Refurbishment and Restore Issue 09 2018 | Page 42

Heating & Ventilation Marmox Thermoblock Tackles Thermal Bridging Around Harrogate Home’s Basement Structure Some 180 Marmox Thermoblocks have been supplied to a regional builder for the construction of a high specification home near Harrogate, with their unique combination of insulating and load- carrying properties being used to tackle cold bridging where the two storeys above ground meet the basement structure which contains a swimming pool and other recreation areas. The five bedroom property has been built by Dobson Construction with a beam and block ground floor being supported off the in-situ concrete basement walls. The partially filled external wall of dense concrete blockwork, with an outer leaf of quarried stone, was then raised on the continuous course of Thermoblocks. www.marmox.co.uk The Connected Home and Electric Heating Demand-controlled ventilation by Renson Many thought it was a passing fad, but with the recent popularity of Amazon Echo and improvements to broadband services, the connected home is the way of the future. With your electric radiator connected to WiFi, this improves your control and gives you access to data, no matter where you are. Imagine viewing your energy consumption in real- time from your phone! Having sight of your heating costs may encourage you to adapt your individual behaviour. VeriSmart Heating’s latest product, the EcoWiFi, combines the efficiency of ceramic electric radiators with amazing controllability via your smartphone or computer. To find out more about our EcoWiFi electric radiators, give us a call on 01484-213-151 or visit www.verismartheating.com 42 - www.refurbandrestore.co.uk Renson’s demand- controlled ventilation system combines the constant supply of fresh air through self-regulating vents and the extraction on-demand of polluted air thanks to the central extraction unit Healthbox. Dynamic sensors measure the extraction air 24 hours a day on CO2 or humidity and/or VOCs and adapt the ventilation level to the needs of the residents in an intelligent way. In this way, the system makes a healthy indoor environment possible. The Healthbox is calibrated fully automatically and regulates itself so as to achieve the exact extraction capacity for each room. This avoids the risk of adjustment errors, thereby ensuring a properly working ventilation system with a proper flow rate in each room. This automatic calibration also leads to significant time savings, as installation takes only a couple of minutes.