NATURAL CLIMATE SYSTEMS IN OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS
The German Workplace Ordinance serves as the basis for the building air-conditioning in offices, administration buildings, research facilities, etc. This includes heating and cooling, as well as the discharge of CO2, moisture, and pollutants. Up to the 1990s, all these tasks were covered almost exclusively by central ventilation systems. Due to the outdated energy efficiency and the vast efforts for maintenance, area systems took over heating and cooling from the 1990s onwards. Since then, central ventilation systems are only used for the discharge of CO2, moisture, and pollutants. But why is that?
The answer is plain and simple. Area systems cannot regulate the room air humidity, which leads to a quick increase of the humidity ratio in particular when cooling buildings, and ultimately causes the shut-down of the cooling process. Central ventilation systems are used to delay this as the high air volume will carry away a certain share of the humidity to be discharged. Cooling is ensured without interruption on approx. 80 % of all cooling days. From a dew point of 20 °C or more, the fresh air supply has to be dehumidified additionally. This consumes a lot of energy; compared to the actual energy costs for cooling that corresponds to an addition of approx. 60 %.
Central ventilation systems are not required to discharge CO2 and pollutants to a sufficient extent. The necessary air volumes can be easily moved by decentralized ventilation systems or natural ventilation, i. e. through windows.
With the natural air-conditioning systems of ArgillaTherm, the HUMID modules take on the humidity management. Central ventilation systems are therefore no longer required!
The utilization of HUMID modules instead of a central ventilation system offers the following advantages:
- Reduction of the total investment by 15 to 30 %.
- Reduction of the maintenance and service costs by at least 60 %.
- Safe utilization of the arising moisture in the building (reliable simulations on the humidity behavior can be prepared on request).
- Cooling can be permanently operated with a supply temperature of up to 6 °C below the dew point. Prerequisite for unrivaled high cooling capacities and an uninterrupted cooling operation.
- Due to its structure and highly-conductive base material, the system responds quickly and generates unrivaled high capacities for cooling.
- Building air-conditioning is virtually CO2-neutral, which has an extremely positive effect on the eco-balance of the building and provides for funding opportunities.
- Minimum space requirement, complete omission of ventilation pipes inside the building.
- Optimum room air humidity in summer, as well as approx. 50 % in winter.
- Room climate suitable for allergy sufferers and asthmatics.
- Bottom line: this is an energy-efficient, cost-effective, and virtually CO2-neutral air-conditioning system for the creation of the perfect room climate.
ArgillaTherm is an expert for the equipment of offices, administration buildings, research facilities, etc. The natural climate ceilings were installed in the Ministry of Finance in Dresden, for instance. Ventilation is provided naturally via the windows here.
Systemaufbau
The overall structure height is only 55 mm. This system can be mounted directly to the ceiling or suspended from the ceiling by means of lathing or suspenders, as desired.
Room acoustics
The system itself is reverberating, it can easily be combined with all common acoustic solutions, such as baffles or noise ring absorbers by utilizing existing interfaces.
Installation options
Full-surface ceiling covering
Exposed beam ceiling
Partial ceiling covering
Prefabricated ceiling panels
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS
Please request system descriptions, detail drawings, data sheets, test reports and specifications via e-mail (info@argillatherm.de) or the below contact form.