African Design Magazine March 2016 | Page 60

Feature Energy efficiency NO SUBSTITUTE FOR Air conditioning is an ideal way of controlling the environment inside any building. Mitsubishi Electric recently oversaw the installation of their HVAC systems at a Porsche showroom in Pretoria, South Africa. W ith today’s buildings being so well insulated and increasingly full of electronic equipment, the need for effective climate control is greater than ever. More and more people today are enjoying the benefits of comfortable working and living environments made possible with air conditioning and ventilation systems. As published in the RACA Journal (January 2016, Vol 31 No 11), Mitsubishi Electric Air conditioning boasts with the installation of their HVAC systems at the new 16 000m2 site recently completed at the Porsche dealership in Pretoria. The size of the Pretoria Porsche dealership is the largest one of four in South Africa. Director and owner of WIN Consult, Ian Wingrove, tasked with the HVAC design, confirmed that matching an HVAC system to the building space is key to achieve the controllability desired by its occupants. The benefit of the Mitsubishi Electric two-pipe heat recovery system is that it is both energy efficient and cost effective. It is essential to ensure the right product is used in any project, and with the Porsche project, Mitsubishi Electric Air conditioning’s VRF (Variable Refrigerant Flow), two-pipe heat recovery system was used. Click here to read more Click here to watch a video on the Mitsubishi Electric VRF R2 60 africandesignmagazine.com