After an energetic game of football, an afternoon of cricket or a set or two of tennis, the keen sports men and women of Lavenham in Suffolk, can enjoy comfortable changing and leisure facilities in the newly built sports pavilion, thanks to Dimplex.

Set in the heart of one of the finest medieval villages in England, made famous by the popular TV series, Lovejoy, the sports pavilion provides changing rooms, a kitchen, function room and reception area. It was built by a dedicated local self-help construction team for Lavenham Community Council, a registered charity which provides recreation facilities for the community.

Electrical contractors and Dimplex service agents, Supasparks of Mildenhall, Suffolk installed the Dimplex heating system. It uses the popular EVX electronic convector panel heaters, with a two-zone central control unit; all connected using a pilot wire system.

“The Community Council approached us to specify an electric heating system for the sports pavilion,” explains Richard Boreham, Installation Manager, of Supasparks “Our association with Dimplex has certainly opened doors for us with new business, as people know it’s a name they can trust and the heating system will be efficient and reliable. We’re very proud to be involved with the market leaders.”

The 14 EVX slimline heaters installed in the pavilion range from .75kw to 2.0kw. The heaters’ electronic thermostat ensures a very stable room temperature, which means that an EVX system can show significant energy savings and improvements in comfort.

The two-zone central control unit is fully programmable and control the heater output based on room occupancy and temperature requirements. It has seperate customisable user programmes for each day of the week and switches the heaters between comfort and setback modes. A pilot wire installation is ideal for a new build application, and is a very flexible system with a control wire linking each heater so that no additional receivers are necessary. Up to 20 heaters can be installed per zone.

“We're very pleased with the installation into the sports pavilion and hope to work with the Community Council again in the future”, adds Richard Boreham.