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Willis Corroon opt for HirossAs part of a £1.7m refurbishment project, AET have recently supplied a Hiross underfloor air conditioning system at the Willis Corroon building in Ipswich. A well known Sir Norman Foster design, the building dates from 1974. It is on four floors and makes innovative use of suspended glass. The site has been grade I listed since 1991 and Sir Norman Foster was called back to design the upgrade.
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AET’s second installation for BloombergThe media floor in Bloomberg's, Citygate House building in London’s Finsbury Square has a power load of 90 watts per square metre and is packed with leading-edge computer hardware for digital broadcasting.
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AET provides flexible solution at Kingston UniversityAET has supplied Hiross underfloor air conditioning which has been installed in a new extension to one of Kingston University's libraries.
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Princes House GlasgowPowermaster Cooling Ltd., in association with AET has supplied and installed Hiross underfloor air conditioning at Princes House, a prestigious new office development in the heart of Glasgow's downtown commercial district.
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103 Wardour Street RefurbAward-winning architects Modern Design Group Ltd. have created a new building behind a famous existing facade using Hiross underfloor air conditioning to cater for low floor-to-floor heights.
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AET at Marks and SpencerTwo branches of Marks and Spencer have installed a system of cold air retrieval in their food halls. At Bath and Hastings, AET have supplied a specialised Hiross access floor ventilation system which recovers cold air released by the refrigerators. This is ultimately returned to the store's main air conditioning system, reducing the load on chillers and saving energy. Here AET MD Glan Blake Thomas (left) talks with the supermarket manager of the Bath branch.
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Falcon House, HounslowFalcon House in Hounslow, West London, equipped with Hiross under-floor air conditioning, is now ready for letting, and the first floor has been taken by the Swedish KANAL5 TV company.
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New Fantile unit for low voidsAET has launched the FTU 300 Fantile, broadening the scope of its Hiross range for underfloor air conditioning. The FTU 300 is designed to draw conditioned air from floor voids as low as 150mm, and the unit fits within the space of a single floor panel. Hiross also includes a standard adapter kit which facilitates the suspension of Fantiles from the Tate flooring support system. An interface provides a complete integration of the system with Satchwell Building Management Systems.
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Belgacom central Antwerp Call CentreThe first of four new call centres being installed for Belgacom has now been handed over. The call centres handle telephone calls for customer services, billing and client accounts.The building became available with the introduction of new exchange technologies. With 4m high glazing covering some 80% of the external walls, the air conditioning system had to cope with highly variable solar loading. Speed of installation was a further determining factor in the choice. The space had remained unoccupied for four years, and achieved design temperatures throughout the three zones within 50 minutes, showing the effectiveness of Flexible Space as a dynamic air based system. The equipment was supplied by REFAC N.V/S.A.
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Rover wins BIFM top Design AwardAET provided HIROSS underfloor air conditioning for the Rover Car Group for their new Design Centre at Warwick, winners of the purpose-built offices section of the British Institute of Facilities Management design award. The consultants are Rolton Consulting Engineers.
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Motorola Semiconductor Building in IsraelCharles Oren, project manager for Hiross agent SAMAT outside the new Motorola Semiconductor building in Israel. The project is for the 5000sq.m new research and development facility in Tel-Aviv. It uses Hiross Hivar variable volume units and FTU 450 fan terminals.Phase 1 is now fully operational, and a further 7000sq.m is now under construction.
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Malmo Public Library, SwedenAtlas Environmental AB, the HIROSS agent for Sweden provided the raised access floor, and the climate and ventilation systems with individual controls in each workplace at the new Malmo Public Library.Opened in May 1997, the library is architecturally stunning, and incorporates the best ideas for acoustics, lighting and climate; to encourage people to visit and stay for a while, to explore, to find information, or let their imaginations run wild.
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The whole building has standard 600mm x 600mm raised access floors concealing the airconditioning, but also all the power supplies, telephones, data communication cables, alarms, and the central vacuum cleaning system. The bookshelves, seats, and computer terminals are securely mounted to the floors, yet can be moved at any time with all their services, to suit the current library needs and special activities. |
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True Intelligence in CyprusThe new Kazoulis Ltd office is the first truly intelligent building in Cyprus. The plenum of the Nesite raised floor has been utilized for the distribution of power and data services, using the Electropatent PowerFloor system, while the total area of 500sq/m is airconditioned with the Hiross Flexible Space system installed by EKA Ltd.The complete concept offers an incredibly comfortable environment while operational and modification costs have decreased dramatically. |
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New Floor at City GateAET has supplied Hiross Flexible Space underfloor airconditioning in a newly fitted-out floor of City Gate House, for Bloomberg, the international news agency. This solution maximises room height and accommodates changing office layouts without major disruption. Floor recessed air-supply units give individual controllability and may easily be moved, added, or removed as required.(Architects Datafile, Nov 97)
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CEI Bank has flexible spaceAET has supplied the Central-European International Bank in Hungary with Hiross Flexible Space underfloor airconditioning. The 6500sq/m building is separated into 35 individual zones, served by CAM central air-conditioners models 15, 25, and 35. The terminal units comprise a total of 391 FTU 300 low profile Fantiles, each incorporating infra-red communications. |
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A Tall OrderAET has won an order for 60,000 sq m of HIROSS underfloor air conditioning, in association with Hirotec of Malaysia. The product is to be installed in Malaysia Telecom's prestigious new sixty-storey building in Kuala Lumpar. The estimated value of the contract is USD 8 million.The construction has now reached the 40th floor and the air conditioning plant is starting to be installed.
The client insisted on a system that was environmentally friendly and entirely flexible to accommodate future 'churn'. The installation will comprise 280 zone units along with 1500 floor-recessed air-supply terminals and 6000 grills. It will be controlled by a Hiromatic system with Hirolink interface to the building-management system.
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BNP take AC from AET in AthensThe new Athens Head Office for Bank Nationale de Paris has Hiross underfloor air conditioning from AET. This is one of a number of major projects which have included work in Hong Kong, Hungary and Greece.
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