PR 35784
20 February 2014 

Stokvis heat interface units meeting high demand

  

Stokvis Energy Systems is continuing to receive keen interest from across the residential sector for its H-series heat interface units, after launching them to specifiers and M&E specialists at the 2013 Sustainability Live exhibition in April of last year. 

Available in single plate and dual plate versions to suit different options within a dwelling, the heat interface units have been developed by Stokvis specifically to meet the rising demand for communal or ‘district' heating systems. 

This centralised approach to the provision of heating and hot water is ideal for social and private apartment buildings, student accommodation or sheltered housing schemes. Not only are capital costs reduced, but they avoid the need for an annual gas safety inspection to be carried out within individual properties. 

Sales and Marketing Director of Stokvis Energy Systems, Paul Sands, comments: "The initial reaction of engineers and people such as housing managers, coming on our stand at the Sustainability Live show in Birmingham, was very positive. And since the exhibition we have had a very encouraging number of enquiries for quotes and more technical information, while the early installations have also gone well. 

"District heating failed to make the impact here in the 20^thcentury the way it caught on in Europe - generally due to poor design and installation work - but it really does make good economic and environmental sense. Councils and housing associations no longer have to get tenants to agree to admit gas engineers for safety checks, while our H-series interface units provide controllable heating and hot water along with monitoring for billing purposes." 

In practice the heat interface unit can be located within a kitchen cabinet or in a service cupboard that is accessible from outside the dwelling; possibly in a communal corridor. The mains, carrying low or medium temperature hot water, will be provided from a central plant room featuring either high efficiency gas boilers, a combined heat and power unit, biomass boilers or even heat pumps. 

The Econoplate H2 (Twin Plate) units divide the mains or communal hot water circuit from that on the dwelling with two separate plate heat exchangers for the heating and domestic hot water. Then with the H1 version the space heating is provided direct by the district mains while a single plate heat exchanger supplies hot water. It is also possible to incorporate an indirect hot water cylinder. 

Paul Sands and his colleagues at Stokvis Energy Systems expect to see many more new dwellings provided with their heating and hot water in this way as social housing providers and developers look to control installation costs, and specifiers seek further energy savings as legislation drives the low carbon agenda. 

For further information on Stokvis Energy Systems, please call 020 8733 3050 or visitwww.stokvisboilers.com. 

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With compliments:-
Philippa Worley
Taylor Alden Ltd
Unit 2, Temple Place
247 The Broadway
London, SW19 1SD
Tel: 020 8543 3866
Fax: 020 8543 2841
email:philippa@tayloralden.co.uk