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Back-up cooling for TV company

Lights, camera, action with back-up cooling

  • The Challenge

    A London television broadcaster needed back-up cooling during maintenance

  • The Impact

    With continuous cooling, programs stay on-air during maintenance

  • The Solution

    Compact cooling system ready to go in just two weeks

Client:Facilities Management Company

Location:London, UK

Sectors:Facilities management

The Challenge

Keep broadcaster on air with back-up cooling

With daily live broadcasts, plus a data centre and several hundred office staff, this London broadcasting facility relies on a steady supply of cooling. When two of the site’s chillers needed maintenance, they planned to use their stand-by units to keep the facility cool – which would leave them without a back-up. So they called us in to deliver a cost-effective, efficient stand-by system.

2 x 750kWChillers on stand-by
1.5MWHeat exchanger
14 daysTime to deliver project
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The Solution

A compact cooling package with ACS

On a very small footprint outside the broadcaster’s building we installed a robust cooling system that would kick in if the facility’s own chillers failed. To negate the need for an Aggreko technician to remain on-site, we connected our ACS remote panel to the building’s management system to auto-start and stop the rental package when needed.

“In the fast-paced world of television, it’s critical to keep broadcasting equipment and data cool. Our back-up cooling was just what this broadcaster needed.”

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The Impact

Business as usual during chiller maintenance

It was business as usual for the broadcaster while its main chillers were refurbished. The building remained at an optimum temperature – keeping the TV stars, data centre servers and office workers happy. Our emergency cooling package was continuously on standby until their own systems were up and running again.

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Tags

  • Case Study
  • UK
  • Facilities management
  • Cooling
  • Chillers
  • Temperature control