Natural Ventilation Solutions

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What is Natural Ventilation?

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Flkt Woods and Vision Ventilation offering Natural Ventilation Solutions

Flkt Woods in partnership with Vision Ventilation LLP offers a wide range of natural ventilation solutions. Natural ventilation systems are intended to provide sufficient outside air to achieve appropriate standards of air quality and to provide cooling when needed. Since the cooling capacity of natural ventilation is limited, a key design challenge is to limit heat gains through good solar control and careful management of the internal gains. The use of natural ventilation can include, but are not restricted to the following market sectors: Commercial offices and buildings Industrial factories Eco homes and developments Public and government buildings Schools Hospitals Shopping centres

Testing
We can also provide full scale prototyping and testing. The images show to the left are of the prototype for Mossbourne Community Academy.

CFD / 3D Modelling
As leading pioneers in our specialist fields, Flkt Woods has one of the largest networks of facilities for testing entire air climate solutions. Our dedicated laboratory in Colchester is unique in the UK. The laboratory is equipped to demonstrate and prove natural ventilation product performance and control strategies. We have further research and development facilities in Sweden, Finland, France and the USA.

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DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION
High occupancy levels during teaching periods require energy-efficient and controllable demand-based management of air quality and temperature. The comfort, health and alertness of staff and pupils is ensured during the learning process, but operating costs can be minimised when these facilities are unoccupied.

SINGLE SIDE VENTILATION

Works on the principle of air turbulence with air entering at low level. This system achieves relatively low ventilation rates and only works up to a certain depth of room.

CROSS FLOW VENTILATION

With vents opening on both sides of the building this uses the pressure difference across the space to create air movement through the space. The vents can be at low and high levels or at the same level.

HYBRID NATURAL VENTILATION

In Hybrid (Mixed Mode) ventilation the airflow is due to wind and buoyancy through purposely installed openings in the building envelope supplemented, when necessary, by mechanical systems. The mechanical component of the hybrid system can be a fan for increasing the ventilation rate, and/or a heat exchanger for heating or cooling the outdoor supply air.

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Fixed ventilation turrets with internal quadrant splitter plates; provide intake and extract through the same roof terminal. Air flow controlled by a throat mounted volume control damper.

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Unique ventilation strategy; external performance louvre with rear mounted volume control dampers. Wind speed and direction sensors track the prevailing wind. They open and close specific dampers to provide dedicated intake or extract.

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Rotating wind cowls the combined intake and extract air paths with the option of adding passive heat recovery if required. Far left - the worlds largest rotating extract cowl installed on the National Assembly for Wales. Near left - a rotating Wind Cowl for RAF Pirbright.

Architectural and Performance Weather Louvre Systems

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Basic louvred turrets: supply only or install Shapes: square, rectangular or circular

Louvre turrets,rotating wind cowls and special bespoke designs Shapes and sizes to architects specifications CFD modelling, structural design, commissioning and O&M manuals

50 /70 /100mm blade pitches, available in aluminium, pre-galvanised and stainless steel.
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Special ventilation turrets providing innovative designs to meet specific architectural and performance criteria. We work with our clients to develop and support inspirational and ecologically sustainable ventilation design solutions.

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Unique solar shading systems are available: Unique sunshades Traditional vertical and horizontal Brise Soleil Cladding louvres Specialist shading metalwork

Manufacturing
Approved manufacturing facilities Standard and bespoke sizes available Purpose built facilities Designed by qualified engineers Engineered to the highest quality standards ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditation

Installation
Basic louvred turrets: supply only or install Specialist lifting Bespoke control systems Directly employed installation specialists CDM, H&S, COSHH compliant Safe Contractor approved

Sample Case Studies

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National Assembly for Wales

The Worlds largest free rotating wind cowl Internal Damper Assembly and Wind Cowl Pivot Internal Mirror Cone - - - - Suspended below the Wind Cowl reflects light into the debating chamber below Can be raised or lowered into the throat of the building to control internal light levels Lowered to floor level for routine cleaning Remote control of position from switch in the Debating Chamber

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Bournemouth Library

Roof mounted Solar Shading Units - - - Individually angled to plot the suns arc during the day Designed to allow daylight into the library with maximum solar protection for high sun angles Angled reflector blades designed to reflect low sun angles during winter months Bull nose external skin constructed from perforated curved aluminium sheet Windows vertical fixed solar shading blades pivoted on the top edge for ease of maintenance

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UWE Bower Ashton Campus, Bristol

Opening timber hoppers at high level and low level window motors allow cross flow ventilation into the classrooms 7 No. roof mounted intelligent wind towers track the prevailing wind to give dedicated extract Fully automated control monitors changes in weather conditions at 5 minute adjusting the position of the dampers accordingly Ceiling dampers located at the rear of each room control the passive stack flow rate to the roof turrets

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Mossbourne Community Academy

Natural ventilation turrets with intelligent control, acoustic modules and standby extract fans Low level inlets on the external faade allow air to pass through the classrooms in to a central atrium and out through the ventilation turrets at high level Full size prototype testing included; - - - - - Acoustic properties Structural integrity Air flow characteristics Wind pressure coefficients Development testing of the acoustic splitters

we bring air to life... naturally

For sales enquiries: +44 (0) 1206 222 649 For technical enquiries: +44 (0) 2392 571122 E-mail: david.perry@flaktwoods.com
The Flkt Woods Group is divided into three businesses: Global Infrastructure and Industry (GII) A leader for Air Movement using fans to improve performance of equipment and industrial processes Air Climate Solutions (ACS) A worldwide HVAC leader recognized by our customers as a provider of superior Air Climate Solutions combining Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency applied to specified buildings Ventilation Solutions (VS) A European Ventilation Specialist Servicing our customers with a Complete range of ventilation products focused on Non residential buildings. For more specific product information for Ventilation Solutions, please visit:

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