Snapshot
The fitness industry, with its growing number of sports complexes and gyms, relies on a dependable hot water heating system that can cope with peak demand usage and one that stays current with changing regulatory requirements. Rinnai’s Design Team have accurately sized many gas-fired hot water systems across the UK’s sports complexes and gyms to ensure temperature accuracy, reduced costs and improved efficiency.
Problem
Many owners are not satisfied with the performance of traditional cylinder stored hot water systems due to wasting energy and not being able to handle peak hour demands of hot water supply. There is also the ever-present risk that if the system fails there is no back up to provide hot water when it is needed most and storing large amounts of hot water ‘just in case’ is not financially feasible.
Solution
Rinnai’s continuous flow hot water heaters, particularly the N series, are designed to only heat as much water as necessary and only when the tap is turned on and are engineered specifically to guarantee the highest efficiencies and the lowest running costs of any commercial water heating system.
For example, a recent club have replaced their wasteful stored hot water system with Rinnai continuous flow units. The Rinnai Design Team sized a return system which ensures the club will never run out of hot water, regardless of how many members decide to shower at the same time. The three units happily provide for 12 showers and 7 wash hand basins as well as a kitchen sink at the club.
Rinnai’s continuous flow units are wall hung and can be installed inside or outside, so valuable space is not taken up by bulky cylinders which have high ongoing running costs. Making them appropriate for even the most limited of spaces.
Results and Benefits
The N Series is the most competitively priced product currently available in the UK sector. In addition, the Sensei N Series range offers a market leading 12-year extended warranty.
All designs in this range are low-NOx. The N Series utilises Rinnai’s patented advanced burner technology with a 13-1 turn down ratio – the largest on the market – including extremely quiet operation. Integral controls on the units enable the water heater to achieve high efficiencies due to advanced burner control and high modulation ranges.
Advanced burner controls with the N Series models ensure all appliances are well ahead of the NOx requirements set within ErP. The current level of permissible NOx set by ErP is 56 mg/Kwh. The Sensei N Series is third-party tested at 28 mg/Kwh making them one of the greenest water heating appliances available.
Rinnai’s continuous flow heater systems are proven to be more energy efficient than conventional storage systems and are increasingly the experts’ preferred method of hot water provision. Rinnai units easily cater for any size projects that demand high volumes of water at intermittent times of day.
Explore our N Series range here.
Conclusion
Rinnai UK’s design team can measure the specific requirements of any gym or sports complex and suggest an appropriate heating and hot water system that compliments the specific dimensions of each site. Rinnai is continuing to produce innovative technology that provides low carbon solutions to all UK customers across a range of applications. Contact us today at 0300 373 0660 or get help with choosing a product.
