First-class heating for Cambridge college
Faced with the challenge of replacing existing boiler plant at Pembroke College of Cambridge University to double the heat output within the same space, Robert Reeves of The Energy Practice specified four Remeha Gas 310 Eco Pro 7-section boilers to provide a total output of 1580 kW. The central plant of the college provides heating and hot water to almost all the buildings on the main college site. This includes accommodation for more than 200 students and the chapel, the first completed work by Sir Christopher Wren.
The previous boiler plant was beginning to fail to meet the College’s modern-day heat requirements.
Robert Griggs, buildings manager for Pembroke College, said, ‘Prior to this project, it was a case of checking each morning to see if one or, indeed, any of the boilers were running. There was very little effective control of heating distribution and insufficient output to provide and sustain comfortable room temperatures on the coldest of winter nights.’
Contractor R. F. Blounts lowered the four condensing boilers through a hatch into the basement plant room before wheeling them into place. New plate heat exchangers were added to protect the new boilers from any debris in the existing heating system. The distribution system in the plant room has also been remodelled.
Robert Reeves adds, ‘With plans to upgrade the heat emitters, the new boilers achieve a reliable, compact solution to meet current and future demand.’
