AHU upgrade saves 58% energy at Birmingham Airport Birmingham Airport is the 7th largest airport in the UK, flying around 13 million passengers to over 150 destinations each year. With this level of activity, keeping the airport fully operational is essential. So when one of the air handling units in the terminal check-in area broke down, engineers at Birmingham airport looked to Munters, global leaders in energy efficient air treatment, for a solution. Benefits: • Energy consumption reduced by 58% • Return on investment (ROI) of 19 months • Reduced maintenance cost for the AHU’s • Better controllability and reduced noise level Working with ebm-papst, Munters replaced the old belt drive fans in the AHU with a new FanGrid made up of five high efficiency EC centrifugal plug

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