BSRIA (Building Services Research and Information Association) has chosen a Daikin chiller from Space Airconditioning to replace one of its existing test house chillers.
BSRIA's Engineering Director, Mike Smith said: 'The chiller is used as a process unit, supplying our main test house facility. This includes our UKAS accredited heat pump thermal and acoustic performance laboratories as well as more mixed use, large thermal chambers in which evaluations are conducted on physical mock-ups of anything from offices to data centres plus equipment performance proving for witness tests on items like close control air conditioning systems.'

Mr Smith said that Space Air offered a number of options based on Daikin's extensive range of air-cooled chillers. There were several critical factors: short lead time availability and a small footprint to suit the restricted plant space.

As BSRIA also had an occasional requirement for low water temperature operation, Space Air recommended a Daikin EWAQ100 DAYNP with 'ZL' control software to allow the set point to be reduced when required. This optimised R410A chiller features a dual brazed plate heat exchanger and was supplied with fully integrated hydronics. It offers an ESEER of 3.8 even at -5°C LWT and was delivered and commissioned by Space Air within five weeks of the original enquiry.

Mike Smith added: 'The Daikin Chiller provides exactly the right combination of control, capacity, versatility and efficiency.'