The Coolmation Group has developed a portfolio of skills and products and brought them together to provide a total solution for FM companies who currently outsource responsibility for the integrity of a buildings air conditioning system.

 

Almost 30 years experience in the supply, installation and service of water chillers in the demanding environment of the industrial sector has resulted in a high skill level and the fast response now required to maintain the exacting environmental conditions within today’s high technology commercial environments.

 

Demands are not limited to the comfort of staff, but also the temperature conditions on which business machinery, computers and servers, are dependent upon for reliable and continuous operation.

 

Modern sealed buildings, more powerful computing technology and 24 hour operation put air conditioning systems under considerable stress and the long hot summers we are now becoming used to can, if they are in anything other than first class order, completely overwhelm them.

 

Chilled water air conditioning systems, for comfort, server or computer room air conditioning, are entirely dependent on a continuous flow of chilled water at the design temperature, pressure and flow rate if the systems are to perform to specification.

 

Quality service and maintenance of the water chillers themselves, at the correct intervals, is absolutely central to the integrity of these conditions.

 

Coolmation Service has been steadily expanding its “service4chillers” organisation and has a nationwide team of qualified service engineers, with a high concentration in London, with skills gained from previous employment and training with some of the best known UK, European and global chiller manufactures.

 

Their Mercedes Vito service vehicles are satellite tracked for fast efficient routing and they carry the level of spares, refrigerant gases and specialist equipment which enable them to arrive on site within 3 hours of a call for assistance, and have the chiller up and running on the first visit on 90% of occasions.

 

It shouldn’t be forgotten that chillers can be one of the most expensive assets in or on a building to run, and good service and maintenance will ensure that they cost no more to operate than was originally designed for.

 

There are now serious demands on both owners and operators of chillers and air conditioning systems to conform to the legislation surrounding HCFC and HFC refrigerants. Coolmations field service team is properly qualified in refrigerant handling and the company has REFCOM accreditation, confirming its capability to control and audit refrigerants.

 

Of course there are occasions when a chiller failure can result in a longer period of downtime which will probably have a significant impact on the buildings air conditioning system and the business being conducted within it.

 

In such situations, Coolmation can rapidly deliver a chiller from its substantial “chillers4hire” fleet and restore the air conditioning by temporarily connecting it into the chilled water system. Alternatively, the Groups  specialist “climate4hire” operation can deliver and install  a range of portable internal solutions, including small chillers and chilled water fan coils to provide highly efficient levels of comfort or computer room air conditioning.

 

All chillers at some stage will need to be replaced due to age, reliability, or their inability to conform to the latest legislation.

 

Coolmation Ltd is the exclusive UK distributor for Rhoss spa, one of Italys largest manufactures of chillers and air side equipment. Their range extends up to 1500kW in air cooled or water cooled versions, cooling only or heat pump. Their products and test laboratory are Eurovent certified and the majority of their chillers are ECA approved and can be seen on the Carbon Trusts Energy Technology List.

 

Coolmation has its own design and chiller installation team and with the availability of chillers direct from Rhoss can provide a fast, efficient and competitive chiller replacement service, and can safely remove and dispose of the redundant one.

 

To confirm its ongoing investment and commitment to Facilities Management Companies, Coolmation has recently appointed Steve Warnock as Group Managing Director to spearhead company growth and expansion into this important business sector. Steve has considerable experience having previously been a main board operating director with Norland Managed Services.