Red Kite House is a three-storey office building in South East England with a total floor area
of 2 500 m². Each floor is mainly open-plan office area with some meeting and other rooms.
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The Frederick Lanchester Library forms part of Coventry University. It has a gross floor area of
9 100 m² and is unusual in that, although it is a deep-plan building occupying a 50 m by 50 ...
Space heating is provided by high efficiency gas-fired boilers supplying a compensated radiator
circuit. Local zone control is obtained using two-port valves. The boilers also supply ...
The design objectives of this 1750 m² office building were to develop a sustainable and ecological building, integrated with its surroundings and providing a high level of individual control and ...
Key points concerning the design: + East–West alignment allowed substantial area of south-facing façade to encourage passive solar gain in winter. + Use of internal exposed concrete to provide ...
Key points concerning the design: + Good fuel economy as a result of distributed heating plant. + Underfloor heating provided for low return temperatures, allowing optimum operation of condensing ...
The building is naturally ventilated, except for toilets and kitchen which are required by Danish
building regulations to have a mechanical exhaust. Natural ventilation is automatically ...
The principal objective of the design was to reduce energy demand to ‘passivhaus’ standards,
with the remaining energy demand covered as far as possible from renewable sources, ...
The Poikkilaakso School was a pilot project in which some elements typical for hybrid systems
were combined with mechanical ventilation. The ventilation system is a fully mechanical low ...
The building has an air-conditioning system with mechanical supply and exhaust ventilation and
chilled beams. Outdoor air is filtered and heated or cooled in central air handling units and ...
