Usually signature buildings; airports are large, complex and architecturally challenging. IES Consulting has worked on many airport projects, including Heathrow T5.
Working right from concept stage, performance assessments are an important part of the iterative process. Giving feedback on how changes affect aspects such as energy use and daylight to help achieve the most effective balance between form and function, fabric, and passive/active systems.
The importance of understanding the impact of climate and how the building naturally wants to behave is vitally important in low-energy design. One of the largest wastes of energy is mechanically forcing a building to behave in a way which is doesn’t want to.
Integrated, whole building energy analysis is the only way to completely understand the complex interactions and spaces within airports. It is impossible to use normal loads calculations and rules of thumb. IES Consulting can help you understand:
- Impact of form, function, fabric, passive/active systems at concept stage;
- Energy use, carbon emissions and related code and regulation compliance;
- Solar gain, daylighting, glare and shading;
- Ventilation, air movement and temperature, especially within large open concourse area;
- Operational air leakage from baggage systems, air bridges and doors;
- Impact of integrated transport hubs;
- Energy use of retail areas and interactions with concourse;
- Varying occupancy levels and complex equipment usage patterns;
- Feasibility and modelling of different systems, inc. displacement ventilation & CHP, and;
- Whole building performance and its complex interactions;
- Energy costs as part of scheme value.
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