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Tackling obsolescence is well a known battle for many estates managers of commercial and public properties. Retrofit solutions are an increasingly popular option to strike the right balance for buildings that are still structurally sound but have an aging building management system. These internal systems when left unaddressed have the ability to significantly compromise energy …

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As part of our consultancy work, Hurtwood ltd have employed the use of our in-house developed retrofit I/O cards as part of a legacy project aimed at tackling obsolescence. Our satrofit retrofitting cards have been used to upgrade 3 Satchwell Sigma 96 point Building management system (BMS) outstations on an office site. What made this …

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Hurtwood have been deploying their twin space and duct element sensors during the retrofit upgrade of a legacy Sauter EY2400 building management system (BMS). The sensors utilize the 3 and 4 wire cabling from the original Ni200 sensors. The twin element provides more accurate, and therefore energy efficient, control and an intelligent way of identifying …

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The Bodley block is part of Stroud District Council’s historic Ebley Mill offices. The block is used by a number of tenants and has a core ventilation system with heat recovery. Ebley Mill, Stroud Our team here at Hurtwood have added this ventilation system to the sites Tridium BMS and dramatically improved the control of …

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Hurtwood ltd used a retrofit solution to upgrade the obsolete Trend IQ3 Building Management System (BMS) at Stroud District Councils Museum In The Park . Located in Stratford park , Stroud, the Museum in the park is housed in a 17th century wool merchants house. The building is grade II listed therefore work requires a …

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Hurtwood has upgraded the Satchwell Sigma Building Management Systems (BMS) across several buildings in the Bristol City Council (BCC) estate. Plantrooms were often cramped with little room for replacement panels in these historic buildings thus requiring a retrofitting project. Hurtwood’s innovative upgrade solution for the Satchwell BAS & Sigma BMS mitigated these issues and resulted …

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Hurtwood ltd carried out a building management system (BMS) service visit on the 3WN cleanrooms at the University of Bath. These cleanrooms have the fibre drawing towers and optical laboratories which are used for manufacturing glass fibre. Students carry out projects on fibre-optics in these laboratories so they experience reasonable footfall. Hurtwood have been helping …

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To transform your commercial building or the place you live into a net zero building we firstly need to understand what a net zero building is. What is a Net Zero Building? A true net zero building is a structure that needs little to no additional energy to run in its day to day function. …

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This is a question many people ask but the answer isn’t clearly defined. We will try to shed some light on what a net zero building is. To understand net zero buildings we need to firstly understand the rationale behind net zero. What is net zero? The whole idea behind net zero stems from the …

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The team here at Hurtwood limited did work supporting a major BMS (building management systems) integrator. The Holdenhurst road office block, which in its time has been described as “the wedding cake building” thanks to its iconic tiered structure was in need of a retrofit systems upgrade due to the existing BMS systems increasingly becoming …

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