// PRODUCT NEWS Family Hub chooses Style again for folding partitioning wall


Christchurch Family Hub provides essential, early support for local families. In 2003, Style installed a folding wall with pass-door to enable the Hub to divide its main activity and family room into two separate areas, as and when needed.


Twenty-two years on and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council again contacted Style, this time to replace the old wall with a modern system with enhanced operation and improved acoustics.


Finished in a beech laminate, the new Dorma Huppe Variflex moveable wall is smooth and lightweight to manoeuvre, allowing the space to be easily opened up, or divided into two rooms, many times a day. If preferred, the dividing wall can be leſt in place for extended periods thanks to an integrated pass-door and, with a 49dB acoustic rating, activities can comfortably take place either side of the wall undisturbed.


“The original wall at the Christchurch Family Hub lasted over two decades, with regular servicing and maintenance from our aſter-care support team,” said Michael Porter, Style’s group managing director.


“The fact that it continued to deliver smooth operation for such a long time is testimony to the quality of the original installation and also to the expertise of our technicians.”


Style’s aſter-care service team offers tailored maintenance plans to suit each customer’s unique site requirements, from one-off visits to fixed annual contracts. Fully accredited and experts in health and safety compliance, Style engineers are trained to work on all moveable walls, including automatic and semi-automatic systems.


The Variflex system installed the Christchurch Family Hub brings improved acoustics and the latest operational features. One such benefit that is particularly relevant for this busy activity centre, is that the Variflex panels are manufactured separately to frame.


This means that the individual panel linings can be easily changed if one should become scuffed or damaged, saving a considerable amount of money compared to replacing the entire wall.


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Gilberts top of the class with new eco solution


Britain’s leading independent air movement specialist Gilberts is leading the class in helping deliver net zero educational and commercial buildings by 2050.


The company’s Mistrale Fusion Deo MFS-HR® hybrid ventilation with heat recovery system has exceeded sales targets by more than 250% since its launch 18 months ago. In that time, it has also been short-listed for two top industry awards.


Demand for the product is due to its outstanding performance compared to alternatives- offering 65% heat recovery as standard! The high levels of heat recovery mean that it reduces the overall construction and running costs for the building and opens potential for the building to be carbon negative.


Independent data reveals that Gilberts MFS-HR® delivers energy savings of up to 20%. It can reduce solar panel and/or heat pump required output by 7%. It achieves air leakage below 3m/3ph/m2 compliant.


. Its U value is below 1.0W/m2 /°C. Further, it is BB101 ventilation, BB93 acoustic and TM52 comfort


British designed, engineered and manufactured, MFS-HR® features adjustable flow and noise rates/levels to optimise suitability for specific classroom requirements. Integral CO2 monitoring and controls guarantee compliant indoor air quality in line with Department for Education guidelines.


Gilberts’ MFS-HR®’s attraction to specifiers results from more than its performance.


Considerate design means MFS-HR® is easy to install/attach to the through-façade air intake/ extract louvres. MFS-HR® can function as a stand-alone unit or whole zone/whole building system, ducted or fitted above ceilings. With optional heating/cooling, MFS-HR® removes the need for supplementary plant, further positively impacting capital equipment and running costs.


“Our reputation over the past 60+ years has been built on innovation, quality and giving the market what it wants and needs,” says Ian Rogers, Gilberts Sales Director. “We knew Mistrale Fusion Deo MFS-HR® was ahead of the game when we first began developing the concept. Its success has surpassed our expectations, demonstrating British manufacturing is still world class.”


Details of Gilberts’ Mistrale Fusion Deo MFS-HR® system can be found at: gilbertsblackpool.com/natural-ventilation-solutions/hybrid-recovery


28 Summer 2025 M36


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