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For further information, please contact:
Mike Beeton
Product Manager
+44 1206 222 535
mike.beeton@flaktwoods.com
Fläkt Woods EPBD micro website
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Fläkt Woods has launched its Flexicool® cassette chilled beam, the IQCA. The size of a 600 mm x 600 mm ceiling tile, the new unit enables a much more conventional ceiling layout to be used, allowing a very similar arrangement to that associated with fan-coil systems.
Intended for easy installation into a standard ceiling grid, the IQCA uses a one-piece structural chassis. It has a covered upper side and it is intended for integration within flush-mounting suspended ceilings. The unit has dimensions adapted to a false ceiling module of 600 mm x 600 mm. Air connection is at 125 mm and fittings are fastening brackets for quick and easy mounting: lift up, snap on and suspension rods.
Combining the benefits of active chilled beam technology with the flexibility of fan coil systems, the new unit is cost-effective to run and has no moving parts, resulting in quiet operation and minimal maintenance requirements. Connecting the IQCA ceiling cassette is straightforward and provides a great degree of versatility for installation in a constrained building structure.
IQCA has a very high cooling capacity due to its high induction ratio. The beam is a two-pipe unit, which provides both cooling and ventilation, fulfilling most needs for indoor climate. The four-pipe cooling and heating version will be launched in March 2008. This is designed to manage a high cooling effect that, because of good mixing with room air, provides excellent comfort and low air velocities within the occupied zone.
These combinations give flexibility when dimensioning the indoor climate. Uniquely, it is also equipped with Coanda Safety Control (CSC), which can be varied between high, normal and low settings. This function, necessary in low airflow situations to provide a good indoor climate, improves adhesion of the air stream to the ceiling. Airflow can be adjusted by means of a patented comfort control function; this variable geometry device can increase the induction ratio providing greater cooling. The comfort control can be adjusted after installation to meet the demands of office churn and to provide greater flexibility.
Commenting on the launch, Lennart Wass, Fläkt Woods’ chilled beam Product Manager said: “We are focused on greater energy-efficient systems, especially in the light of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), and this has naturally led us to design more water-based cooling systems, as the energy needed to provide the cooling requirement is less than air-cooling. This is why the IQCA chilled beam is such a good solution, offering a proven, flexible and practical solution to all of these issues.”
In addition to the energy efficiency and sustainable qualities, it has a low maintenance cost over the system’s entire lifecycle adding cost-effectiveness to its other attributes.
BSRIA has reported that the market grew by 33% in 2006, with an increase of 40% in 2007. Further rises in the value of the market are predicted to follow for 2008/09.
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