Visitors to London's Royal Albert Hall are guaranteed a warm reception thanks to Solray Radiant Panels from Comyn Ching & Co, the market leader in radiant heating. The panels, installed as part of a £70 million restoration, offer a discreet, aesthetically superior heating solution, in keeping with the Hall's impressive interior. Currently undergoing the most comprehensive programme of building development since its opening in 1871, the Royal Albert Hall is one of the world's leading entertainment venues.

The project to restore this distinctive building to its former glory and to develop it to meet the needs of modern audiences includes increasing public access with the addition of a South Porch. The newly constructed porch provides a grand entrance for daytime tours of the Hall as well as housing the Box Office, shop and restaurant, whilst the existing East and West porches have been glazed in to create spaces for the audiences and a bar area.

As part of the £14 million mechanical and electrical contract, building services contractor MJN Colston, working closely with architects BDP and project managers Taylor Woodrow, has specified the ceiling mounted panels from Solray for installation in each of the Hall's three main porch areas. "Solray Radiant Panels offered a cost effective, heat and space efficient solution to the Hall's heating requirements," explains Simon Stothard, Senior Projects Engineer, MJN Colston. "Installed in the ceiling they become an integral part of the building and have dramatically increased the usable space in the porches whilst creating an immediately warm and welcoming environment."

Antrim Grammar School is a successful co-educational Grammar school for pupils aged 11-18. Founded in 1974 on a 70 acre site, the School has 730 pupils, and is currently being extended and refurbished as part of a £7 million development project funded by the Department of Education for the NEELB. This project, which has just reached the completion of the second and final phase, includes the provision of new Sports Hall, Dining Area, Classrooms and Home Economics Suite. Solray Radiant Panels have been specified for the Sports Hall and Home Economics Suite to run on the School's low temperature hot water heating system, delivering discrete warmth throughout the buildings.

Installed within the ceiling in both areas, the Solray Radiant Panels ensure on energy efficient heating solution as well as providing a safety conscious and space saving alternative to conventional wall mounted radiators for the project. The location of the ceiling panels, which are well beyond the reach of children and staff alike, allows the maximum amount of space to be used in the Sports Hall, eliminating the risk of children injuring themselves by accidental collision with wall mounted radiators during activities. In the Home Economics Suite, the ceiling installed Solray panels free up the available wall space, allowing kitchen appliances, worktops and cabinets to be installed and used to maximum advantage.

Greville Neill of Williams & Shaw, the Project's mechanical and electrical consultants explains: "We chose Solray panels simply because they were the best product for the job; our specification was to install a heating system that was not only economical but also safe and capable of maximising the space available in key areas. Solray panels have provided an excellent solution to this problem; the panels are discreet and out of reach, as well as being energy efficient."

As part of a £9 million development at St Philips Secure Unit in Plains, Airdrie, Solray Radiant Panels from Comyn Ching & Co have been specified to provide the energy efficient and space saving radiant heating solution.

The project at St Philips Secure Unit involved the construction of a new secure facility to accommodate 24 young people. Covering approximately 4200m2, the new development also features a variety of educational, administrative, staff and recreational facilities. Over 360 Solray in-ceiling and in-wall perimeter Radiant Panels have been installed throughout the building, ensuring a fuel efficient, effective and comfortable heating solution, with heat gently radiated downward into the space. More

The James Cook University Hospital is a district general hospital serving 300,000 people living in Middlesbrough and East Cleveland. It is also a specialist centre for around one million people for heart and lung, cancer, and brain and spinal cord injuries and illnesses. A key part of the whole development has been the installation of 1,145 Solray Radiant Panels to meet the brief for a clean and modern hospital environment.

At the James Cook University Hospital, as in all hospitals, the practice of ensuring the highest standards of hygiene, cleanliness and comfort are key priorities. Solray Radiant Panels have the key advantage of being installed within the ceiling, thus eliminating the bacteria and dirt ridden corners, ledges and joints of conventional wall radiators. In addition, the air quality for staff, patient and visitors is high, in part due to the reduced levels of dust movement generated by Radiant Panel heating compared to ordinary convective heating systems. At the same time, the maintenance team at the Hospital are benefiting from panels which feature a wipe clean surface for easy cleaning.

