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the classroom environment
There is also a range of control and
management options – from individual
control in a classroom to online
management systems – through which,
for example, all air conditioning systems in
a county’s schools could be monitored and
managed centrally as part of a single
building manager’s role. Systems now also
have a ‘black box’ which provides information
in the event of a machine failure.
Mechanical heating, cooling and
ventilating and energy saving ventilators
provide financially and environmentally
attractive alternatives for classrooms –
potentially simplifying their design and
construction. They also provide essential
solutions for often-windowless rooms
such as lecture theatres and drama
studios, or other areas of schools or
colleges where temperature management
is beyond the scope of passive systems.
Jonathan Pettitt is national sales
manager with Samsung Air Conditioning.
www.samsungac.co.uk
Towards a balanced lighting
solution
VRF air
conditioning
A lighting control product designed to optimise energy
efficiency and lighting conditions in the learning environment
THE LATEST VRF air conditioning
concepts include the DVM Plus III from has been developed in conjunction with Hampshire County
Samsung. This heat pump system
provides cooling in summer and heating
Council.
in winter, with relatively small
requirements for electricity to power
the compressor and the fans in both
outdoor and indoor units.
C
LASS CONTROL is being used at contribution to a school’s BREEAM rating,
Burnham Copse primary school in says Attard. On a regular secondary
Tadley to enable staff to alter the school installation, 2.66 points can be
The company also has a heat recovery
lighting conditions to match the task in regularly achieved, as was the case at
or three pipe system, which provides
hand – be it glare free concentration Burnham Copse. The control element at
the added benefit of taking surplus
on the interactive whiteboard or for Burnham Copse has been complemented
heat from one side of a building to
general teaching. with a selection of luminaires from RIDI’s
warm the cooler side. Both types can
Using a tailored control interface based architectural range, including the ‘ultra-
be run efficiently in conjunction with a
on DALI protocol, lighting levels can be thin’ T5 F-Line which delivers balanced
heat recovery ventilator, which
altered swiftly via either a handheld remote direct and indirect lighting in the
provides a constant stream of fresh
control or wall mounted touch panel. classroom and office areas.
air, economically pre-heated or pre-
Daylight sensors automatically increase
cooled as appropriate by the outgoing
or decrease output when external
exhaust stream.
www.ridi.co.uk
conditions change and absence recognition,
In place of the inverter technology of
making for a potentially significant
other VRF systems, Samsung has
reduction in energy consumption.
added a digital scroll compressor,
In the education sector, pressure for
vapour injection, a turbo intercooler
sustainable products can even come from
and streamlined electronics to achieve
the students themselves, suggests Mike
BREEAM ratings focus heavily on
greater capacities and longer pipe
Attard, md at RIDI UK, which designed and
responsible energy usage in education
runs between outdoor and indoor
manufactured the Class Control solution.
buildings and, with lighting often
units. Architecturally, outdoor units are
“As well as the regulations aspect – Part L
accounting for in excess of 20% of a
compact and easy to position discreetly
– lighting designers increasingly have to
school’s energy bill, lighting control is a
out of sight.
look at energy efficient lighting systems for
high priority for schools aiming for a
a more environmentally conscious client.”
‘good’ or ‘excellent’ grading.
Because each of the core elements of
Class Control is designed to ensure
maximum lighting efficiency, its
specification can make a meaningful
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