Ventilation is needed in atria for heat dissipation, to manage carbon dioxide and body odour levels, as well as for smoke clearance or smoke control. What better way to provide this than with a dual purpose day to day and smoke ventilation scheme?
Read MoreTopics: Natural ventilation, Smoke ventilation, Aerodynamic Performance
In the third article in our series about designing smoke shaft systems, we look at the rooftop equipment.
All you need is 2 or 3 roof ventilators
This bit can be short and sweet as all we need at roof level are 2 (or sometimes 3) roof ventilators – one at the head of the stair, one at the head of the shaft and, for residential buildings, sometimes one as an AOV to separately ventilate the top floor lobby to minimise the height above the roof of the top of the shaft.
Read MoreTopics: Smoke ventilation, Smoke shafts, Aerodynamic Performance, Smoke Shaft Series
Following on from our recent blog on attenuation, we have recently been working on a project that offers an excellent example of why attenuation should indeed not be an afterthought.
Topics: Natural ventilation, Power Plants, Noise reduction, Aerodynamic Performance
