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: + Good fuel economy as a result of distributed heating plant. + Underfloor heating provided for low return temperatures, allowing optimum operation of condensing ...
Heating is supplied from the district heating system. Both mechanical and natural ventilation are
used in the building. Mechanical ventilation is used in the most densely occupied areas, ...
The building has an air-conditioning system with mechanical supply and exhaust ventilation and
chilled beams. The building is connected to Turku area district heating and district cooling ...
A retirement apartment building built in Stuttgart-Sonnenberg in 1965 is a good example of what can be achieved when a major renovation is combined with an energy efficient retrofit concept ...
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 incorporates both natural and mechanical ventilation. Basic ventilation is provided
by the HVAC system which operates when either heating or cooling is required, or when ...
