New design guidance for perimeter chilled beams

Building Research Establishment (BRE) will demonstrate new guidance on the interface between the building fabric and perimeter passive chilled beams in March.

"Using perimeter chilled beams to offset solar gains can be a very efficient way of reducing the need for full air-conditioning and employing free cooling methods. But because of a fundamental difficulty in predicting the interactions between interior structural elements and air flow patterns in the perimeter zone, there have been a high number of incidences where designs have failed to meet performance targets," said BRE.

BRE investigated a number of system mock-ups to identify why these were failing, then developed and tested alternative design solutions.

The half-day seminar on 24 March will discuss the reasons why performance targets are not being met, explain the new guidance, and demonstrate effective designs.

For more details contact Fran Cowlin on 01923 664 547.