Evaporative cooling for London university has low carbon emissions
EcoCooling evaporative cooling has solved overheating problems at the University of Westminster with a much lower carbon footprint and using less than 20% of the energy that would have been required by a conventional air-conditioning system. Two EcoCoolers and an extraction system were installed to provide cooling for Fyvie Hall and its associated board room.
Fyvie Hall is a listed building dating back to 1912. It hosted the first public viewing of a motion picture and is now used for education and conferences — with a capacity of up to 150 people. The design of the cooling system had to comply with the constraints associated with a Grade 1 listed building.
Two side-discharge EcoCoolers and an extraction system were installed to provide cooling for both rooms. Existing ventilation ducts and openings were used. The air-supply fans were installed with sound attenuation upstream and downstream to meet local restrictions and achieve NC40 indoors.
A combined thermostat and humidistat in each room controls temperature with a maximum relative humidity.
