Modern Building Services

MODERN BUILDING SERVICES FEBRUARY 2023 3 EDITOR’S COMMENT Managing Editor: Juliet Loiselle MInstR * J ulietl@warnersgroup.co.uk ✆ 01778 391067 Editor: David Crowson * David.crowson @warnersgroup.co.uk ✆ 01778 392401 Advertising: Robyn Teague – Sales Manager * Robyn.teague@warnersgroup.co.uk ✆ 01778 395029 Mark Dean - Multimedia Advertising Account Manager * mark.dean@warnersgroup.co.uk ✆ 07503 707023 Production: Sue Ward * production@warnersgroup.co.uk ✆ 01778 392405 Circulation & Subscriptions: DavidWade * dwade@portico.uk.com ✆ 01438 759000 M B S MODERN BUILDING SERVICES Subs c ription rate for readers not meeting our terms of control. £40 per year UK £50 per year overseas £70 per year overseas, airmail £5 single issue UK WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 2023 ISSUE OF MODERN BUILDING SERVICES D ue to the continuing growth of the MBS brand, I am excited to introduce you to Mark Dean, your new Multimedia Advertising Account Manager for Modern Building Services. Mark has been withWarners Group Publications for a number of years and is an extremely experienced Account Manager. Mark will be joining Robyn who I am pleased to say is staying with MBS. Mark said: “I am excited to be joining the team and working alongside Robyn moving forward”. Please feel free to contact Mark at mark. dean@warnersgroup.co.uk on 07503 707023. This issue is looking at heathcare in our Vertical Focus, Heating; technologies & techniques as well as making installations effective & efficient in our Installers View. On page 14 Ross Giles, UK Equipment Leader at Trane, discusses the profound change in the way that hospitals manage their requirements for heating and cooling. Driven by the need to respond to climate change, the challenges to our energy supplies, and the mission of the NHS to improve our health and wellbeing, hospitals are rising to those challenges. Innovations that make heating more efficient, more sustainable, and healthier are being adopted in hospitals across the country. Steve Simmonds, Special Projects Engineer for Spirotech, outlines the importance of better collaboration between system designers, specifiers and contractors to ensure the optimum health of heating systems. Specifying the right products for the right applications is essential to the long-term health of new buildings or renovations. Key to this is the cooperation between specifiers and contractors; ensuring that what’s outlined in the planning stage is actually carried out at the build stage, and that all parties involved in building and maintenance understand how to properly manage it to ensure optimum health and efficiency. Read more on page 16. In recent years, events have shown just how important indoor air quality (IAQ) is to a building’s design. With effective ventilation systems crucial to maximising peoples’ wellbeing and preventing ill health, on page 26 DavidMillward, Group Product Manager at Elta Group, looks at ways to ensure these systems are working to their highest capability. David Crowson © Portico Publishing 2023 The Midland 16 Peter Street, Manchester, M60 2DS thank you to our sponsors and supporters ior-logo-2017 vector file for printing v2.pdf 1 08/02/2018 12:32 M BS MODERNBUILDING SERVICES 2023 22nd JUNE MONDAY 27th MARCH 2023 ENTRY DEADLINE Banner for MBS.indd 1 31/01/2023 12:40