Understand the Advantages of Mechanical Ventilation

When you are in the process of building a new structure, one of the things you need to focus on is ventilation. These days ventilation is one of the most important elements of any build and it’s something you need to organize early on. The ventilation should be arranged in the early stages and the ventilation experts should then work with the builders, this will cut any unwelcome building delays.

There are many reasons why you may choose mechanical ventilation and the first is that natural ventilation isn’t the right choice for your building. The experts will come out and conduct a thorough survey to find what is going to work best for you based on your build and your particular requirements.

Natural ventilation can be a leading source of solar gain, which is one of the reasons you may decide that mechanical ventilation is the choice for you. Often natural solutions can lead to excess heat and not enough air flow based on the design and structure of your build. These systems can lead to discomfort. Often you want to have control and choose how much air flow you want at any given time, with the natural systems, the system decides based on current conditions, which means on a cold day, you cannot stop the flow of air or lower it to a setting that is comfortable for you.

Mechanical ventilation distributes the air throughout the building more effectively and it has proven successful in reducing noise. As you can imagine when you are relying on ventilation systems and you cannot open the windows for clean and fresh air, you want to have the best filtration in place to cut air pollution and make sure that the air your employees or your visitors are breathing is only the best of the best.

The one factors you need to bear in mind when taking advantage of mechanical ventilation is that it is more expensive, bear in mind that this type of ventilation requires motors and fans, it has vents and more, all working together to extract stale air and replace it with clean breathable air.

The roof vents will be determined by the ventilation experts. They will find how many you need. The advantage to these is that hot air rises, which means the warm stale air will rise as clean air is pushed into the building. The experts will decide how many roof vents are needed based on the building size and the amount of air flow needed to keep everyone comfortable and ensure clean air throughout each day.

The experts will then need to identify where to place the supply and extraction systems. The benefit to this is that they will identify the best place to make sure excellent air circulation at all times. In an office setting, this can reduce the risk of illness and lethargy and even improve productivity as staff enjoy clean, safe and fresh air at all times.

In some instances you may want to consider the supply and extraction system with heat recovery. Most buildings will get cold during the winter months, even in your warmer climates. As you can imagine when it comes to mechanical ventilation, you are forcing clean outside air through filters into the building and this air is going to be the same as the outside temperature, ideal during the summer months, but definitely not the best choice during the winter months.

The supply and extraction systems with heat recovery, keeps the warm air indoors, keeping everyone comfortable and warm, while still filtering the air and removing any pollution from the air.