The new Debenhams in the refurbished Bullring in Birmingham is the first of the retail group’s Twenty10 stores – a pioneering new look for the shop interior with a whole new approach to shopfitting and lighting. Contributing to the ambience of the new store is a warm air heating system that maintains comfort conditions for staff and customers at all times, yet operates very economically.
The department store is one of Debenhams largest, with around 21,400m² of retail and back of house space, ranged over four trading floors. Every floor is equipped with three Delrac air handling units, each with an output of 120kW. Housed within each AHU are two Reznor gas-fired RHC heat exchangers. Warm air is ducted on to the shop floor and distributed through discreet grilles, maintaining even heat coverage and constant comfort temperatures of between 22 and 24°C.
The heating system was designed by Grant Gower of Cudd Bentley Associates, engineering consultants to Debenhams. “The Reznor heat exchangers were selected to complement Delrac AHUs because of their efficiency. They offer an economical solution to heating an extremely large store.”
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