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Natural Ventilation & Daylight
With ever increasing energy costs, the ability to use renewable energy to ventilate and provide natural light into buildings has never been more prevalent
Associate Engineering Systems have been providing natural ventilation and daylight systems for over 20 years, and we offer architects, consultant engineers, and contractors a full design, supply, and installation service for the systems that we offer.
Natural Ventilation
The idea of naturally ventilating buildings by harnessing the movement of air and utilising it’s thermal properties to provide ‘free-cooling’ to the occupants has been around for thousands of years. To apply the theory to modern buildings takes a hollistic approach. Whether the required system is a roof terminal based ‘Windcatcher’ system, controllable facade openings incorporated into the fabric of the building, or even full climate facades, we can offer our clients advice on the use of the correct system for their application. Modern variants on ‘Windcatcher’ systems include integral boost fans fully powered by solar panels, controllable louvres, and crucially the control systems required to ensure efficient operation of any system.
Natural Daylight
Monodraught’s revolutionary ‘SunPipe’ system is the market leader in natural daylight systems. By using mirrored tubes to pipe daylight to rooms below, areas from sports arenas to en-suite bathrooms can benefit from free natural daylight, and the benefits of providing it.
The SunPipe system can be applied to any roof type, commercial or domestic, and the system is widely used in:
- Schools
- Healthcare
- Retail
- Commercial
- Domestic applications
