- Other Services
- BREEAM
- Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE)
- PassivHaus Evaluations
- Acoustic Testing
- Sustainability Statements
- Carbon/Energy Reduction in Existing Buildings
- Water Efficiency Calculations for New Dwellings
- Sustainable Building Consultancy
- Heat Loss Assessment
- Ventilation of Buildings
- Dynamic Simulation Modelling
- Thermal Bridging
- Right to Light
- Air Flow Rate Testing & Commissioning of Ventilation Systems
- Thermal Imaging Surveys
- CPD Seminars & Training
- LZC & Renewable Energy Statements
- Daylighting and Sunlight Modelling
You are here: Home > Other Services > Air Flow Rate Testing & Commissioning of Ventilation Systems
Air Flow Rate Testing & Commissioning of Ventilation Systems
The requirement to build more highly insulated and air tight buildings means that it is increasingly more important to ensure buildings are not only adequately ventilated but the ventilation system is suitable, balanced & commissioned correctly to ensure it’s effective and efficient operation.
We are able to test extraction rates and also balance whole-building ventilation systems correctly. This is not only a Building Regulations requirement but is also important to ensure the ventilation strategy is working as cost effectively as possible.
Because we can also carry out the Air Leakage Test on the building on the same day you can be sure of a cost effective, professional and accurate service.
MVHR Systems
Part F Building Regulations requires mechanical ventilations systems that can be adjusted (such as Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery systems (MVHR)) to be balanced & commissioned and a suitable certificate to be provided to the building control body prior to completion. An MVHR system that is not balanced correctly will not work properly (potentially leading to condensation issues) and will also be more expensive to run (and will wear out more quickly). We are experts in balancing & commissioning MVHR systems.
As the air leakage rate of the building as a whole should be taken into account when balancing an MVHR system we can do this test at the same time if required.
Extractor Fans
Part F Building Regulations also requires standard intermittent extractor fans in new buildings (such as bathroom and kitchen extractors) to have their air flow rates measured on site and the results submitted to the building control body prior to completion.
For further information about our cost effective Air Flow Rate Testing & Commissioning Service please call us.
With engineers strategically placed throughout the Midlands and further we provide a local, cost effective service at short notice. The areas we cover include: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Derby, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Peterborough, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Wales, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire