For a natural or hybrid ventilation solution in schools and other
educational facilities Passivent can provide design expertise and technical
support acquired over 40 years of business.
Its products are designed to improve indoor air quality, thermal
comfort and occupant wellbeing. Some of the company’s products also attenuate
noise.
Passivent’s Aircool® range
of wall and window ventilators are virtually silent in operation and provide
controlled air intake and extract in natural (and mechanical) ventilation
systems, with superior thermal performance when closed. They are also available
as thermal and acoustic variants which temper incoming cool air or attenuate
noise.
A hybrid mixing variant of
the Aircool® - the Hybrid Aircool® - can be used in classrooms, as part of a
single-sided ventilation strategy. Meeting the requirements of Building Bulletin
93 (Acoustic design) and Building Bulletin 101 (Ventilation and IAQ) it has
different operational modes, dependent on the internal and external
environment, and sensors which respond automatically to increases in
temperature and CO2. A boost function also maximises fresh air supply. This
quiet, energy-efficient system is controlled by the Passivent iC8000
controller allowing for up to 40 individual zones to be managed.
An alternative version in
the Hybrid Aircool range is the Thermal Hybrid Aircool which, in addition to
the above functionality, also incorporates an inline heater unit. The heater
unit consists of a Low Temperature Hot Water (LTHW) heater coil which connects
to the building’s wet heating system to provide additional tempering of incoming
ventilation air. This will not only minimise cold draughts but will also
contribute to room space heating requirements.
Passivent’s SoundScoop® –
an acoustic ‘room to room’ air transfer unit - can be used between internal
spaces of a building to attenuate noise and enable crossflow ventilation. These
patented units work well in conjunction with Passivent’s standard, thermal and
acoustic Aircools providing sound reduction between noisy and quiet areas, and
also providing speech privacy.
Passivent’s range of roof
ventilation terminals, such as the Airscoop® and Airstract®, are ideal for
larger spaces such as sports halls and atriums. They offer Class A 100%
certified rain rejection (to BS EN 13030:2001) so that a building can be fully
ventilated regardless of weather conditions. Available in a range of designs
and sizes to suit a building’s aesthetics and ventilation requirements, they
can also be colour-matched to any RAL or BS colour. With excellent
thermal and airtightness performance when closed Passivent’s terminals can also
be controlled by Passivent’s iC8000 controller.
For support with your ventilation project contact Passivent on
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