Care Home, Leighton Buzzard
Project Name
- Client: Pressbeau
- Date: Autumn 2024
- Category: Care home, retrofit heating
Pre-installation findings
Based on detailed site survey and client feedback
Issue:
Entire building controlled from one central location, extreme overheating and lack of constant comfortable heat. No control in rooms unused leading to extreme wastage.
Supplementary Heating:
The client was using an electric plug-in radiators to supplement
Heat dissipation:
Residents in colder rooms complained of heat escaping quickly with rooms affected from drafts due to the building’s older nature. Rooms that were overheated were found to have windows open accounting to huge Co2 waste.
Project Facts
User Situation:
Gas Boiler system becoming end of life, constant repairs and maintenance required.
Secondary heating required
Lack of heating control, the entire building was controlled from one central location
Net Result
Net Result
33%
Lower upfront Capital cost than Air Source Heat Pump equivalent
ZERO
Annual maintenance, liquids, gases, burns risk, moving parts or space consumed
Post NexGen Installation findings (no additional fabric measures)
Detailed findings based on convection air temperature sensor measurements:
NexGen Solution: Far Infrared Ceiling Paper
Energy Reduction: Cyclical heating & increased control through tablet App & in room thermostats delivered CO2 reduction.
Comfort: Resident comfort maintained with staff carers reporting improved air quality and less humid working conditions
Rapid Warm-Up: Quickly warmed up to the target temperature (e.g., 22°C).
Efficient Heating: Delivered efficient cyclical and zonal heating to all independent rooms. Running costs expected to be on par to Gas.
Maintenance: Removal of constant maintenance and in room visual inspections. App now provides system status to off-site maintenance team.
Comfort: Resident comfort maintained with staff carers reporting improved air quality and less humid working conditions
