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control, noise, and daylight. Importantly, the units are designed with a low profile, ensuring that natural daylight remains unobstructed, a key consideration for modern teaching spaces.
Mechanical ventilation
Hybrid ventilation is well suited to most classroom environments, but certain spaces such as gyms, canteens, libraries, landlocked rooms (rooms with no external walls) or spaces requiring fixed extract rates, need mechanical ventilation solutions to maintain consistent air quality and comfort levels. Air Quality Management Areas, where air pollution levels are higher than the national air quality objectives, also require mechanical ventilation and require higher levels of filtration. Recognising this need, Breathing Buildings recently expanded its portfolio with its MVHRe commercial heat recovery unit so it can provide the designs and supply the units for any setting.
Sustainability
As schools and local authorities focus more heavily on sustainability, there is growing demand for transparent embodied carbon data. Breathing Buildings has adopted the CIBSE TM65 methodology across its product portfolio, allowing specifiers to compare embodied carbon values against other manufacturers’ units more easily and to design ventilation strategies aligned with Net-Zero goals.
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desired temperature for occupants. In addition, the latest hybrid ventilation, like the
NVHRe range includes models with heating coils and versions that include both heating and cooling coils for year-round comfort. These options allow
designers to reduce or even remove the need for additional heating or cooling equipment, supporting broader Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) objectives. Designers are increasingly considering a broader set of IEQ factors, including temperature
With ventilation technologies becoming increasingly efficient, system design has become an important focus in delivering optimum performance. Building services consultants must navigate a complex regulatory landscape, with new and evolving legislation, including the Building Safety Act, Part F and Part L, driving compliance requirements. Breathing Buildings specialises in designing natural, hybrid, and mechanical ventilation, providing consultants with expert guidance to achieve the best, lowest-energy ventilation scheme for a building, while ensuring compliance with key standards such as: PSBP FOS; BB101; TM52; and CIBSE Guide A. To further support consultants, Breathing Buildings has invested in specialist consultant specification managers who provide essential services such as airflow modelling, 4DFlo thermal modelling, and sound calculations. Additionally, the company offers a suite of free, user-friendly design tools, including: a Cold Draught Calculator, CO2 Buildup Calculator, and BB101-aligned summertime overheating calculators, which further assist consultants in creating ventilation systems that deliver optimum performance. With Net-Zero targets fast approaching, achieving
good IAQ, energy efficiency, and thermal comfort through effective ventilation design has never been more crucial. At Breathing Buildings, we offer the expertise and solutions to help consultants meet these challenges head-on.
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