ADVECO LTD
UNIT 7 & 8
ARMSTRONG MALL
SOUTHWOOD BUSINESS PARK
FARNBOROUGH
HAMPSHIRE GU14 0NR
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Suppliers of: Gas Boilers, Air Source Heat Pumps, Packaged Plant Rooms, Renewable Heating, Commercial Heating Systems, Solar Thermal Heating, Heat Recovery, Water Heating
Adveco – The Hot Water Specialists - Bespoke & Packaged Domestic Hot Water Systems for Commercial Projects
Adveco Ltd. is the trusted specialist provider of bespoke, low-carbon hot water and heating systems to the building services industry. Adveco is the single source for system design, supply, commissioning and warranty service. Our services include onsite metering, engineer assessment, and theoretical modelling. Adveco also provides a wide range of options for electric and gas water heating, incorporating the latest heat pumps, solar thermal, electric boilers, cylinders, gas water heaters and boilers, and heat recovery technologies. From individual appliances to full systems that can be packaged or even built off-site and delivered ready for installation, Adveco is able to support projects with bespoke offerings that ensure optimal and cost-effective operation and a route to reducing carbon emissions from your buildings.
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Our sectors include:
- Education
- Healthcare
- Hotels
- Leisure
- Offices
- Public Sector
- Restaurants & bars
Our Product Ranges:
Water Heating - Commercial Hot Water Systems:
Data gathering, sizing and bespoke system recommendation for commercial properties intending to replace legacy gas systems.
A range of ASHP’s with above average seasonal coefficient of performance (SCOP), for DHW system pre-heat
- FPi-32 Air Source Heat Pumps
- L70 Air Source Heat Pump
- FUSION Packaged Electric Water Heating System
Compact, efficient systems for carbon reduction in commercial buildings which use large amounts of daily hot water, whether on gas or electric.
- Solar Collectors
- Solar Thermal Drainback
- SGE Water Heater with Integrated Solar
A wide selection of highly efficient condensing gas water heaters. Choose from glass-lined or stainless steel vessels with a range of tank sizes to meet project demands.
- AD Water Heaters
- AD Plus Instantaneous Water Heaters
- BFC Cyclone Water Heater
- Innovo Water Heater
- SGE Water Heater
- Twister II Water Heater
For the widest selection of commercial-grade hot water cylinders with indirect-fired water heaters, calorifiers and buffers for various DHW applications requiring large volume storage of water at high temperatures.
- SSB, SSI, SST Stainless Steel Hot Water Tanks
- ATSx Stainless Steel Hot Water Tanks
- GL Hot water Cylinders
- MSS Premium Steel Buffers
- IT Indirect Tanks
- ITS Twin Coil Indirect Tanks
- ST Storage Tanks
A range of electric boilers and water heaters designed to cut carbon emissions in line with net zero strategies and drive greater efficiency and longevity optimising capital investments.
- ARDENT Floor-Standing & Wall-Mounted Electric Boilers
- FUSION Packaged Electric & Packaged Renewable Water Heaters
- SSB-E Stainless Steel Electric Water Heaters
- DRE Electric Water Heaters
- EES Electric Water Heaters
A range of electric immersion heaters and kits for use with water heating systems. Ideally suited as backup heat sources in a wide variety of applications, they are an excellent choice for low carbon top up heating when paired with renewables.
- EB Series
- E Series
The HR001, is a standalone Heat Recovery Unit providing a convenient, packaged unit to recover refrigerant system waste heat. Perfect for commercial organisations that make use of large chiller or refrigeration technology as part of their day to day operations, such as restaurants and large-scale catering facilities in hotels, schools or universities and retailers holding frozen stock.
Creating a modern, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable hot water & heating system is not just advantageous, it is increasingly becoming a demand as the United Kingdom transitions towards a more environmentally friendly Net-Zero nation by 2050.
- Low Carbon Packaged e32-Hot Water System
- MD Floor Standing Boilers
- MD Wall Hung Boilers
- MSB Standard Steel Heating Buffers
- Chilled Water Tanks
Adveco Ltd. employ an experienced team of industry professionals to provide first class services including technical support. An in-house technical department is available to provide specialist technical information and support for any query.
Further technical information is valiable through the Manufacturer’s own website or from the BPi Download Library
Ask Adveco? Sustainability and Regulation Challenges For Water Heating
Welcome to the second in the Ask Adveco series. This time we respond to questions on DHW sustainability and regulation challenges..
How does Adveco define sustainability within commercial buildings?
Sustainability encompasses a broad range of functions across the commercial sector, from the bricks and mortar construction to daily operational demands. As a hot water specialist for more than 50 years, Adveco’s focus is on how we can take not just new, but also the many existing buildings, to a point where sustainability can be actively demonstrated. For us, that means best addressing the type of energy used and reducing the energy required to meet business-critical hot water demands for tangible carbon emission reductions – all without impacting daily operations or incurring costs that prevent the forward movement of sustainable business strategies.
What are the challenges of upcoming regulation/technical changes that specifiers need to be aware of in the short to medium term?
The Buildings Safety Act has increased scrutiny of hot water systems, which higher-risk buildings (HRB) must adhere to more strictly. For new HRB or significant alterations to existing ones, building control approval is required. This process involves detailed scrutiny of the proposed hot water system design, ensuring it complies with regulations and safety standards. Of note are the requirements placed on gas water heating and the installation of flues or appliance ventilation ducts, which, if they penetrate compartment walls or floors, should exhibit a fire resistance (REI) that is at least half of the compartment wall or floor. For all buildings over 30m tall, and for some situations in buildings over 18m tall or under 10m deep, flue through compartment walls will not be allowed under the new legislation.
