Aggreko Boosts HVAC Support to Better Temperature Control

The energy solutions provider is committed to improving industrial cooling support, particularly for industrial HVAC contractors facilities management companies.

Part of this strategy is for Aggreko to process temperature specialist support with the appointment of Chris Smith as the new Head of Temperature Control for the UK and Ireland.

With more than 22 years of experience at Aggreko across Europe, Chris is set to lead Aggreko’s support for industrial HVAC contractors, engineers and facilities management companies across sectors, including manufacturing, data centres and construction.

Speaking on his appointment, Chris shares: “I’m ready to hit the ground running and help our customers futureproof their industrial HYVAC and process temperature control solutions so that it can combat any weather throughout the year.”

Confronting HVAC strain

Chris’ role involves providing temporary and supplementary cooling, heating and dehumidification solutions to assist on sites during maintenance works, system upgrades, temperature spikes and in emergency outages.

His appointment comes as companies across the UK and Ireland continue to experience operational and process temperature challenges caused by changing weather patterns throughout the year. 

“With his wide breadth of expertise, it’s great to be bringing Chris into the UK and Ireland team to lead with our industrial HVAC and process temperature control offering at a crucial time where solutions are needed,” says Alan Dunne, Managing Director for Aggreko UK and Ireland.

“Helping provide contractors with efficient and resilient solutions, Chris and our expert engineering teams will be able to support our customers through the entire process. Through this, we will be able to implement our leading solutions and strengthen our position as leaders to the industry.”

As temperatures continue to spike across both countries – and with more expected over the summer – there is inevitably increasing strains on HVAC systems across industries. This results in further demand on contractors to provide reliable and efficient temporary solutions while balancing vital maintenance and upgrade schedules.

HVAC, or heating, ventilation and air conditioning, is the use of technologies to control the temperature, humidity and purity of the air within an enclosed space. Within a data centre, HVAC systems regulate temperature and humidity levels to prevent hardware failures caused by excessive heat, in addition to maximising energy efficiency to reduce operational costs.

Eager to respond to this, Aggreko has strengthened its capacity to support contractors and facilities management companies – both in fleet and developing the expertise so that solutions are correctly specified – to ensure that sites have the resilience needed.

How Aggreko hopes to boost data centre resilience

The company holds extensive expertise when it comes to energy and, with this strategic focus, customers are expecting to now be able to receive integrated solutions using the company’s innovative power and temperature control fleet to boost efficiency and resilience.

Notably, this includes leveraging the latest solutions from Aggreko’s Greener Upgrades portfolio, such as hybrid temperature control solutions using battery energy storage solutions alongside stage V generators to save fuel, reduce emissions and improve reliability.

Chris adds: “It’s great to lead our expert teams in supporting industrial HVAC professionals and facilities managers across the UK and Ireland with their temperature control needs. With unrivalled experience in the power sector, Aggreko is best placed to ensure that our solutions are powered to operate as efficiently and sustainably as possible. 

“From our experience across Europe, where extreme temperatures and changing weather patterns are more common, we are accustomed to help our customers handle any challenges that may present themselves across the year.”

He continues: “We are able to also achieve better optimisation and efficiency to deliver both cost and environmental savings through data collected through our control and monitoring solution, Aggreko Connect.”

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