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Installation of Somerby Church air conditioning heat-pumps :
Orion air conditioning & refrigeration ltd were
asked to look into the installation of a
new church air conditioning
heat-pump heating system for the All
Saints Church,
 Somerby, Leicestershire (The
first of its kind in England). All
Saints
church
is a beautiful 13th Century Church with great architecture set in the
picture postcard village of Somerby Leicestershire, UK. The church had around 200
meters/Squared of
area that used a oil fired hot air system which had now failed and
beyond economical repair. All Saints church Somerby was in need of a economical and
green way of heating.
What
air conditioning heat-pumps were installed in the church:
Units we installed
include the 5 x
Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial - SRK63ZE-S1 Wall Mounted (6.3kW 21000 Btu)
HYPER-INVERTER,
1 x
Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial
 SRK40-HGS Wall Mounted (3.7 kW 13000 Btu)
Fixed speed and
1 x
Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial SRK20ZGX-S (2.8 kW / 9000 Btu)
HYPER-INVERTER Air Conditioning units
which provided enough heat for the entire building. These units have a
amazing COP (5.45 initial input on SRK20-ZGX) which means that every
1000w of electrical energy going in produces 5450 watts of heat. For
more information on heat-pump inverters please
here.
Click here to see
the
TV
coverage of this project.
Pictures of the church heat-pump air conditioning project:
Background of the church
air conditioning heat-pumps:
Parish church councillor Fuad Hamzeh was quoted on various heating systems
including wet systems such as radiators and oil fired boilers which came in
almost four times the price of the Mitsubishi Heat-Pump air conditioning church units which
where
installed. The Mitsubishi heat-pump air conditioning systems provided a great
value way of heating a beautiful old church within a short space of time and
with little cost and also reduces CO2 emissions.
Church air conditioning
Heat-pump efficiency and CO2 emissions:
This church air conditioning
heat-pump system, because slightly undersized for the
 area
took around half a hour to heat fully but once warm the outdoor
heat-pump inverter units slowed down because the temperature had
been reached therefore just pumping small amounts of heat in to maintain
heat. The 200msq area was consuming 15 Amps on 1phase 240V supply. This
works out to be around 25p/hour to heat this huge area and reduced CO2
emissions by at least 60%..
Heat-pump installation criteria:
This church air conditioning
heat-pump installation was undertaken by lead engineer Arron Denton with
assistance from installation engineer Craig Fogarty, both
employed and trained by Orion. Because the church is grade 1 listed
extra care was needed to keep the integrity of the building in line with
planning applications and keep the history of the church intact. All
pipe and services were installed on the outside of the building on cable
tray at the back of the church and white plastic trunking within
the building at low level (see
BBC TV coverage for over view) which was
later painted to fit in with the church colours. The church air
conditioning heat-pump units have a life span of around 15 to 25 years
depending on their use. Installation time 14 days.
Conclusion of the All
Saints Church air conditioning
Heat-pump:
The installation was blessed on the 23rd
March 2009 by the Bishop of Leicester the Right Rev Tim Stevens on his
2009 tour of the diocese and the event was televised on a BBC TV
channel on the 24th March.
The general consensus was that All
Saints Somerby must be the warmest church in England!!!!.
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have a look at our About Us section
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Case
Study of Air conditioning Heat-pump installation at All-Saints Church, Somerby,
Leicestershire, UK (19/03/09)
