Originally opened over 50 years ago, the outdoor pool at Waterside in the seaside town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight, is one of the only pools in the UK with a retractable roof. The site today is operated and funded by Waterside Community Trust, a charity that was set up when the future of the pool was cast into doubt after closure plans were put into place by the local council.
In the late 2000s, Heatstar were consulted to install a new air handling system for the pool, with the site taking advantage at the time of Heatstar’s recently introduced new EC range of environmental control system, and installing a Taurus EC.
These systems were an industry first and featured EC low energy fan technology. This pioneering technology is still utilised by Heatstar today as is now see as an industry norm. Nearly twenty years later and Heatstar have once again been tasked with upgrading the current system.
With energy efficiency at the forefront of minds, the site has undertaken an impressive project with full emphasis on reducing its energy usage. The first stage was the installation of solar panels at the centre. By installing 76 photovoltaic solar panels the centre anticipates savings of more than six tons of CO2 emissions each year, with the expectation these will generate an estimated 24,000Wh every year.
A Heatstar unit was specified to assist with the club’s energy efficient vision, the Heatstar Taurus EC HP 120 Super+, a high capacity system that provides effective and efficient environmental control and has been designed solely and specifically for application on large water leisure centres or municipal swimming pools.
Heatstar have built a reputation over the past 46 years as a manufacturer of totally bespoke and tailor-made systems. Living up to this ethos, all airflows, dimensions, and orientation of the Taurus unit was designed to specifically match the existing ductwork meaning minimal installation work was required and no intrusive work took place in the pool hall itself. This allowed the health club to achieve their aim of continuing to operate as normal during the installation work.
To complement the newly installed Heatstar Taurus unit an updated boiler system was installed to provide a primary heating loop and improved energy efficiency.
Not only did the replacement unit get the site back up and running, but the site will also see a significant reduction to their ongoing running costs due to the increased efficiency and performance of the hybrid heat recovery Heatstar system.
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