Style and heating in union at Unite hq
A stylish Zen air curtain from JS Air Curtains provides the primary heating source for the main reception area at the headquarters of Unite, Britain’s biggest union, in Holborn, London. Having worked with JS Air Curtains on previous projects, electrical contractor E. J. White & Son specified the 2 m air curtain to be installed above the automatic doors of the main entrance. It can supply up to 30 kW of heat.
For this application, the Zen was supplied with stainless-steel covers.
Dave White, managing director of E. J. White, commented, ‘We chose the Zen because of its flexibility and heating output, which in this instance meant it could act as the main heating source for the designated space.’
These air curtains are offered with electric or water heaters and as an air-only model. The discharge vents have airfoil-shaped vanes to direct the airflow, creating a tighter seal across a doorway.
Low-noise double-inlet centrifugal fans with external-rotor motors provide up to 6475 m3/h, so these air curtains can be used on doorways up to 3.5 m high.
