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Air Conditioning For Education

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Education establishments, such as schools, colleges and universities are more conducive places to study when the air in the rooms is controlled with a comfortable temperature and fresh air flow. GalxC can provide a reliable system that achieves this and improve the quality of the air.

An added benefit of using GalxC is that we use heat-exchange technology to prevent fluctuations in temperature which means significant energy savings when either heating or cooling a room, which will be appreciated by students with an increasing awareness of environmental and green issues.

The Best Environment for Students and Staff

We know that school children and students need the best possible environment in which to succeed. Studies on topics such as Emotional Intelligence have shown that children need to feel at their best to fulfil their potential. For maximum productivity, as well as a happy positive learning environment, it is essential that the education environment provides pupils and staff with the optimum temperature in which to learn and work.
By having suitable heating and ventilation systems, the temperature and air flow inside the room used for education purposes can always be at the optimum level to help all students and staff irrespective of age and no matter how hot or cold it is outside. A room kept at an ideal temperature, filled with a constant flow of fresh air, will help a student to have improved concentration over a longer period with reduced stress levels, whilst the equipment being used for education purposes will last longer.

GalxC will design a system that will create a comfortable, temperature controlled environment with fresh air, enabling your pupils to concentrate for much longer periods and improve their chances of attaining the best results possible. Stale air is removed and replaced with a continuous influx of fresh, outdoor air to ensure that the indoor oxygen level is maintained at the right balance. Winter months, when windows in classrooms are shut, can be especially problematic for students’ levels of concentration if the air flow is not controlled.

GalaxC provides units such as Mitsubishi Electric’s D.C Lossnay which ventilates fresh outdoor air into classrooms to replenish the supply of oxygen. It expels carbon dioxide and other pollutants and odours making the room much better for studying. It means students can breathe fresh air at all times, even in air-tight classrooms. The removal of stale air is especially important as a classroom filled with many students means carbonic gases accumulate, decreasing the levels of oxygen which reduces the student’s ability to stay alert and concentrate.

The advantage of the units we choose is that we make sure that we consider everything you need for the classroom environment. For example, we take care of details such as the level of noise so that staff and students are not distracted from their studies by a noisy unit, so we make sure that the room remains a quiet environment for productive study.

Air conditioning units in education buildings need to take into account body heat from students and staff members as well as the number of computers and electronic whiteboards in classrooms, which have increased dramatically over recent years. The effects of machinery in a relatively small space in education establishments can dramatically increase the heat load in rooms, even before the body heat from students is added.

When planning air conditioning for education establishments designers need to consider the usage of each room. For example, catering facilities such as food technology rooms or the school canteen, may be a hot spot in a building whereas universities may have specialist needs from air conditioning in laboratories and chilled rooms.

With so many students and the varying British temperatures there is only one way to achieve this, through an air conditioning system which is easily controlled within the classroom to enable maximum concentration and superior comfort levels.

Installing air conditioning units for education establishments will require minimum disruption to students and teachers. Ideally, it is best to arrange for this work to be undertaken outside teaching hours and GalxC are happy to discuss an installation timetable with your senior management teams and/or facility managers.

Did you know that 30 children and 30 computers create the same heat as a 7 kilowatt fire? That is why air conditioning is vital in IT Suites.

IT Suites

Air conditioning units installed in IT suites will improve the learning experience for students, reduce maintenance costs and extend the life of the computers. GalxC’s experience working with such requirements means they will be able to suggest solutions to your specific requirements.

With 20 to 30 children in an IT suite at a school an air conditioning unit is needed to ensure that pupils and staff are in a comfortable environment all year round.

Many school and college ICT suites are too hot and desperately need air conditioning for pupils, staff and equipment alike. A desktop PC can produce over 150 watts of heat energy per hour and a standard IT room with 20 to 30 PC’s, means that computers alone can generate upwards of 3 kilowatts of heat energy every hour.

IT suites in education establishments are often in small rooms along with printers, screens and large numbers of heat generating computers. Computers generate a great deal of heat but they do not like to be kept in hot rooms. If they overheat the equipment may crash temporarily or worse stop working. Computers that do not work efficiently cause students to become bored or frustrated increasing stress levels for the students and also for the staff (teaching and non-teaching) who are trying to help the students access information and complete their lessons.

It has become common practice to install air conditioning systems within commercial ICT suites, data centres and server rooms, to counteract the massive heat gains that make such rooms so uncomfortable. Education establishments are beginning to follow this example of best practise to preserve equipment and save money.

For more information for IT Suites please see the data centre sector on this website and for information about air conditioning solutions for schools, colleges, universities and other education establishments please phone our team now - call 0845 094 2644