Xpelair has successfully installed a bespoke natural ventilation solution at Handsworth Grammar School in Birmingham.
The company designed the unique solution around its recently launched Classmate system, which provides a fresh supply of air throughout the indoor environment of the school building, along with extracting stale air and controlling CO2 levels. Classmate’s world-class acoustic performance also helps eliminate excessive outdoor noise that could disrupt pupils and staff during lesson time.
Nick Parfrey, CustomVent Operations Manager at Xpelair, explained: “Sustaining good levels of clean and fresh air is essential to help keep students alert in the classroom. This, coupled with buildings becoming more airtight, means that standards for providing sufficient ventilation in educational establishments are constantly increasing. At Xpelair, we ensure our solutions are quality-assured to meet and exceed the strict guidelines set out by the Building Regulations and Building Bulletin 101.”
Xpelair’s team of technical experts worked closely with contractors C.G.J Building Services to install the system as part of an extensive refurbishment project. Providing sufficient ventilation to its library, classrooms, toilet facilities and a new reprographics area, the Classmate solution helps maintain a comfortable learning environment at Handsworth Grammar School all year round.
A series of mixed-mode units and Xpelair’s Xcell 600 and Xcell 1000 low-profile heat recovery units were installed internally, whilst a selection of high-level passive stack natural ventilators were fitted onto rooftop areas. Appropriate rigid ducting routes were planned out by the company’s design team to ensure optimum airflow levels were achieved.
Nick added: “Xpelair’s Classmate system is both reliable and built to last, including its fans that have been rigorously tested and are guaranteed to work for 100,000 hours. In addition, we were able to suggest an appropriate heat recovery option that works in conjunction with its existing boiler system as a source of heating throughout the school, a necessity for the winter months.”
Handsworth Grammar School also benefited from Xpelair’s post installation commissioning service whereby all control panels with automatic management software were programmed by technical experts to ensure suitable CO2 levels and temperatures were achieved throughout the premises.
For more information on Xpelair and its extensive range of domestic, commercial and industrial ventilation solutions visit www.xpelair.co.uk or call 08709 000420.
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