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Ambient Scenting Systems

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Enhanced well-being from Fläkt Woods

In an increasingly competitive consumer market, major retailers and hotel operators have recognised scenting as an innovative and highly effective way to attract and retain customers. In collaboration with Firmenich, Prolitec and DreamAir, Fläkt Woods is now able to take scenting systems to an entirely new level.

The scenting of rooms and buildings has been going on for many years, but in the last few years this form of scenting has become increasingly popular. European consumers are today spending, in real terms, 5 times more per person on scenting their homes than they did 10 years ago.

The latest market to emerge, however is the scenting of large commercial spaces, such as hotels, social venues, retail stores and offices. This has been driven by substantial research highlighting the psychological and physiological impact of scent, and its ability to influence the behaviour and mood of consumers. In an increasingly competitive consumer market, major retailers and hotel operators have recognised scenting as an innovative and highly effective way to attract and retain customers.


Four key factors for a successful scenting solution

Scent Design:
Fläkt Woods collaborates with Christophe Laudamiel. He is recognised as the world’s leading creators of scent for large spaces.

Scent Oil Production:
Firmenich is the second largest and the most successful scent producer in the world, providing the highest standards of consistency and Quality Assurance.

Converting the Oil into a Vapour:
The Fläkt Woods Group device, developed in collaboration with Prolitec, out-performs all rivals, generating nano-particles as small as 0.5 microns.

Distributing the Vapour uniformly around the building:
Fläkt Woods Group are recognised as experts in the field of air distribution.


 

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AirQ 200
The AirQ 200 is our smallest device. This device is not suitable for installing into an HVAC system, but can be used to supplement an HVAC-mounted scenting system to boost the scent in the corner of a room where the HVAC air distribution is poor, or in rooms not serviced by the HVAC supply. It is typically mounted onto a wall, but also be used on a ceiling or be free-standing.

AirQ 500
The AirQ 500 series has approximately twice the capacity of the smaller machine and can therefore treat a larger space. It can be mounted in the same way as the smaller machine, with the scented air puffing out of the hole in the front of the machine, but can also be mounted on a duct or AHU, when the air is directed up through a plastic tube that passes out of the top of the machine and through the wall of the duct or AHU. A special version of this machine is available that can be suspended from the type of track systems often used to support lights in a retail store.

AirQ 1200
The AirQ 1200 series is designed specifically to be incorporated as part of an HVAC and is ideally supplied factorymounted in the AHU. Alternatively it can be installed on site, on the side of the AHU or ductwork. A single machine can comfortably treat 15,000 cubic metres per hour. On a larger system it may therefore be necessary to mount more than one machine per AHU. If the client has expressed a desire to achieve a particularly intense aroma, then this limit should be reduced to around 12,000 cubic metres per hour. Equally, a single machine can treat over 20,000 cubic metres per hour, if the client wants a more subtle scenting effect. The oil cartridges will typically last for between 2 and 6 months, depending on the intensity levels.

 

The Guggenheim Scent Opera in New York
Led by Stewart Matthew, who developed the original concept, and renowned fragrance designer Christophe Laudamiel, the Aeosphere team commissioned composers Nico Muhly and Valgeir Sigurdsson to create a stunning musical score, whilst Fläkt Woods developed the scenting technology. Audience members listened to music in a darkened theatre while a scent organ, designed by Fläkt Woods, triggered scent microphones attached to each seat, which emitted suggestive scents to tell the story.

The success of the Guggenheim show has generated strong global interest from operators of cinemas, keen to use sensory enhancement in order to add a whole new dimension to the cinema-going experience.

Some of the references in the Fläkt Woods Alliance

  • The Mirage, Las Vegas
  • MGM Grand, Las Vegas
  • Caesars Palace casinos, Las Vegas
  • The Guggenheim museum, New York
  • The Sofitel
  • Hilton
  • Omni hotel chains
  • Disneyland, Paris