Kaba offers energy-efficient door systems

Automatic and industrial doors improve overall building envelope energy efficiency.

Part L (updated) came into force on 1st October 2010 setting out guidelines regarding building energy efficiency and emission reductions. Kaba technologically advanced door drives and controls can help increase energy efficiency and reduce heat-loss.

Automatic and industrial doors, if designed and working properly, provide excellent pedestrian and vehicular access solutions and can contribute significantly towards helping to reduce energy and heat loss, improve user friendliness and provide unimpeded contact-free access, bringing comfort and convenience to everyday life.

Many buildings use manual swing doors or industrial doors with hold-to-run operation which may be initially very cost effective, but due to their nature can be left open resulting in increased energy loss. However, manual doors can be fitted with operators very cost effectively, to provide improved efficiency and access, ensuring smooth low noise operation and clean running.

Automatic sliding, folding or curved sliding doors can provide an opening of 60% of the structural width. They offer improved user friendliness, life time cost benefits through reliability and endurance and unimpeded contact-free use. Doors can be mounted in paired series to provide an air-lock style tunnel to effectively reduce wind chill and reduce heat-loss.

Roller shutter and sectional overhead doors can be specified with insulated panels, and the smart use of controls will ensure that they only open when required, but more importantly close after use. The use of high speed doors ensures climate control and extremely fast vehicular access and can be specified with insulated curtain panels.

A further way of increasing energy efficiency is to ensure that all access assets are running efficiently and operating effectively. A proactive maintenance schedule should ensure that these assets are always running at maximum efficiency.

As part of a worldwide group, Kaba Door Systems has an excellent reputation for providing high-quality, and energy efficient, automatic commercial and industrial doors, together with repair and maintenance services. Kaba offers an extensive product portfolio of automatic sliding, swinging, folding and circular sliding doors and industrial roller shutters, sectional overhead and high-speed doors to reflect innovation and continued product development. Kaba has also recently launched KOAX – a ground breaking, separated extra low voltage DC motor drive and control system, which has revolutionised the safety and operation of industrial overhead doors and roller shutters. KOAX is energy efficient, reliable, extremely safe and is suitable for retro-fitting to existing doors. KOAX provides unrivalled total life and design life costs. It is safer, quicker and more cost effective to install and maintain and has been fully BSI tested, meeting all applicable aspects of the new construction products directive BS EN 13241-1, with particular emphasis on safety in use and mechanical strength.

Kaba aims to consistently exceed customer expectations in the delivery of its products and services and by offering a comprehensive range of technologically advanced solutions. Extensive experience and industry knowledge means you can trust Kaba to give unbiased guidance and advice, working in partnership with customers to ensure individual needs are met and expectations exceeded. Kaba’s quality accreditation and industry association memberships give assurance of the high standards of service and workmanship you can expect to receive. Additionally, membership of bodies such as Constructionline, CHAS and SafeContractor give assurance of health and safety excellence.