GK wins at H&M

April 2009

GK Industrial is installing into its first H&M store at Arc, the new shopping and leisure complex in Bury St. Edmunds that is due to open to the public in March.

Working in conjunction with Europa Shopfitters, GK is installing a heating and cooling system that includes ducted air conditioning splits and a heat recovery air handling unit system to give the store greater energy efficiencies.

Due to be handed over to H&M and Europa by the end of February, the air handling unit extracts the warm air within the store and this heat is then used to warm the incoming air, eliminating the need to use a heater within the HVAC system that uses expensive and unnecessary power and energy.

Due to the size of the store, 16 split air systems were used and air handling unit also includes bypass dampers that allows 'Free Cooling' to be incorporated, bringing fresh air into the store at the desired temperature.