Fan-assisted underfloor air distribution

摘要

This free Building Services Journal reader service is designed to widen your professional skills and maintain your professional qualifications in an agreeable and accessible manner. Working in association with London South Bank University, Building Services Journal has devised these distance-learning modules to help you notch up the mandatory 30 annual study hours required by the CIBSE. All you have to do is read the text supplied here (pages 79-81) and tackle the multiple-choice questions on page 82. Then complete your personal details as directed and fax off your CPD test paper for assessment. There is increased awareness among both clients and design teams of the need to properly integrate active and passive building systems to provide an overall scheme that delivers controllable internal environments, while minimising energy consumption. The current Part L2 imposed many considerations on the building designer to minimise energy use and reduce the environmental impact of buildings and the new Part L2, planned for early 2006, will bring even more stringent requirements. This CPD article will consider the development and application of fan-assisted underfloor air distribution systems to provide a highly effective solution, while reducing energy consumption compared with other systems, and contribute to a Part L2 compliant building.