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IN THE COMFORT ZONE Breaking the mould
WindowMaster has launched an inno- ences outside and inside the building
WindowMaster has posted record-
with readings taken from the weather
vative new indoor climate solution for and by the effect of wind around the
breaking figures in the UK for the first
station and sensors fitted internally.
small and medium-sized buildings. building. It has fewer features than NV
eight months of 2009 despite the reces-
Windows around the building are then
Called NV Comfort™ the new control Advance™ and is therefore ideal for
sion. The company has seen growth in
precisely controlled and positioned to
system enables an optimal indoor cli- smaller projects with a limited number
a number of sectors but particularly in
keep air quality within rooms fresh and
mate through consistent pure natural of zones. NV Comfort™ controls
school buildings. WindowMaster has
the temperature constant. In addition,
ventilation. At the same time it can façade and roof windows so that they
secured a number of contracts in the
WindowMaster’s NV Advance™ win-
save enough energy to significantly re- automatically open and close by incre-
education sector in the UK. In the first
dow automation system is the only sys-
duce CO2 emissions. NV Comfort™ mental amounts on the basis of indi-
eight months of 2009 WindowMaster
tem in Europe that intelligently
is based on WindowMaster’s estab- vidual fixed values for the desired
has signed 50 new contracts in the edu-
monitors windows to prevent entrap-
lished NV Advance™ system for man- room temperature and CO2 levels, as
cation sector. Local authorities, which
ment as an integrated function of the
agement of natural ventilation in larger well as measurements of external tem-
are building schools under the govern-
motor and control system.
projects, such as schools and offices. perature, rain and wind speed.
ment’s Building Schools for the Future
For further information visit
Control system NV Comfort™ regu- Patented MotorLink™ technology en-
(BSF) programme are driving the
www.windowmaster.co.uk
lates and adjusts internal air quality us- ables the NV Comfort™ system to
growth. They are incorporating increas-
ing an intelligent, computer-controlled register the opening distance of each
ingly sophisticated technologies into
system that harnesses the natural window as well as quietly opening and
their projects to achieve savings in ener-
forces created by temperature differ- closing them.
gy use and CO2 emissions. Among
these are natural ventilation systems,
which not only save energy compared
to air conditioning and traditional me-
chanical systems but also deliver bene-
fits in terms of improved learning as a
result of fresher air in the classrooms.
WindowMaster’s window automation
systems have the ability to provide a
complete installation. In addition to the
motors, window actuators and sensors
the system includes a weather station.
The weather station monitors external
conditions around the building, includ-
ing wind direction and speed, tempera-
ture and rain fall. Changes in wind
pressure on the facades are also mod-
elled. These parameters are pro-
grammed into a computer control
system where they are analysed along
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,
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and PERI-
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TM
insula- MATETM – all in the familiar blue
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Corcoran sold its first load of STY- now familiar sights on construction
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room farm in the 1960s, where a Products is part of Corcoran
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meters of STYROFOAM products set up in 1999 to deal exclusively
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