AET Flexible Space Concept gives flexibility to managed workspace developments

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To provide flexibility and installation cost savings in Kestrel Court managed workspace at Portishead, AET’s Flexible Space Concept with Hiross underfloor air conditioning has been integrated into the design.
To provide flexibility for the Kestrel Court business centre in Portishead, AET’s Flexible Space Concept has been integrated into the design, incorporating Hiross underfloor air-conditioning systems. This new development offers a wide variety of working space such as office, studio and workshop premises in sizes from 18 to 110 m2. This diversity was the key to the success of the Kestrel Court business centre in Gloucester, opened a year ago and which also uses the Flexible Space Concept. Nigel Brooks, a director with Kestrel Court Managed Workspace, explains, ‘By involving AET at the design stage of the projects and working with its innovative underfloor air-conditioning system, we were able to significantly reduce the construction costs at the same time as maintaining the most flexible offering for our potential tenants. ‘As well as not having to factor in the need for suspended AC housing units into the build, the Hiross underfloor air-conditioning system operates with a floor void of only 150 mm. That brought huge benefits compared to traditional AC systems.’ One of the main benefits of the AET Hiross system for such multi-tenanted projects is that floor plans are flexible. Integral to the design of the Hiross system are moveable fan tiles that can be positioned after a furniture layout is established. The Flexible Space Concept uses the plenum under the raised access floor as a duct, with the building divided into a number of zones according to the potential use and occupancy of the area. Each zone is supplied with chilled or warmed air. The underfloor void is divided into supply- and return-air channels using easily locatable, airtight baffles. Air is drawn from the supply channel into the occupied space by fan-assisted terminal units (FTUs) that are recessed into the floor. These units are plugged into an underfloor power source and connected by data cabling for intelligent controls. Stale air is drawn through the return channel to conditioned air modules. Since there are no pipe or duct connections, FTUs can be moved in a few minutes, so that a system can be easily reconfigured to a new layout with minimum cost and disruption.
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