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Air Control’s Guide to the F Gas Regulation
Does your business use air conditioning, heat pumps or refrigeration? The European Union’s F-Gas Regulation No 842/2006 became law in 2006. The law imposes regulations on to the ‘operators’ of this equipment that still remain relatively unknown. F- Gases include HFC’s which are the most common refrigerants in use in today’s market. The regulation aims Read More »
Utilising effective heat pumps – air conditioning heating
A heat pump is a cycle of a mechanical compression refrigeration system. The system can be reversed to heat or cool a space. Typically this kind of system has two parts. An indoor unit is known as an air handler. An outdoor unit which is like a central air conditioner but is known as a Read More »
Top 10 Reasons for Preventive Maintenance
Here’s our definitive list of top 10 reasons for preventive maintenance measures to keeping your air conditioning system running smoothly year in year out. 1. Saves you money Planned maintenance (PM) will definitely save you a lot of money. Although it may seem expensive in the short run, PM will save you huge amounts of Read More »
How air conditioning changed the world
Imagine we could control the weather – pushing a button to make it warmer or cooler, wetter or drier. The implications would be enormous. No more droughts or floods, no heat waves or icy roads. Deserts would become verdant. Crops would never fail. In fact climate change has sparked some crazy-sounding ideas for hacking the Read More »
Air conditioning helps you lose weight
Want an easy way to lose weight? Put on your air conditioning before bed: Being cold helps to burn fat without trying says doctor and research scientist at Oxford University. Advice is centred on ‘bad’ white fat and ‘good’ fat-burning brown fat Being cold can make the body convert some white fat into brown It Read More »
Are you happy with your office’s air conditioning?
A recent study by the One Poll survey group has discovered that more than three-quarters of all office staff are unhappy with the temperature in their workplace. The survey also discovered that some of the workers, around 35%, also have to take some time out of the office in order to avoid uncomfortable temperatures. While Read More »
Is your Air Conditioning making your staff feel ill?
Is your Air Conditioning making staff and customers ill? YES it is. It’s important to carry out a comprehensive regular maintenance schedule on all your air conditioning and ventilation systems but even if this is carried out heat pump air conditioning systems still spread air borne bacteria and viruses. So ask yourself, when was the Read More »
Office Air Con: Air Con Southampton
How Can Your Office Benefit From Air Conditioning? Office air con is an ever more vital factor in the workplace for a variety of reasons ranging from boosting productivity to increasing staff health. If you want to raise your staff’s morale and keep them working hard at their desks then boost your office ambience with Read More »
Air Conditioning Southampton: How fresh is the air we breathe?
Are harmful bacteria, viruses and fungus hiding in your air conditioning systems? The answer is YES but the risks can be minimised by contracting Air Controls ‘SafeTime’ planned preventative maintenance regime. Natural airborne bacteria from soil, vegetation, sewers, animal waste, drains and sludge picked up by the wind are naturally found within the air we Read More »
Natures Way of Cooling
Air Conditioning Installers Southampton – A few Sunday’s ago we went to the home of some great friends for lunch. It was delicious but also the weather was unseasonably warm, we ate outside. You usually struggle to eat outside in the UK in August let alone mid-March. Our friends have a beautiful big house with Read More »
