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PPP Super Schools Project
Project Name: PPP Super Schools Project
Location: Adelaide – Playford North, Inner North, Inner West, Munno Para West, Sports Park multi campus
Installation: 36 SOLA-BOOST WINDCATCHER
Control System: INVent connected to DDC
Architects: Hames Sharley Architects
Main Contractors: Hansen & Yuncken
Status: Complete
A total of 36 SOLA-BOOST WINDCATCHERS have been installed to provide natural ventilation over five sites as part of the PPP Super Schools Project in Adelaide. Vento is proud to announce that this is the first large-scale installation of WINDCATCHERS in Australia.
The SOLA-BOOST units are fitted with intelligent temperature and CO2 sensors, and will provide the schools with much needed energy and maintenance free, natural ventilation.
Vento’s Senior Design Engineer James Idle states that the night-cooling feature of the units makes the SOLA-BOOST a highly effective product for educational facilities.
“A significant feature of the units includes the night cooling mode which is highly effective for schools which remain unoccupied after school hours, and during the duration of the summer break” he says.
“Once the school is unoccupied, the highly secure night-cooling mode will commence to rapidly purge the rooms of any hot, stale air, thereby providing a cool and refreshing environment as the platform from which to start the next school day.”
The fresh air provided by the SOLA-BOOST units will also provide a healthy learning environment for students, and improve the working conditions for teachers. As the Windcatcher units are mounted on the roof, the air brought into the classroom is cleaner in comparison to window level inlets which are full of dust particles and pollutants.
Natural ventilation has proven to increase concentration and productivity levels. As the units constantly monitor and reduce CO2 levels when necessary, students (and teachers) will be able to stay awake and remain focused in hot weather.
To ensure rooms do not overheat during the warmest months of summer, the SOLA-BOOST units were chosen as the addition of a solar driven internal fan can provide a building an additional 260l/s of fresh air on top of the 710l/s provided by passive Windcatcher units.
Along with enhanced airflow and cooling capacity the solar driven fan can also extract stale air making it the ideal choice for the Australian climate.
*Air supply rate based on a 900sqm system with an external wind speed of 3m/s