Four buildings.
One connected approach.
Broad Oak delivered a further heat-network retrofit across Horton A, Horton D, Pemberton and Ashfield, adapting four university buildings for district energy through coordinated mechanical, water-quality and controls upgrades.
- Buildings
- Horton A · Horton D · Pemberton · Ashfield
- Principal designer & contractor
- 1Energy
- Network
- Bradford Energy Network
The challenge.
Understood.
Four buildings with different heating arrangements required a building-by-building approach. The work had to address distribution, hydraulic control, hot water and underfloor heating while coordinating phased interfaces with the Bradford Energy Network.
Expertise.
In every detail.
Our team upgraded pumps and control valves, installed filtration and air and dirt separation, and brought metering and water-quality monitoring into the heating circuits. At Horton, we added underfloor-heating minimum-flow protection and modified heating and hot-water services. At Pemberton, we converted selected areas from one-pipe to two-pipe distribution. Ashfield received pressure-independent radiator controls and point-of-use hot water. Working with 1Energy, we integrated the BMS and motor control centres, coordinated the phased network interfaces and completed commissioning, records and operating information across the four buildings.
- Pump, control-valve and hydraulic circuit upgrades
- Filtration, air and dirt separation, and water-quality monitoring
- Pressure-independent radiator valves and differential-pressure controls
- Selected one-pipe to two-pipe conversion at Pemberton
- Underfloor-heating protection and revised hot-water provision
- Phased network interfaces, in-house BMS integration and commissioning
The difference.
Delivered.
The completed works adapted four distinct heating installations for coordinated heat-network operation. Building-specific changes were brought together with controls, metering and commissioning, giving the university renewed infrastructure and the operating information needed to manage the transition to district energy.
