Fläkt Woods, a global company
providing solutions for ventilation and air treatment for buildings as well as
fan solutions for industry and infrastructure applications, has been awarded a
contract for the supply of 689 chilled beams for one of Australias most prestigious, energy conscious
new buildings, Adelaides
City Central Redevelopment, Tower 2.
Designed to achieve 5 Star Green Rating and 5 Star Energy Rating, the
new building will be amongst the most advanced buildings in Australia, reveals
the companys press release. Designers specified water based cooling systems,
as the energy needed to provide the cooling requirement is less than cooling
through the air. Indoor air quality was another fundamental criterion, and it
is recognised that chilled beams lead to better working environments. Fläkt
Woodss Flexicool range QPSA passive beams (570 mm wide) easily answered
these requirements. They are also extremely flexible and easily adaptable to
meet most requirements. They cool a room by means of convection, so they have
no supply air, but are based on the principle that circulating air is caused to
flow down through the cooling coil by natural convection circulation. The air
is supplied to the room via a separate supply air system.
Commenting on the award, Veikko Karner, Fläkt Woods Sales &
Marketing Manager in Australia for Chilled Beams, said Our QPSA chilled beams
are the right choice for the environment, and because they have low water
pressure drop, they also have low operation costs. This contract demanded a flexible choice and our
beams are ideally suited as they can be adjusted in position in the relevant
room as required, which makes installation easy as you do not need to choose
which room a chilled beam is to be used in before hand.