“One of the major considerations in designing systems for hotels is appearance. When a standard filter is not cleaned properly, dust can be seen on the grille. With the Daikin auto-cleaning
this problem does not occur.”
Less than six months into its trial installation the Oxford Belfry, an autocleaning unit fitted to a fan coil unit from Daikin UK is showing clear benefits. The new Daikin auto-cleaning accessory replaces the standard filter within units.
Programmed to clean itself at regular intervals it avoids any build-up of dust and the need for manual cleaning of filters and grilles. This brings improved air quality, maintenance cost savings and better system performance.
Dust is collected in an internal box – and when it is nearly full a warning light alerts the housekeeping staff to empty it, via a normal vacuum cleaner hose.
This is expected to be at intervals of approximately two to three months., as part of the hotel’s Daikin heat recovery system.
The high occupancy of the hotel means filters get dirty very quickly and the hotels can suffer poor temperature control, higher operating costs and increased failures. “Clean filters mean fan coil units are more efficient and provide good comfort control – and this benefits our owners, operators and guests. We’ve been looking at how housekeeping
Staff, rather than maintenance teams, can clean the filters so that we reduce maintenance costs.
