What is Climate Control?
HVAC systems (Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning) maintain a steady preset temperature, humidity and air quality which is controlled by the occupants of the building. The three functions of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning are closely interrelated. All seek to provide thermal comfort, acceptable indoor air quality, and reasonable installation, operation, and maintenance costs.
HVAC systems can provide ventilation, reduce air infiltration, and maintain pressure relationships between spaces. The systems control room air distribution i.e. determining how air is delivered to, and removed from spaces. A well designed climate control system delivers heating, cooling, humidity control & ventilation to wherever in the building it is required. It responds to changes in the various heat & cooling loads within the building & can cope with simultaneous demands from different parts of the building.
About Air Conditioning
Throughout the year, even during the coldest months, many buildings require cooling and heating simultaneously. This could be due to improved methods of insulation, high solar heat gains through glazed areas, the building's position in relation to the sun, increased staffing levels, the proliferation of heat generating office equipment such as computers, printers and photocopiers and many other factors which adversely affect the indoor environment of a building.
State-of-the-art climate control systems allow simultaneous and independent cooling and heating operations within individual rooms or zones of a building. Optimum room temperatures can be set, then automatically and continuously maintained whatever the outside temperature and whether the need is for cooling or heating.
It's innovative design allows waste heat produced by cooling operations to be recovered for use in heating operations and vice versa, giving unmatched energy efficiency which can result in energy savings of up to 20% compared to 'conventional' systems. Under certain conditions, it acts as a balanced heat exchanger, providing cooling or heating with little energy consumption.
Benefits of Climate Control
One of our very basic needs is to control the environment around us. Not surprising when you consider how sensitive we are to it. For humans small changes in temperature, or even if we perceive the temperature to have changed, will be enough to spring us into action to regulate our climate.
Machinery & materials are not much different although for them humidity is a much more important variable.
Climate Control allows us to regulate our environment and satisfy one of our most basic human needs.
Temperature Control
Typically we work at an optimum of between 20 and 23oC, however this can vary depending on the type of activity you are doing, the time of the year (we will generally tolerate lower temperature in the Winter) and our own physiological make up (some people do feel the cold more than others). Climate Control offers the ability to control the temperature to exactly the right level for all of those variables regardless of what the outside weather is delivering.
Air Filtration & Purification
Climate control systems can produce clean, healthy air. All indoor units are equipped with filters that remove dust, pollen, smoke etc. from the air. Filtration and air purification can be tailored to suit the requirements of each room and it is often critical for people with allergies.
Humidity Control
The correct relative humidity limits the growth of dust mites and mould, which helps allergy sufferers & preserves materials; it also prevents rusting of metals and protects electronics from malfunction.
For Humans 40% to 60% is the relative humidity we are most comfortable at. Lower than 40% increases the rate of virus infection & causes respiratory problems. For more information go to benefits for people.