The will likely be further tightening of energy performance standards for hot water systems under Part L. If that is the case, we can expect to see more stringent minimum efficiency requirements for all hot water systems, including boilers, heat pumps, and solar thermal systems. Regulations are also likely to incentivise greater integration of renewable energy sources, particularly solar thermal and heat pumps.
Lowering the storage temperature limits of DHW is also under review, but our technical consensus is that the review will not change the legislation. If it does, we would still design preheat at +50°C and system temperatures at a safe +65°C.
What do your technical teams get most commonly asked about?
The current challenges in the industry revolve around understanding how to size electric hot water systems with heat pumps to accurately fulfil a building’s DHW demands. Most questions revolve around their efficient ASHP operation, space for the tank and, of course, costs.
One issue we increasingly encounter in the retrofit space is the request to switch from gas to a like-for-like electric system. A 360kW gas application is very different to a 360kW electrical application; the electrical demand is simply enormous. Bringing that additional electrical supply to the building is incredibly expensive, so a lot of our technical design relates to meeting specified DHW demands whilst reducing costly electrical supply, which has the potential to derail sustainability projects.
How do you work with specifiers?
An initial engagement often happens via our free CPD offerings. Working together, we will supply the hot water design, which could involve metering an existing building or working within the specification and building legislations. The resultant design will recommend products that Adveco selects and supplies. But we can also create elements for a wider specification, such as designing only the preheat for a system.
Once the specification goes out to tender, it becomes a case of just keeping in touch over the months should there be any updates to the specification that require addressing. Adveco does continue to be involved with the building, though, through the commissioning process and ongoing system service.
What are the key sustainability challenges commercial buildings face when it comes to heating and hot water?
Lighting, heat and hot water are necessities. They are also a key contributing factor to the release of carbon emissions from commercial building stock, accounting for 40% of annual emissions. Water heating alone represents as much as 30% of a building’s daily energy demands, so it represents one of the key challenges seeking resolutions. From sink and basin-led demands, to showers, baths, pools, to kitchens, laundry and general demands for regular cleaning, all add to the demands for hot water, making it a business-critical function for most commercial and public sector organisations. Whilst new builds make consideration for such evolving demands as part of the current building regulations, the majority of commercial buildings are pre-existing, and many will be overdue for renovation.
Of the current commercial properties, only around 14.5% were constructed after 1996, and 80% of all buildings are still expected to be in use in 2050. However, factoring sustainability into older properties is complex and costly. This is especially true when addressing space heating, which can require the building to be adapted in terms of insulation, ventilation, energy supply, pipework and heat emitters. This is the most significant challenge facing building operators wishing to formulate net-zero strategies. There is a silver lining. When water heating reaches a scale seen in commercial properties (requiring a defined plant room space), it is essentially a separate system that requires less and lower impact alteration to the building’s fabric, pipework or energy supply for meaningful carbon savings. This means, despite the apparent system complexity, it remains one of the most cost-effective means of introducing sustainability in terms of capital investment and running costs.
If you have a question you would like answered by the team, feel free to send it to marketing@adveco.co, and we will aim to include it in future Q&As.
Adveco Wins Award For Innovation In Retrofit
Hot water specialist Adveco has been awarded the Building & Construction Review 2025 Editor’s Choice Award for its commitment to innovation in retrofit of commercial buildings, with a focus on more sustainable water heating.
The award considers recent work carried out by the company to address the continuing demands for gas water heating with increasingly efficient, lower emission gas appliances and the ground-breaking work in site metering and developing hybrid systems, which support the transition to electricity and renewables, actively supporting sustainability strategies.
Read by facilities, project and site managers, specifiers, building owners and operators, Building & Construction Review circulates to thousands of targeted businesses across the UK building and construction sectors. The Editor’s Choice Award for innovation in retrofit is one of a series designed to highlight companies that are striving to move the industry forward through open communication of the challenges and innovation that provide new, considered responses that serve both the new build and retrofit spaces.
Greg Brushett, sales director, Adveco, said, “With more than 1,755,000 recognised non-domestic buildings in England and Wales, the challenge of retrofitting HVAC systems is one of the single greatest challenges of attaining net zero by 2050. The vast majority of these buildings are gas-connected and still use a gas water heater, and, despite the drive for decarbonisation, like-for-like gas replacement continues to be popular, so we need to recognise and work within the limitations of many of these existing buildings. This means not only advancing transition to cleaner energy today but also enabling organisations to begin a process that can bridge them to future technology options better suited to their buildings.”
The innovation in retrofit award covers Adveco’s recent and ongoing work to advance gas water heating, integration of renewables, including air source heat pumps, and its leading role in the provision of commercial-grade solar thermal systems. Its integration of existing building metering and hot water design was cited for its real-world application and delivery of project cost savings. The development of the FUSION packaged electric water heating system, which makes use of familiar technology including an electric boiler, cylinder and controls plus the option to incorporate heat pumps and immersion with the continued efforts to promote an electric approach and sustainable alternatives for retrofit was a deciding factor in awarding Adveco for its work advancing retrofit of commercial building’s business-critical hot water services.
Discover Adveco’s wide range of award-winning products and applications for domestic hot water provision in commercial properties that demonstrate innovation in retrofit.
