Smoking Ban

With concerns over energy and a proposed complete smoking ban, clean air and efficient heating/cooling systems are more important than ever. And the need to regulate a customer’s environment is vital within a hotel where customers not only visit for a few hours, but stay for a number of days. We are therefore advising hotel owners across the UK to look at their ventilation and air cooling/warming systems in order to ensure they are compliant with current regulation, and prepared for imminent changes.

Health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, recently commented that she would back a full ban on smoking in pubs and restaurants, a ruling which would no doubt also extend to hotels as it does in Spain. However until then hotel managers must keep public areas and rooms clear of polluted air.

Developed and refined over the last twenty years, heat exchange ventilation units allow the extraction of stale air and efficient recovery of heating or cooling energy to treat incoming fresh air. The ventilation system can be utilised virtually anywhere, so whatever your environment, it’s simple to improve it. The system saves between 20 per cent and 50 per cent of the energy that would otherwise be lost by ventilation. The system also provides comfortable ventilation through introduction of fresh air, helping to provide a healthy working environment.

Heat exchangers are also an ideal choice for hotel rooms where peace and quiet is needed. The units prevent the transmission of most air vibration and can actually reduce and suppress external noise. For example, an external noise of 100dB(A) may be reduced to 30dB(A).

Air purifiers are an alternative to an air conditioning unit which can remove dust, purify air of cigarette smoke, deactivate germs and bacteria and break down harmful pollutants.

Ian Lowe, managing director at Trac comments: “Air conditioning systems are no longer the luxury they were once considered to be, and nowadays units are not only installed in the workplace but also in shops and our homes.

“For this reason many consumers are becoming accustomed to air conditioning being part of everyday life, and have come to expect it in certain sectors such as the hotel industry.

“Some hotel owners, however, have misconceptions about air conditioning units, believing that installing a system will not only cost the earth, but also cause too much disruption to their business. Of course many hotels at the higher-end of the market already have sophisticated air conditioning systems in-place – after all their guests expect the best. But that doesn’t mean that anyone paying less should not receive the same basic standards – and air conditioning, believe it or not, is now considered to be a basic requirement.

“Those in the industry who are taking the steps to install these systems, are finding that not only is it proving to be a good selling point with customers, but that it also improves the working conditions for their employees.”

For further information, contact TRAC on 0121 585 1080 or email enquiries@trac-aircon.co.uk

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