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Biggleswade secondary school installs Ventive’s natural ventilation system with heat recovery

by Francesca January 11, 2021January 11, 2021
written by Francesca January 11, 2021January 11, 2021
Biggleswade secondary school installs Ventive’s natural ventilation system with heat recovery

Edward Peake Middle School in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire is the latest school in the UK to install Ventive’s natural ventilation system. The award-winning Windhive® ventilation system has been installed in the school’s new Maths teaching block to provide a cleaner and healthier indoor environment, helping to reduce the risk from Covid19.

The natural ventilation system for Edward Peake school, which has served the communities of Biggleswade, Caldecote, Dunton, Northill and Ickwell for forty years, comprises four Windhive units, designed and manufactured in the UK by Ventive.  Each unit provides 100% fresh air, is low-cost and is low-carbon. 

Each Windhive unit combines passive ventilation, heat recovery and system intelligence to supply up to 200 litres of fresh air every second. The unit adapts to real-time conditions to deliver an optimal balance of ventilation and comfortable temperatures, whatever the weather.  The system offers passive cooling at night that reduces daytime starting temperatures and purges heat from the building for free during the hotter summer months. 

In addition, Ventive’s systems are Cloud connected and “smart”, autonomously reacting to their environment and transmitting data, allowing remote monitoring and over-the-air upgrades to optimize performance.  The systems have been proven to be cheaper to install, to operate and to maintain than full mechanical air conditioning plant.

Given the pandemic and the concerns over air quality and virus transmission, interest in Ventive’s Natural Ventilation systems has grown significantly this year. The company is completing a number of other projects over the three months for state, free and fee-paying schools, with more in the pipeline for 2021.

Rob Morrison, Managing Director of Ventive Ltd said: “In the current “Post-Covid” climate, concerns have increased over traditional air conditioning units and recirculating systems redistributing contaminated air within rooms.  Consequently, the importance and interest in Natural Ventilation is growing as we look to provide healthier environments that are less “virus friendly” and more human friendly.”

Ventive worked with Ambivent, a Northampton mechanical & electrical services company, on the Edward Peake project.   Kieran Copus of Ambivent said: “Working with Ventive was first-class.  The Ventive team provided fantastic support throughout this project; their help and advice and ‘get it done’ attitude was most refreshing. Importantly, we have a very happy client.”

With local authorities, the Government, architects, building engineers and others looking at ways to improve ventilation in schools, Ventive has published a Ventilation Guide for Schools: Coronavirus mitigation –  https://ventive.co.uk/resources/ventilation-guide-for-schools-best-practice-in-a-post-covid-world/

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