BREATHING BUILDINGS EXPANDS AWARD-WINNING NVHR RANGE

Breathing Buildings, a leading provider of controlled natural and hybrid ventilation systems, has added to its award-winning natural ventilation with heat recycling (NVHR) range with its new NVHR 1700. This larger unit is ideal for leisure centres, halls, sport facilities, shopping centres, offices, schools and other buildings with high heat gains, with the NVHR 1700 offering excellent ventilation and thermal comfort. Meanwhile, in school classroom applications, the NVHR 1700 now allows one unit to be specified rather than two, which means a simpler and quicker installation. Breathing Building’s NVHR 1700 offers enhanced natural ventilation with hybrid technology in a slimline, compact, lightweight and energy-efficient unit. The unit is designed to fulfil the ventilation needs automatically with its demand-controlled equipment, best-in-class flowrate, low noise levels and low energy consumption. The NVHR 1700 leads the way in efficiency with specific fan power levels as low as 0.08W/l/s and, in larger applications, provides airflow rates as high as 540l/s.

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