Press release
New Eco-Efficient heating and "State-of-the-art" lighting systems installed.
After nearly 18months planning and design, as well as overcomming numerous funding hurdles, Dalry Town Hall has just completed the installation of a new eco-efficient heating system based on an innovative "Air Source Heat Pump" and new and upgraded "State-of-the-art" interior and exterior lighting.
The hall's current heating system is over 20 years old and was inefficient, particularly in the winter months and relatively expensive to use. We needed to install a better system ad grants were available from "Community Energy Scotland".
The hall, originally built 1859, features a beautiful wood-panelled, vaulted ceiling which makes the hall a fabulous accoustic space for concerts and recitals, but it also leads to a lot of wasted heat.
After many months of discussion and planning, the committee decided on a system which was originally developed for the Scandinavian market and will operate at temperatures as low as minus -20c.
The hall now features eight new wall-mounted radiators together with two ceiling-mounted fans for distributing warm air back down into the hall.
The entire system is controlled by a sophisticated sensing unit that monitors both outdoor and indoor temperatures and adjusts automatically. The results so far have been very encouraging.
During this period the committee also secured funding from the "Village Hall Improvement Fund (VHIF) and the "Stewartry Area Committee Civic Pride Fund" to improve and upgrade the hall lighting.
The hall is a beatiful building set back from the road on a large plot of land but it is not illuminated at night and the interior lighting consisted of six old flourescent tubes and two small flood-lights which did not help to create a welcomming or creative atmosphere.
After many months research and testing, we designed a system that uses state-of-the-art LED lighting and control systems, as used in music concerts and entertainment events, and the results are simply stunning.
At night the hall has become a visual focal-point for the village, particularly for visitors and passers-by, who now see and whatch the hall bathed in constantly changing colour patterns and effects.
The existing hall lights were upgraded to new, low energy Eco-efficient units and the four multi-coloured outdoor LED lights illuminating the front of the hall are controlled by a pre-programmed timer which automatically runs a sequence of colour changes.
The ten indoor units, togethe with the outdoor units are controlled by a computer system allowing more control and flexibility for business and entertainment events, theatre and music concerts.
The added benefit of the recently installed double-glazing, new padded seating, together with the flexible (portable) staging system and the newly refurbished, fully equipped kitchen, the hall is now even more comfortable to members of the public. It is a superbly equiped, flexible, safe venue for all kinds of events - old and new.
Anyone wishing to book the hall or to enquire about any technical facilities should contact us via the "Contact us" at the top of the page.
After nearly 18months planning and design, as well as overcomming numerous funding hurdles, Dalry Town Hall has just completed the installation of a new eco-efficient heating system based on an innovative "Air Source Heat Pump" and new and upgraded "State-of-the-art" interior and exterior lighting.
The hall's current heating system is over 20 years old and was inefficient, particularly in the winter months and relatively expensive to use. We needed to install a better system ad grants were available from "Community Energy Scotland".
The hall, originally built 1859, features a beautiful wood-panelled, vaulted ceiling which makes the hall a fabulous accoustic space for concerts and recitals, but it also leads to a lot of wasted heat.
After many months of discussion and planning, the committee decided on a system which was originally developed for the Scandinavian market and will operate at temperatures as low as minus -20c.
The hall now features eight new wall-mounted radiators together with two ceiling-mounted fans for distributing warm air back down into the hall.
The entire system is controlled by a sophisticated sensing unit that monitors both outdoor and indoor temperatures and adjusts automatically. The results so far have been very encouraging.
During this period the committee also secured funding from the "Village Hall Improvement Fund (VHIF) and the "Stewartry Area Committee Civic Pride Fund" to improve and upgrade the hall lighting.
The hall is a beatiful building set back from the road on a large plot of land but it is not illuminated at night and the interior lighting consisted of six old flourescent tubes and two small flood-lights which did not help to create a welcomming or creative atmosphere.
After many months research and testing, we designed a system that uses state-of-the-art LED lighting and control systems, as used in music concerts and entertainment events, and the results are simply stunning.
At night the hall has become a visual focal-point for the village, particularly for visitors and passers-by, who now see and whatch the hall bathed in constantly changing colour patterns and effects.
The existing hall lights were upgraded to new, low energy Eco-efficient units and the four multi-coloured outdoor LED lights illuminating the front of the hall are controlled by a pre-programmed timer which automatically runs a sequence of colour changes.
The ten indoor units, togethe with the outdoor units are controlled by a computer system allowing more control and flexibility for business and entertainment events, theatre and music concerts.
The added benefit of the recently installed double-glazing, new padded seating, together with the flexible (portable) staging system and the newly refurbished, fully equipped kitchen, the hall is now even more comfortable to members of the public. It is a superbly equiped, flexible, safe venue for all kinds of events - old and new.
Anyone wishing to book the hall or to enquire about any technical facilities should contact us via the "Contact us" at the top of the page.