UCIPE is finalizing the acceptance process for the installation and commissioning of Individual Thermal Points (ITPs) provided for in component C1.10 of the SACET project. Under the contract, 116 ITPs were installed in 82 residential blocks and several kindergartens in the capital.
The works included the repair of the rooms where the equipment installation was planned, dismantling of the old elevators, and installation of new, high-performance equipment equipped with an automated system for regulating the temperature and flow of the thermal agent and domestic hot water. Automation is made possible thanks to outdoor temperature sensors as well as pressure sensors installed in the Individual Heating Points (IHP), which balance the building's internal heating system so that each consumer benefits equally from the services provided by SA "Termoelectrica."
Over the past month, a commission composed of representatives from UCIPE and SA "Termoelectrica" has carried out inspections of the works completed by the contracted contractors. Currently, the testing, adjustment, and parameterization period of the equipment is underway to meet consumers' requirements regarding the heating level.
Now, residents have the option to request an adjustment of the thermal agent temperature within the building’s internal system from the automation engineer of SA "Termoelectrica," through the building association’s president or a representative designated by the residents.
The ongoing collaboration between service providers and beneficiaries allows the establishment of an optimal operating regime for the newly installed equipment. Thus, during warmer periods of the heating season, using the set parameters, the automated system regulates the thermal agent’s temperature to avoid overheating rooms and unjustified increases in maintenance costs.
The IHP is a high-performance and quiet piece of equipment. To prevent vibrations from being transmitted to the building's risers, it is equipped with rubber antivibration mounts on both circuits. The installation allows the preparation of hot water directly in the building’s basement, providing consumers with this service instantly at the temperature preset in the IHP.
Currently, all residents in the 82 buildings benefit from the advantages of the IHPs, while the buildings’ internal networks are protected from pressure deviations in the external network, as the IHP separates the external heating network from the internal one.
These investments were made within the Centralized Thermal Energy Supply System Efficiency Improvement Project (SACET), implemented with financial support from the World Bank, aiming to contribute to improving the operational efficiency and financial viability of SA "Termoelectrica" and enhancing the quality and reliability of thermal energy supply services provided to the population, public institutions, and economic agents in the municipality of Chișinău.