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AUGUST 08 - ECO-FRIENDLY VENTILATION ON-LINE



Designing and costing ventilation for a new home has become even simpler, with the launch of a new website.

www.passiventselfbuild.com contains all the information necessary to ensure the property- be it an apartment or house- retains a fresh, dry and draught-free internal environment- sustainably. The site explains how passive ventilation works, without using any electricity, and enables easy, on-line, design, specification and costing of the system for the property.

Katie Warne, Passivent Product Manager elaborates, “The drive towards reducing energy consumption in the home means passive ventilation is increasingly being chosen as the ideal solution to meet the legal Building Regulations requirement for background ventilation. Our research shows SAP assessors believe it to be one of the most effective means of ventilation to help achieve the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3- the base requirement now for social housing, and the minimum for private build from 2012.

“It is now therefore appropriate to help everyone- from architects through builders to self-builders- understand how the system functions, how to properly design it, and how much it costs, and to provide that information in as self-explanatory, accessible and easy-to-use a format as possible!”

BBA approved, Passivent Intelligent Passive Stack Ventilation (iPSV) works by harnessing natural air movement principles, in which warm air rises. Humidity sensitive extracts in the ‘wet’ kitchen, bathroom(s) and en-suite trigger to remove the warm, ‘used’, damp air; strategically placed inlets draw in fresh replacement air, avoiding damp and condensation accumulating in the home. There are no mechanical fans to consume energy, require maintenance or break down. The lack of fans also means there is no noise! Additionally, there is no need for the occupant involvement, turning the system on or off, as it functions continuously, 24/7, monitoring humidity levels and extracting when appropriate.

Passivent iPSV is just part of the Passivent range, which includes trickle ventilators, the Fresh range of through wall ventilators, plus BBA- certified ‘whole house’ natural and mechanical ventilation solutions, with or without acoustic options. All of these contribute towards efficient ventilation of the home with little or no energy consumption. Passivent is part of the Building Product Design Group, which specialises in developing innovative yet practical ventilation and roofing products in line with changing market requirements.

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