Passivent brings a breath of fresh air to hotel, sport and leisure facilities

Natural ventilation and daylighting solutions specialist, Passivent, has developed its product range over the last four decades to improve air quality and energy efficiency to create healthier, more comfortable environments across various sectors including sports halls and leisure facilities.

Sporting heroes – whatever the weather

Passivent’s roof terminals, such as the Airscoop® and Airstract®, ensure that the deep plan spaces typical of sports halls, are fully ventilated all year round regardless of the weather. Their patented double-bank louvre system provides 100% rain rejection and they are available in different designs, colours and sizes to suit the aesthetics of a building and the ventilation requirements. They are also a lightweight construction with integral upstands for ease of installation.

Hitting natural ventilation targets for an archery centre 

Passivent’s Airscoop roof terminals were specified to help naturally ventilate the 70m indoor shooting range at the new performance archery facility at Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire, home to Archery GB. Here the eleven Airscoops and iC8000 controller installed are harnessing the natural power of displacement ventilation and saving energy in a facility which is used daily for elite training by Olympic and Paralympic archers, talent development archers, and also the community, including grassroots activity.

Making the grade at the historic Northumberland Hall hotel 

Matfen Hall, a stunning Grade II listed hotel, golf and wedding venue in Northumberland, has undergone an extensive refurbishment programme designed by Doonan Architects, with a striking new covered external courtyard area providing a focal point. This space can now be used all year-round, thanks in part to the natural ventilation strategy delivered by Passivent and the installation of ten Passivent Aircool wall ventilators beneath the new glass rooflight, to maintain a fresh air supply to the enclosed area.

Aircools are fully controllable and perfect for night-time cooling strategies where daytime heat build-up is purged from the structure during the night. A two-zone iC8000 intelligent controller was also installed to monitor the internal and external temperature and carbon dioxide level. 

Technical expertise 

Passivent has partnered with Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) to make a selection of its products available to model within the Virtual Environment (VE) platform IESVE, starting with the Airscoop roof ventilation terminal. Passivent’s in-house technical team can also provide a full range of technical support and advice on ventilation strategies including initial design guidance and thermal modelling as part of the specification process. 

To find out more, visit www.passivent.com, call 01732 850 770 or email [email protected]. Follow Passivent on LinkedIn to be kept up to date with the latest news.

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