Facade integrated micro ventilation for apartments

Despite many efforts, political intentions and numerous projects in renovation of existing apartments for the substitution of natural ventilation and control suction systems with more energy efficient mechanical balanced ventilation with heat recovery, renovations progress only slowly.

The Danish Technological Institute can point out the following reasons for the this, especially related to existing apartment building:

• Centralized ventilation requires two ventilation ducts throughout the building • Ventilation ducts within the apartment often meets residents' resistance
• Decentralized ventilation requires space for the unit and ventilation ducts in the apartment
• Strict fire requirements in the new DS428 make decentralized and centralized ventilation expensive in fire/smoke ventilation components
• Investment in ventilation often gives a long repayment period which makes the renovation project difficult to "sell" to resident representatives

InVentilate and the partners of the project have therefore developed a real alternative to the traditional ventilation technology solutions, thus pushing for the renovation of apartments. The development is based on solid experience with micro ventilation solutions for office buildings and institutions which was not intended for use in apartments where there are cooker hoods and sometimes separate ventilation unit in the bathroom