Palcon Services a division of Berkeley Environmental Services Ltd have secured the order to supply a comprehensive building automation and energy management system for the new state of the art breeding and training centre for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.

The association is about to embark on its largest and most important development to date; the construction of its new National Dog Breeding Centre near Warwick.

Following three years in the design process and a two stage tender, the multi-million pound development starts on site this month; M&E services was designed by Foreman Roberts & Partners and awarded to Nottingham based M&E services contractor Hilton Mechanical Services. The new facilities will increase capacity for breeding Guide Dog puppies from 1,110 to 1,550 per annum in accordance with the Guide Dogs strategic targets.

Tough sustainability targets set by the association, will deliver a range of low carbon technologies including biomass boilers and rainwater harvesting all integrated with the Trend IQ3 series of controls to provide a fully integrated BMS solution.

Berkeley Environmental Services had already completed a similar flagship project for the Dog Trust Re-homing Centre at Harefield and therefore fully appreciate the unique challenges in meeting the client’s expectations in delivering a low carbon, sustainable and comfortable environment.