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Holiday Inn Express

The Holiday Inn Express is newly refurbished modern hotel, situated on O’Connell Street Upper, Dublin. It was converted from the Findlater House office block to a hotel and opened in 2016. The hotel is comprised of 198 bedrooms, ground floor, basement, reception and meeting rooms.

See what we did for one of Ireland’s most prestigious hotels

The challenge

Crystal Air were contracted to supply and install a VRV air conditioning system delivering the best in energy efficiency, guest comfort, system reliability along with complete user friendly controls.

With 36 weeks to complete the project, we provided guest rooms and public areas with 205 ducted units of low or medium static pressure, 20 VRV Heat Recovery outdoor units, 2 VRV fully flat cassettes, 203 Remote Controllers and one Intelligent Touch Manager Centralised Controller.

The solution

Considering our options, we choose to supply and install Daikin VRV equipment throughout the hotel due to the flexibility for balancing heat loads in different parts of the building, while the precise zone control allowed for each room or floor be controlled individually saving energy.

The system operates at low noise levels while providing continuous heating preventing any cold drafts, optimised for complete comfort. This versatility provided us with the complete solution while incorporating the EN378 Standard for an unbeatable hospitality air conditioning system.

“Hiring Crystal Air Ltd to carry out our air conditioning installation and servicing turned out to be a great decision. We knew we were in good hands from the first meeting and we are very pleased with the result.”

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The solution

Considering our options, we choose to supply and install Daikin VRV equipment throughout the hotel due to the flexibility for balancing heat loads in different parts of the building, while the precise zone control allowed for each room or floor be controlled individually saving energy.

The system operates at low noise levels while providing continuous heating preventing any cold drafts, optimised for complete comfort. This versatility provided us with the complete solution while incorporating the EN378 Standard for an unbeatable hospitality air conditioning system.

Technology used

Daikin VRV Total Solution

Daikin VRV Total Solution

Most buildings will rely on many separate systems for heating, cooling, refrigeration and hot water resulting in energy waste. More efficient alternatives are provided through Daikin’s VRV Total Solution generating huge savings.

• Heating and cooling
• Hot water
• Underfloor heating
• Ventilation
• Air Curtains
• Controls

MANAGEMENT TEAM

David O'Brien

CONTRACTS DIRECTOR

As Contracts Director and Co-founder of Crystal Air Ltd, David’s key area of responsibility includes the management of all installations ensuring projects are delivered from inception to client handover and to a high industry standard.

David has 35 years experience in the air conditioning industry and has been involved in project applications using Close Control systems, Chillers, VRV and DX systems. David has extensive experience in managing data centre projects across Ireland & Europe.

He is also a member of the Institute of Refrigeration Ireland. David is also directly responsible for Health & Safety and quality procedures are adhered to at all times while keeping up with the ever changing Health & Safety legislation.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Caroline Campbell

SERVICE & MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR, MARKETING

Caroline graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Honours) from Athlone Institute of Technology in 2005. She joined Crystal Air that year to work within our Service & Maintenance Department and having been previously promoted to Manager of this department she was appointed Director of Service & Maintenance in 2014 with responsibility for the growth and development of the department.

Her key role is the management of our existing customer relationships whilst ensuring that our customer expectations are exceeded through our planned preventative maintenance programmes and 24/7/365 reactive call-out and support service. Caroline also has responsibility for ensuring that our ISO accredited quality standards are adhered to and maintained throughout all departments within Crystal Air.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Domnick Ward

MANAGING DIRECTOR, SALES & DESIGN ENGINEER

Domnick is the MD and founding partner of Crystal Air and is responsible for business development and key client relationships. His hands on approach keeps the team focused on new products and promotes innovation to find better engineered solutions while maintaining a healthy environment.

With over 30 years experience in the industry Domnick still enjoys the challenges here and abroad with input into our offices in Ireland, Holland and Finland. He is an active member of IRI and member of ASHRAE and a past chair of F-Gas IRI sub group and founder of FGR in Ireland. He also enjoys travelling and is known to play a round of golf.