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As the responsibility of architects and property developers increases to comply with the new requirements specified by the Building Regulations Approved Document B 2006, SE Controls has updated its guide on smoke control systems in residential buildings. ADB's most significant revision is to pinpoint the need for smoke control to be treated as a system, in accordance with European standards. The new document also recognises the now widespread use of smoke shafts. SE Controls managing director Will Perkins says: "Meeting the requirements of Approved Document B is a major challenge for any residential developer. We have updated our Residential Smoke Ventilation brochure to provide all the advice and answers architects and contractors will need."

As the responsibility of architects and property developers increases to comply with the new requirements specified by the Building Regulations Approved Document B 2006, SE Controls has updated its guide on smoke control systems in residential buildings. ADB's most significant revision is to pinpoint the need for smoke control to be treated as a system, in accordance with European standards. The new document also recognises the now widespread use of smoke shafts. SE Controls managing director Will Perkins says: "Meeting the requirements of Approved Document B is a major challenge for any residential developer. We have updated our Residential Smoke Ventilation brochure to provide all the advice and answers architects and contractors will need."

Installed at Liverpool South Parkway is a smoke and natural ventilation system from SE Controls. To ensure the safety of passengers and transport workers in the event of a fire, and improve the quality of indoor air, the company designed a system that offered automatic window opening via the building management system (BMS). A series of 300mm SELA G linear actuators linked to the OSO control system were provided. The system communicates with the BMS to automatically open windows in a fire event or to regulate natural air movement. As the windows on this project were larger than normal at 2.4m by 1.2m, the company fitted multi-point locking motors to ensure that they remain weather tight.

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Control of temperature at the Kildare County Council offices has been achieved with a natural ventilation system from SE Controls. The system was based on a series of actuators fitted to windows around the two buildings and bridge. These are linked to the company's OSO controllers, which in turn communicate with the building management system using the Lonworks interface and either open or close windows to maintain temperature.

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At the new Bangkok International Airport terminal, SE Controls has completed the installation of its MC2 smoke ventilation system. The new passenger terminal complex covers an area of 500,000m? comprising seven floors and basement, making it the largest structure of its kind in the world. Protecting the heavy flow of passengers required a sophisticated ventilation system. The MC2 system provides control to 48 automatic opening vents fitted with SECO 24 40 chain actuators. A series of control panels, fully integrated with the airport's building management system, will automatically open vents in the event of a fire.

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Sustainable natural ventilation has been installed at City Academy, Northampton, with a system provided by SE Controls. The new three and four storey academy will have a system based around a series of actuators fitted to windows and sloping atrium vents. As no junction boxes were allowed, the company designed a system that used cables up to 50m in length which enabled actuators to be fitted directly to the OSO control systems linked to the BMS.

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Visitors to Coventry's redeveloped Herbert art gallery and museum are enjoying the works of art in a healthier, more comfortable atmosphere, thanks to a natural ventilation system from SE Controls. The company claims that its natural ventilation system is an environmentally friendly way to harness the air movements caused by the natural forces of temperature and wind. It is designed to control the internal working environment of a building, providing constant, comfortable temperatures. SE Controls designed and installed a system that offered controlled ventilation via the building management system, creating three zones of operation throughout the gallery and museum.

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Implementing a low energy method of thermally controlling its HQ in Liverpool, Littlewoods has installed a system by SE Controls. An underfloor variable air volume system provides heating and cooling. The company installed OSO actuators and controllers which interface with a Building Management System. Efficiency is ensured by reducing fan energy and limiting the temperature of air constrained in the roof.

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At a waterfront development in London, a bespoke smoke ventilation system from SE Controls has been applied. The system consisted of a series of Automatic Opening Doors (AODs) and Automatic Opening Vents (AOVs) situated on each of the floors of the building. Controlled by an OSO control system, it automatically opens vents and doors in a fire and is networked to the fire alarm.

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With sustainability of paramount important at the National Trust's central office in Swindon, a natural ventilation system from SE Controls has been specified. Expelling stale air and introducing fresh air through climatic changes, natural ventilation consumes little energy and has zero emissions. The system is based around the company's OSO controller and a series of actuators which were fitted to fa?ade windows and roof vents. The OSO controller acts as an intelligent interface between the actuators and the Building Management System (BMS) to which it communicates using the Lonworks interface. The BMS communicates with the OSO control systems opening or closing windows or rooflights depending on temperature or CO levels. In the summer, the thermal mass of the building allows air in, cooling the concrete roof suffit.

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As a statement on ecological construction, a natural ventilation system by SE Controls has been placed by architects and developers in the Green Building, Manchester. Designed under the influence of BRE's EcoHomes assessment, it is a sustainable method of maintaining internal temperature whilst expelling stale air and introducing fresh air. The Drum shaped structure had a system designed so that 12 sloping and four vertical actuator fitted vents in the roof can be incrementally opened, allowing cool air in. The central atrium acts as a way for the 32 apartments to get fresh air - by opening the inner windows of the apartments manually. The company's OSO controller acts as an interface between the actuators and the Building Management System (BMS). As needed, cool air is let out by opening vents when the temperature rises above a set parameter. It is linked to the fire alarm too, letting smoke out during an emergency situation, providing safety as well as sustainability.

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Sustainable natural ventilation systems have been supplied by SE Controls for the ICOSS (Informatics Collaboratory for the Social Sciences) research facility at the University of Sheffield. The company's OSO control system provides control over window openings throughout the building. As internal air temperatures rise and air quality reduces, the system opens windows allowing fresh air into the building.

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Helping create a safe working environment, a natural smoke ventilation system developed by SE Controls has provided the Building 1000 at the Royals Business Park with an extra level of fire safety. The system is designed to remove smoke from the building through the automatic opening of a series of windows, naturally venting the building.

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