Built upon the historical 125 Queen Street, the QBE Centre is a recognisable and historic landmark within Auckland and was home to the original head office of the Bank of New Zealand. With an eye-catching Category 1 Heritage Listed façade dating back to the 1840s, the centre has recently undergone a state-of-the-art refit making it one of the most sought-after workspaces in the area.
With a wealth of experience under its belt and a portfolio boasting big-name projects, such as Auckland Zoo, Warm NZ was tasked to ensure the heating and cooling systems within the centre were up to standard and as efficient as possible as part of the major refurbishments.
As with many other projects that the company undertake, Warm NZ installed a BoilerMag XT and ChillerMag to improve the efficiency and longevity of the heating and cooling system.
Founded in 1990 as a plumbing gas fitting and heating company, sister company Plumbcraft struggled with buying quality products for central heating systems. Having suffered from poor support from existing suppliers based within New Zealand, it led Plumbcraft to establish its own supply and installation company, Warm NZ.
Since its launch in 2012, Warm NZ has fast become one of the country’s leading suppliers and installers of central heating products. Searching globally for the highest quality products to offer to the New Zealand market, Warm NZ chose to supply BoilerMag magnetic filters to offer the highest quality system protection to domestic and commercial properties.
Sean Stephens from Warm NZ said: “Since finding BoilerMag, we instantly became fans of the filters. With their quality and ease of cleaning, we will always recommend one to be fitted to any heating system. We install them on all our domestic heating systems and have installed the commercial ones like such as those at the QBE Centre and the NZ Defence force sites we maintain as well. We will always put them forward to ensure customers know the impressive benefits, such as boiler longevity and reduction in running costs. We supply BoilerMag technology across New Zealand and would highly recommend them to all homeowners, installers and engineers.”
The BoilerMag range uses high-intensity magnets to offer competitively prices and highly effective protection against black sludge within heating systems. By installing a BoilerMag magnetic filter, a wealth of benefits can be enjoyed, such as longer-lasting boilers, more effective systems and impressive annual cost savings, particularly for large commercial and industrial units.
With the heating system at the QBE Centre being relatively old, the management company are currently assessing the benefits to the building with the possibility of rolling out BoilerMag throughout their portfolio of properties within New Zealand.