Doors drive for energy efficiency
GLASGOW’S COP26 conference did much to remind us of the issue of Climate Change. However well-intentioned the debate, it was followed by a real, live, reminder that the Earth is very much on the edge with dramatic storms, flooding, forest fires, continuing rising sea levels and melting ice caps.
Will it be more of the same at COP27 to be held later this year at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, asks Chris Dobson? As buildings such as manufacturing facilities and warehousing are essential to any country’s economy what can be done to reduce carbon emissions from property? Building energy efficient properties is the obvious step but how can this be achieved?
The day-to-day operation of a typical warehouse or manufacturing facility does introduce a crucial issue that can undermine the best intentions of occupiers to be climate aware – the ever open industrial door.
This is where the high-speed door operates at its ultimate – by reducing air-flow in or out of a building or between one section within a building and another.
Busy facilities inevitably have incoming products for manufacture and outgoing completed goods. Well aware of the loss of heated air and the inflow of unheated air to a building, 40 years ago Hart Doors Systems of Newcastle upon Tyne built its first automatic industrial door.
Successful testing showed immense potential for this automatic, high-speed, door branded Speedor. Today Speedors can be found throughout the world from the Falklands to Vladivostok, across Africa, the Middle East, Far East and so on. The original concept is now marketed in seven sub-brands such Speedor Super, Speedor Storm and Cleanroom.
Emissions from the operation of buildings recently hit their highest ever level with the building sector accounting for 38% of all energy-related CO² emissions. For many companies, energy consumption is the main contributor to their overall carbon footprint, including heating, cooling, lighting, and operating equipment. The more efficient companies are in their energy use, the greater the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
Automatic high speed doors reduce CO² emissions by playing an integral role in the energy efficiency and environmental impact of a building where heating and cooling systems are the highest producers of energy-related CO² emissions.
For more information, visit www.hartdoors.com
