Battle Abey, Visitor centre
New Battle Abbey Visitor Centre Provides A ‘Blast From the Past’ in Daikin VRV Air Conditioned Comfort.
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Visitors to the new Battle Abbey visitor centre, opened to the public in February, can enjoy a journey back in history in air conditioned comfort provided by Daikin Mini VRVIII-S heat pump inverter air conditioning.
The remarkable new complex is part of a £2.6 million investment by English Heritage aimed at improving both visitor facilities and general awareness of the famous battle at this historic site. Imaginatively designed and skilfully laid out, the centre offers ‘hands on’ experience of the bloody events associated with 1066 in an exciting interactive exhibition. Virtual personal involvement in the Battle of Hastings itself can also be had via a dramatic film show, complete with computer generated images in the new 40 seat auditorium.
Conditioned air for the exhibition and auditorium is provided by Daikin FXSQ slim duct ceiling concealed indoor fan coil units with capacities of 4.6kW (cooling) and 4.7kW (heating), ducted to linear diffuser strip located along the front face of ceiling bulkheads. Five FXSQ units serve the main exhibition display area with a further 3 in the auditorium. A Daikin RZQ Sky Air Super Inverter system provides comfort cooling for the audio visual room via a wall mounted FAQ indoor fan coil unit (capacity 9.7kW cooling and 9.4kW heating).
The FXSQ fan coil units are grouped into 2 zones and controlled by remote wall mounted controllers – a separate remote controller caters for the FAQ fan coil unit. Tempered fresh air is supplied from air handling plant in the main plant room via a separate ducted system. Outdoor condensing units for the Mini VRVIII-S and Sky Air systems are located in a compound in the car park. Supplementary heating is provided for ancillary areas and to a coil on the air handling unit by gas fired boiler plant.
Building services for the visitor centre were designed by consultants, Gibbs Dench Associates, Tonbridge, Kent and the VRV and Sky Air systems were installed and commissioned by Aspen Air Conditioning Ltd.
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