When the old Dybkær School (built in 1972) started showing its age, Silkeborg Municipality was faced with a large and important task:
They needed to build a modern school that met the building regulation's requirements for indoor climate and energy efficiency, while keeping daily operations affordable and manageable.
Below you can read why and how they chose to combine centralised and decentralised ventilation.
There are many parameters to consider when choosing a ventilation solution. In principal, you have the option to choose:
Silkeborg Municipality had a particular focus on day-to-day operations, which was one of the reasons they chose to combine centralised and decentralised ventilation.
Read on to find out why this was the right solution in this case.
At Dybkær School, project management decided that the individual classrooms, offices, etc., installed their own decentralised ventilation units.
Larger rooms and corridors, on the other hand, were connected to a centralised air handling unit as there is less need for continuous manual adjustment.
Today, happy students walk around the corridors of Dybkær School, but what difference has choosing a combined ventilation solution made?
First and foremost, you have a solution that makes it easy to control the individual units around the classrooms.
It doesn't require the same specialist knowledge as centralised units, and the fact that individual classrooms and smaller rooms can be easily adjusted provides operational advantages.
The construction of the building also took advantage of the decentralised ventilation's shorter pipe runs and fewer fire valves, which provided a high degree of architectural freedom.
And that's one of the secrets behind the complete aesthetic experience of stepping into the new Dybkær School today.
At Dybkær school, Silkeborg Municipality has managed to keep costs down by combining a centralised air handling unit with decentralized units.
In the end, a solution has been achieved that ensures a healthy operating economy and fulfits the architect's vision, while students and teachers can enjoy an excellent and controllable indoor climate.
Take a closer look at our range of flexible solutions to help you create a better indoor climate.
At Airmaster, we are "decentralized" to the core. Because we can create the best indoor climate, and therefore the best well-being, when we are in touch with the individual room and its users - and because we have ambitions to constantly get better at what we do.
Low energy consumption, differentiated operating times, easy adaptation to individual needs and the possibility of staged installation are some of the reasons to choose decentralized ventilation over centralized. And you don't have to compromise on control - it can be centralized.
