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News Release from: AmbiRad - Airbloc | Subject: Airbloc Commercial overdoor air curtains
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 December 2005
Healthy outlook for Airbloc Commercial
Edgware Community Hospital has been fitted with Airbloc Commercial overdoor air curtains in the main entrance atrium and the Emergency Centre.
The prestigious new Edgware Community Hospital, one of a new breed of NHS day hospitals, has been fitted with Airbloc Commercial overdoor air curtains in the main entrance atrium and the Emergency Centre The new complex replaces the former Edgware Hospital at Burnt Oak
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 5 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Its purpose is to provide outpatient treatment for a range of ailments, so overnight beds are limited.
The hospital offers urgent treatment centre, day surgery, a children's centre, postgraduate centre with medical library, citizen's advice bureau and a birthing suite.
Designed by Nightingale Associates, who specialise in health and educational projects, the building is an example of modern hospital design at its best - spacious, light and calming.
Visitors using the main entrance step through an enclosed entrance lobby, designed as an isolated pod on the curtain walling, into a central atrium.
To avoid cold draughts penetrating from outside and creating discomfort for hospital visitors and reception staff, a heated Airbloc air curtain was positioned over the main entrance.
Jason Truscott of Nightingale Associates explains the choice: "Considerable thought went into the design and visual appeal of the entrance lobby".
"It was essential that the air curtain blended with the aesthetics of the area".
An Airbloc AC surface mounted air curtain matched the architectural requirements, being both effective, efficient and visually pleasing.
The model selected is semi-circular in profile, and available in a range of colours - in this case, a white casing was specified.
At the entrance to the Urgent Treatment Centre, Airbloc ACR recessed air curtains were installed above the doorways.
Again, the primary function was to maintain internal temperatures and prevent cold draughts infiltrating.
In this environment, it was important that the air curtain was discreetly positioned in the ceiling void.
Airbloc air curtains deliver a sheet of warm or ambient air across the entire width of a doorway at critical velocity and volume.
The effect is to create 'environmental separation' between the internal and external atmospheres. Request a free brochure from AmbiRad - Airbloc ...
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