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News Release from: Monodraught | Subject: INVent by Monodraught
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 March 2008
Solar control for natural ventilation
Introduction of iNVent by Monodraught offers control system designed specifically to maximise the efficiency of its Sola-boost natural ventilation system.
The harnessing of solar power to create energy has been one of the most important inventions of our time and its true potential is yet to be fully realised That this natural energy source should be used to power Monodraught natural ventilation systems also seems only natural
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 18 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The importance of the words "solar" and "control" in the context of natural ventilation cannot be stressed too strongly.
Monodraught's Sola-boost natural ventilation system harnesses solar power to give an energy-free boost to the airflow that brings fresh air into buildings and rooms below.
Its built-in 'PowerTrack' unit not only converts the solar energy into an electrical current to drive an integral input fan, it also continuously monitors the system to ensure that when the solar power produces 7 Volts it automatically provides 21/2 times more power to the fan.
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Effectively, this means that as the power of the sun increases, the power delivered to the fan increases and the volume of fresh air flowing into the building also increases.
Gone are the days when natural ventilation meant having to live with the ambient air temperature, without control! Using Monodraught's purpose-designed natural ventilation control systems, ideal environmental conditions can be now achieved.
And there are really only two fundamental requirements for effective operation.
First, that the building must be equipped with a dynamic, automated control system programmed not only to the time of day or night but also to the seasons, and second, that the system provides "end-user control".
The whole question of 'controls' and 'natural ventilation' has never been more important than it is today, as increasingly sophisticated end-users quite rightly expect to be able to exercise total control over their indoor environment.
Traditionally, the simplest form of natural ventilation has been opening and closing a window but now iNVent, Monodraught's latest contribution to natural ventilation control strategy, makes ventilation control even easier and much more effective.
Available for the complete range of Monodraught Windcatcher and Sola-boost systems, this remarkably compact microprocessor-controlled intelligent Natural Ventilation control system is the result of more than three years development in Monodraught's own RandD Department.
Fifteen years of knowledge and experience has created a comprehensively specified unit purpose-built to control natural ventilation systems, with the emphasis on ease of operation and installation.
Each unit can control up to four separate zones and includes connections for temperature, rain, CO2 and windspeed/weather sensors.
INVent also features a built-in BMS fault signal alarm, a heating interlock/occupancy facility, a Fire Service key switch override facility and interconnection with a fire alarm to automatically close dampers in the event of an alarm condition.
There is also an integral time clock with 5-year battery, short circuit protection with reset and a manual override facility.
It is housed in a robust yet attractive 300mm x 200mm x 50mm white plastic enclosure that is tamper proof.
It is ideal for fitting in secure locations such as a facilities manager's office.
In vulnerable areas it can also be secured with a special locking key.
Further developments planned for the iNVent control system include remote access, Sola-signal radio data signal control, and an annual data storage facility. Request a free brochure from Monodraught ...
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