Manage climate change all year around
May 24, 2007
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With Met office predictions for another very hot summer air conditioning companies are seeing a strong growth in business. No longer considered just a luxury, already a standard feature in many new cars air conditioning is being installed to heat and cool shops, commercial premises and frequently in private homes. With the introduction of new technology, climate management is a cost effective tool and perhaps the way forward for reducing carbon emissions. By replacing older gas and oil-fired systems with energy efficient inverter based units, less energy is used and considerable sums of money saved.

David Knibbs, CEO of Towcester based Air Conditioning Solutions (UK) Ltd, believes local planning chiefs are aware that far from harming the environment air conditioning using inverter technology for heating can be a benefit, reducing waste and avoiding the need to buy portable systems and fans that simply move hot humid air around the room. “The new technology incorporated into the systems sold by our company has gained approval by a division of the government agency DEFRA, for its energy efficiency and qualifies for a special tax benefit. For domestic installations VAT is reduced to only 5% on the grounds of the environmentally friendly nature of these new heating and cooling systems.”
The benefits of managing the environment where people are shopping and working are self-evident. The government are being pressed by some trade unions to adopt recommendations made by the WHO for a maximum temperature limit in the workplace of 24 degrees centigrade. Reports of lower absenteeism by staff and pupils in schools and offices show that keeping the building temperature to a comfortable level is a win-win solution in terms of energy management and productivity. Last summer air conditioning installers throughout the UK were struggling to meet the demand from customers who left the decision until it was too late, missing the benefits at the height of record temperatures and denied cheaper heating during the winter. It will be interesting to see if after the warm start to April in 2007, businesses will plan their climate management for 2008 any better.