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AET moves into The Center in East Grinstead Pictures of the new building, and Before and After photos of the refurbishment - March 2003 Picture Feature - the new building Picture Feature - before and after

Flexible workspaces and climate control Christopher Sykes RIBA looks at a new way of designing offices to provide total flexibility to meet changing work and technological practices while at the same time achieving a better indoor climate. An article in Workplace magazine - August 2001 Feature Article

Tutorial - Underfloor air-conditioning For and against Underfloor air-conditioning produced originally as a contribution to CIBSE Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and published in Building Services Journal. - September 2000 Feature Article

Fresh Air Conditioning in World Architecture, The five key advantages. Step inside First Point, an office development near London's Gatwick Airport, and the quality of the air is unmistakable - clean, odourless and invigorating. The reason is disarmingly simple: the air conditioning is in the floor. The five key advantages of Flexible space are highlighted with examples from round the world. - Sept 2000 Feature Article

Building Specifier Today article, The advantages in more detail The most effective use of the system results from when Flexible Space is considered as a concept rather than another HVAC alternative. By analysing the concept of Flexible Space whilst still in the design phase of a project, the system can provide a number of benefits for all involved on the project, including reduced program time and costs, minimising environmental impacts and maximising energy efficiency to provide a fully flexible healthy environment. - June 2000 Feature Article

The Case for Underfloor Air Conditioning Demonstrates the financial benefits and improvements in user efficiency as a result of using floor based systems, compared with the use of VAV and Fan coil Systems. - 27 April 2000 Feature Article

Cost Effective, Energy Efficient Air Conditioning Issues of energy efficiency are increasingly forced upon all sectors of construction and building management from consultants right through to the Facilities Manager. The cost effectiveness of a system is predominantly analysed through initial capital costs and additional annual savings. This therefore promotes the most efficient systems as those which are most adaptable, sustainable, and operable. - 27 Jan 00 Feature Article

Confront Future Issues with AET and Flexible Space To create a truly intelligent building that exists at the forefront of modern building design, it is imperative that the installation of building services are considered at the beginning of the design phase. This allows maximum flexibility and manageability throughout the construction process providing benefits to all parties in terms of reducing costs, avoiding wastage of materials, and creating maximum profitability for building services and the building itself. - 27 Jan 00 Feature Article

Real and Hidden Cost Benefits This is a study of the real needs of the user, extending beyond temperature and humidity control. It studies staff productivity, absenteeism and ownership costs. From this the developer can consider a partnership with the user to build correctly to meet the needs. Sometimes an intelligent design may not require large amounts of sophisticated control which few understand and many complain about. In other cases, and we have a few in the UK, the need for intelligent control is important and with its development further advantages can be gained. - 27 Aug 1998 Feature Article

The Cost Savings of AET Flexible Space The Hiross system offers cost savings in the following eight areas, all of which may be applicable to your project. Feature Article

Intelligence in modern buildings By Pantelis Koulis B.Eng.(Hons) Sales Technical Manager, EKI Ltd, Building Services Division. In today's market, the key to high occupancy rates seems to hinge on the the flexibility of building systems and prospective tenant space. Changes in the workspace over the last decade, primarily fuelled by the pace ofoffice automation, created new needs for tenants and ultimately increased demands on building owners and managers. - 14 Nov 1999 Feature Article

An Office Case Study A Diagram of the FlexibleSpace Office The Owner's Requirements are clear. The part the owner sees is clear. The technology is all hidden under the floor. - 14 May 1999 Feature Article

Construction Task Force calls for reduced costs and construction times The recently published report by the Construction Task Force calls for reduced costs and construction times. The report "Rethinking Construction" highlights the industry’s "failure to satisfy most of its customers" together with inadequate spending on training and innovation while underlining the Government’s commitment to cut CO2 emission by 20% by the year 2010". - 8 Mar 1999 Feature Article

Intelligent buildings in the Millennium Glan Blake Thomas of AET considers 'high-tech’ and ‘intelligent’ buildings and outlines his company’s work which offers significant ergonomic and financial advantages for developers, tenants and end-users. - 5 Mar 1999 Feature Article

600 new Call Centres impose special challenges Mitial Research estimate that over 600 call centres (each with an average floor requirement of 16,000 sq. ft.) have been set up in the UK over the last 12 months. Since the advent and success of First Direct, many companies are actively encouraging customers to perform banking, travel, shopping and pension transactions by telephone, and high street premises are being closed as a consequence. As a result of this trend, the call centre is emerging as a new breed of office with exceptional ergonomic requirements. - 16 Feb 1999 Feature Article

Underfloor air conditioning as part of a refurbishment The growing attraction of underfloor systems as part of major refurbishment work owes much to the fact that an entire generation of buildings in the UK are due for refurbishment and renovation. - 22 Jan 1999 Feature Article

If you are afraid of change, don't look down now! As soon as commercial property developers really grasp the idea of how much money can be saved by siting air-conditioning beneath a raised floor, rather than overhead in ceiling voids, the latter breed of system will disappear Feature Article

Smokers Welcome? Of course they are welcome, by courtesy of AET Outside every public building, outside every office, every restaurant and cafe, outside every hospital and doctor's surgery, standing on the pavement are the nation's smokers. Apparently treated as pariahs by the rest of society, they leave their work, their desks, their comfortable seats, their restaurant tables, even their beds to stand outside. Rain or shine, windy or calm, they stand. Not talking. Not smiling. Smokers with their favourite weed. - 20 Nov 1998 Feature Article

Banning smoking in the workplace is rarely an ideal solution. Smoking in the workplace is a perennial issue and it is becoming increasingly apparent that banning it outright is rarely an ideal solution. A poorly conceived smoking policy can also have a negative effect. The emotive nature of the smoking debate often means that common sense and consideration are pushed to the bottom of the list when employers consider what type of smoking policy to introduce. - 15 Dec 1998 Feature Article

A touch of History at Masada The original Roman fort and palaces for King Herod of course included the latest in raised floor technology. - 27 July 1998 Feature Article

 

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