I’m one of the people at the company taking a lead on sustainability as it’s my job to reshape that narrative and help steer the ship strategically, listening to our clients and what they want. We work heavily in the data centre market, which is an industry …
SCC Fareham Data Centre
Airedale IQity framework used in SCC Fareham data centre to improve sustainability and efficiency in data centre cooling. …
Airedale International boosts BREEAM points with DeltaChill R32
One year on from the launch of Airedale International’s Azure range of R32 products, DeltaChill R32 air cooled chillers are now eligible for 3 BREEAM credits, highlighting the range’s energy efficient qualities and helping contractors achieve environmental targets on new build projects. BREEAM aims to reduce the life cycle impact of new buildings on the environment by awarding credits for products used within the building’s design which reduce the building’s carbon footprint. DeltaChill R32 is now eligible for 2 credits due to the direct effect life cycle CO2 equivalent emissions (DELC) of ≤ 100 kgCO2e/kW and 1 credit due to …
First Azure R32 Units Installed
Environmental responsibility is at the very core of everything we do at Airedale. We invest heavily in research and development, …
The Challenges and Opportunities in Data Centre Cooling
Airedale International recently exhibited at Data Centres Ireland, during which we took part in a panel discussion on the future of data centre cooling. …
