Recent research from Copernicus said 2024 was on track to be the warmest year since data was first analysed in 1940 writes Chris Dobson.
Indeed 2024 was on track to be the first year with increases above 1.5 degrees C . This increase is at odds with the target set at the Glasgow Conference of the Parties (COP) in 2021 which concluded “a future with only 1.5 degrees of warming is possible”. Well the 1.5 C ceiling has just been broken.
On a winter’s day it is hard to think in terms of ‘warmth’ but just think of the recent severe flash flooding in some areas of Europe and Polar sea ice reached its lowest monthly extent “continuing a series of large negative anomalies observed throughout 2023 and 2024” all contributing to Climate Change.
Walking passed a major supermarket the blast of escaping warm air prompted me to call Doug Hart, chairman, Hart Industrial Doors and ask him about the ever open door in industry and escaping heat.
“If it’s a heavy manual door or some sort of system that’s easier to leave open, then given the size of industrial doors the escape of expensively heated air will be huge. It’s a question of who notices this. If no one does, no one in the building be it a warehouse or a production facility, then the merry-go-round of the ever open door will continue.”
Which leads to Mr Hart’s Speedor, the high speed automatic door which is now in daily action world-wide. “It was blatantly obvious to me that a frequently used manual roller-shutter industrial door is easier to leave open than to open/close every time access is needed.
“It was also obvious that the gaping hole of the open door is costly in terms energy which inevitably leads to a Climate Change contribution however small,” says Mr Hart.
“We use world-class technology in the manufacturing of our doors and as a result. Our Speedor range and its many variants are in use on every Continent backed up fire and security shutters which like Speedor are in daily use in sectors such as energy, high security, logistics, leisure, manufacturing and transport.
“With over 75 years as the UK's leading door manufacturers, our industrial doors are used across many sectors, including manufacturing, energy, export, leisure, utilities and infrastructure.
“Whether you are looking for doors for high-traffic areas, energy-saving doors, or roller doors for clean rooms or warehouse/loading bays, during the manufacturing of our doors we design and custom-make them for durability and reliability, vermin and dust control, heat-sensitive production processes, safety and security.
“Speedor is not just a high-speed door in external use but also within a building essential to maintain the required working environment.”
Bravo Speedor.
