Ventilation

About Ventilation

In an ideal world, we would all want to use natural ventilation both in the home and workplace. Whilst open windows in summer, may suffice for the living rooms and bedrooms in our homes, where there is plenty of space per person and no generation of steam or cooking fume, natural ventilation is unpredictable, and will fail altogether in unfavourable conditions of wind and weather.

If you have a requirement for ventilation in a new build or existing application that we may be able to help you with please contact us now by calling 01327871372 or freephone 0800 085 4737

In the drive to achieve a zero carbon effect demanded by the Governments ambitious new energy targets calling for homes to be net zero-carbon from 2016, carbon emission standards will be tightened by 25 per cent in 2010 and a further 44 per cent in 2013.

Ventilation then is an important pre-condition in building regulations and using mechanical ventilation, powered by fans, is one way and may be legal requirement in certain circumstance. The rate of ventilation, measured in litres of air per second, must be sufficient to meet strict requirements. High on the list is a demand to provide sufficient air movement throughout the room or building to prevent the formation of pockets of stale air. In addition a fresh air supply and foul air, exhaust is incorporated to limit the level of air pollution from all sources in the building, including humidity. It’s also a desire to reduce the air temperature to within set limits judged by the climate and removal of heat generated within the area.

The objective of ventilation is to dissipate the heat from buildings and help maintain a comfortable environment for the occupants. The problem is with relying on pure ventilation methods is that its effects are uncertain and the science can be unreliable while difficult to control.

In most instances, ventilation will be described as another way to circulate the air. Extracting stale, contaminated air, and supplying clean, filtered fresh air in amounts necessary to provide healthy and comfortable conditions for the occupants of the space being ventilated.

Creating the right level of ventilation and making sure clean fresh air is distributed in the right amounts at the right time is essential both in homes, offices and factories. There is ample evidence to show clean fresh air leads to fewer accidents in the workplace and in schools students and teachers perform better.

Using a mixture of technologies using proven techniques, ACS ventilation division can design a combined solutions based on energy saving, reduced carbon emissions and performance.

On occasions, a satisfactory solution can be achieved simply using a variety of fans irrespective of the internal temperature and external winds. Fans are easily controlled and designed for either extract or intake, catering for a wider variety of winter and summer conditions. Other ergonomic benefits are that an extract fan requires a much smaller inlet opening than often required using other techniques used for air replacement, due to the greater suction pressure provided by a fan. On intake, they give positive air movement for relief from radiant heat, can incorporate filters for use in dusty atmospheres, and heaters if required during cold weather to augment the normal heating system of the building.

If you have an application that we may be able to help you with please contact us now by calling 01327871372 or freephone 0800 085 4737