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Star Refrigeration has installed a high efficiency Indigochiller cooling system for specialist air conditioning at GlaxoSmithKline's global head office.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies and GSK House in Brentford, Middlesex, is the company's prestigious global headquarters.
Star has designed and installed an environmentally conscious, low carbon footprint chiller solution for GSK House. Star's compact, packaged Indigochiller is serving a new IT data centre at the Brentford site.
The data centre operates around the clock with a continuously high base heat load generated by a mass of computer servers. Star's Indigochiller was chosen following a competitive tender process, which highlighted a significant saving in energy, carbon emissions and lifecycle running costs.
GSK's water-cooled Indigochiller has a total capacity of 1,000kW. The system employs water from the local canal to cool the condenser and maximise efficiency. Located externally, the compact packaged chiller delivers cooling to the data centre building via chilled water pipework.
Star's sales director Rob Lamb says: "As a reliable, high efficiency system, Indigochiller met GSK's carbon reduction requirements and exceeded expectations with its low life cycle running costs.
"Indigochiller offers the ultimate cooling solution to forward-thinking operators. It is designed for unrivalled performance in process cooling and air conditioning."
Star worked in conjunction with the facilities management company for GSK House. The contract was one of a number of cooling projects undertaken by Star for GSK in 2008, including sites at Ware, Barnard Castle and Dungarven.
Star's Indigochiller is a low charge, high performance chiller for medium to large scale air conditioning and process cooling operations. Available as an air-cooled or water-cooled unit, Indigochiller has capacity options ranging from 250kW to 1,500kW.
Indigochiller is highly energy efficient. Star's research shows it uses only 60% of the energy required by a standard chiller operating on typical load and ambient profiles. This offers end users a significant saving in energy and running costs.
Indigochiller is engineered to have minimal effect on the global environment. Developed in direct response to f-gas regulations, the design aims to eliminate refrigerant leakage. It features bellows seal valves, sealed expansion valves and welded steel pipework.
Star Refrigeration
Thornliebank Industrial Estate, Glasgow, G46 8JW
Tel: 0141 638 7916
Email: star@star-ref.co.uk
Web: www.star-ref.co.uk