Solray Radiant Panels from Comyn Ching & Co are maintaining their excellent reputation as the market leaders in energy efficient and space saving radiant heating, with a £60,000 installation in the new Community Access & Learning Centre at Angus College, Arbroath.

The Community Access & Learning Centre is a new £6.9 million state-of-the-art new facility which was opened in June 2004 by HRH Her Majesty the Queen. Angus College is one of the most highly respected Further Education Colleges with a vast number of excellent full and part time as well as leisure and vocational courses.

A total of 188 perimeter ceiling panels have been installed throughout the Community Access & Learning Centre that houses science as well as technology labs, benefiting all students and staff not only as an energy efficient heating solution, but also as a space saving initiative. The Radiant Panels are situated far from the reach of staff and pupils, ensuring that they are completely tamper-proof, whilst also providing a discrete and aesthetically pleasing alternative to intrusive, difficult to clean radiators.

The main contractors for the job were Hills Mechanical. The project was completed in October 2003.

Discrete, ceiling installed Solray Radiant Panels from Comyn Ching & Co are providing the hygienic, low maintenance heating for the recently opened new four storey wing of the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan.

The extension of the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary is a £17 million government funded, two year project which has included renovation of old hospital facilities and construction of additional buildings to create a completely new hospital wing. This "Phase Four Build", covering over 17,500 m2, houses a new X-ray suite on the first floor, Accident and Emergency on the second floor, on the third floor a new Maternity Department and new Surgical Facilities on the fourth floor. Completed towards the end of 2004, the new wing features over 500 Solray Radiant Panels from Comyn Ching, the market leaders in the field, to provide clean and effective heating on all four floors.

Solray Radiant panels are a modern, modular heating solution, providing an easy to install, comfortable and energy efficient alternative to radiators and other traditional forms of heating. Since the panels are installed in the ceiling, they free up the maximum amount of usable space below for the hospital. At the same time, they afford the hospital a clean, simple to maintain and aesthetically attractive heating solution. Solray Radiant Panels also create far less dust and air movement in their heating operation than ordinary convective heating systems, thus reducing potential discomfort and breathing difficulties for staff and patients alike.

"Solray's radiant panels really stand out from the competition in terms of both quality of installation and performance of the panels" says Jason Cummings, Mechanical Engineer at Syncro. "I've always had a great relationship with Solray and I'd look no further than Solray when purchasing such products in the future."

The RUH project has involved the construction of a brand new four storey central building on the existing hospital site, providing a range of clinical units, services and core public facilities. Bristol-based services contractor, MJN Colston has specified over 500 Solray Radiant Panels to offer both a heat and space efficient solution throughout the development.

Concealed within the ceilings, the Solray Radiant Panels ensure that, in contrast to ordinary radiators, every inch of wall and floor space can be made available for use within this busy hospital. Because they are well hidden from the naked eye, the Panels also provide an aesthetically superior finish that fits well with the hospital's demands for a clean-looking, warm and welcoming environment.

Solray Radiant Panels from Comyn Ching & Co - the market leader in radiant heating - have been installed in a recently opened £40 million extension to the Royal Preston Hospital, part of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust.

The Royal Preston Hospital provides acute and general hospital services to a catchment population of some 380,000 people within the Central Lancashire area. The project involved the construction of three new buildings to enhance and complement the existing hospital. A three-storey block has been linked to the first floor via a corridor to the main hospital complex and provides patient accommodation for obstetrics, gynaecology and elective orthopaedics. The second building is a predominantly single storey block, which is being utilised for elderly rehabilitation; whilst a third building houses a new two-storey education unit.

Solray Panels are installed within the ceiling perimeters of all three new buildings, ensuring that every inch of wall and floor space is made available within the hospital. This approach is a much more popular alternative to traditional wall mounted radiators in such a busy, high traffic environment.

The Main Contractor for the project was Shepherd Construction, the mechanical and engineering work was undertaken by Haden Young Ltd and Blezard Design & Consult were the project M&E consulting engineers. Originally developed by Comyn Ching more than 70 years ago, Solray Radiant Panels have evolved through the generations into the modern, highly efficient, state of the art designs proving so popular today in public sector and commercial applications. Radiant Panels can be tailor-made to the highest standards of quality and manufactured to suit specific project requirements at the company's London-based design and production facility.