Under Floor Air Conditioning Continues to Offer Flexibility for Height Restricted Tricorn House Refurbishment — AET Flexible Space
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Under Floor Air Conditioning Continues to Offer Flexibility for Height Restricted Tricorn House Refurbishment

Under Floor Air Conditioning has proved to be a flexible and modular approach for the iconic Tricorn House building situated on the Hagley Road in Birmingham, for more than ten years. In 2014 AET Flexible Space supplied and commissioned their under floor air conditioning systems to two additional floors in the twelve storey building; the 7th Floor and the 9th Floor as well as fit out equipment for the 9th and 10th Floors.

Originally specified for the 8th floor in 2004 as an option that would bring cooling to the inner areas of each deep space floor area, whilst maximising headroom with a restrictive 2.8m slab to underside slab height; AET Flexible Space has continued to work with developers Commercial Estates Group to provide low energy air conditioning and a thermally comforting solution to the multi-tenanted office space.  The change from perimeter fan coils in the original refurbishment to plenum based air conditioning increased headroom within the space offering a floor to ceiling height of 2.5m. This latest supply of equipment included 7 no’s CAM downflow units and 110 slimline fan terminal units featuring the latest EC Fan technology.  The slimline Fantiles are easily accommodated within the shallow 175mm floor void.

The AET Flexible Space system utilises the plenum as the ventilation duct, eliminating the need for ceiling based duct work, making it easy and economical to adapt to changes in the workplace.  The conditioned air is introduced into the space via floor recessed fan terminal units; or Fantiles, which are easily relocated with the 600 x 600mm, raised floor tiles and also feature integrated controllers allowing users to personally adjust temperature and fan speed settings.

One of the key features of the system specified for Tricorn House is the addition of AET Fresh Air units, which introduce untreated Fresh Air at floor level of each of the three wings.  The CAM downflow units are therefore handling the heating and cooling of the fresh air in winter and summer, as well as normal solar and internal space loads, thereby reducing plant space riser and maintenance requirements.

The AET Flexible Space system now features on 7 of the 10 office floors of Tricorn House. The latest specification added an additional downflow unit to the specification on previous floors accommodating increased cooling load requirements through higher density and occupant demand; again demonstrating the flexibility of the UfAC system and its suitability to multi-tenanted speculative office developments.



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