Sitting on 80 acres, Manchester’s City Football Academy is located in close proximity to the Club’s stadium. The Manchester City Football Academy cost a grand total of £87.9m to build With a low carbon target, it has reached the gold standard under LEED guidelines. Efficient ventilation The complex’s sustainable ventilation grilles and diffusers were manufactured[…]

The old Albert Road Wesleyan Methodist Church now accommodates eight residential apartments Originally built in 1907, Albert Road Wesleyan Methodist Church suffered from a bomb attack during the Second World War. After serving as a community space for many years after its destruction, it was converted for a second time in 2012. The historic building[…]

The Reznor AirMix is a fabric ductwork distribution system which allows for cheaper air distribution than traditional steel ducts With steel prices rising worldwide, the cost of galvanised steel ductwork has increased. Because of this, fabric ductwork distribution systems, such as the Reznor AirMix, are being used more and more. These systems can be used[…]

Nordair Niche has provided McDonald’s Restaurants with an effective combined heating and ventilation system to improve air circulation and quality The importance of good ventilation Good ventilation is important in commercial buildings: without effective air circulation, pollutants, gases and bad odours can build up. Mould can also begin to grow, compromising the health of employees[…]

Mitsubishi Electric’s Lossnay RVX mechanical ventilation heat recovery (MVHR) series has been designed to provide ventilation whilst reducing carbon emissions The new Lossnay RVX models use a DC fan motor which gives them lower specific fan powers (SFPs). The series’ specific fan powers range from 0.30 W/(l/s) to a maximum of 1.61 W/(l/s). These lower[…]

The phase change material has the equivalent of 25 years of service life The figures achieved by the phase change material during the cycles is the equivalent to 28 years of life in service, which well exceeds the five year Cool-phase guarantee and the 25 year design life estimated by Monodraught during its own development[…]

The presentations revolved around the ways in which technology is changing the way that engineers work The presentation, which was delivered to CIBSE Young Engineers Network, examined the ways in which 3D printing was used in building services manufacturing and focused on how it was rolled out during the development of Monodraught’s Cool-phase system. A[…]