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RADIANA TO HELP ACHIEVE NEW WELL V2 PILOT FEATURES
Developers can now choose Radiana, a revolutionary new
climate control product which responds to factors such as body
heat, to help them achieve the thermal comfort features outlined
in the new WELL v2™ pilot, the latest version of the WELL
Building Standard™.
Promoting the positive impacts of buildings on human health
and wellness, the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)
has recognised the use of radiant cooling systems under WELL
v2. WELL is the leading tool for advancing health and wellbeing
in buildings globally: Originally launched in 2014, it’s now being
adopted in the UK where the wellbeing of the people inside
buildings is becoming increasingly important.
Radiant cooling is a technology used to cool buildings based
on heat absorption through cold surfaces. Hot always travels to
cold, so Radiana ceiling panels are made cooler than the rest
of the room and when activated via an app, cool water passes
Radiana environmental consultant David Brunt, explained:
“Radiana provides us with a healthy and more sustainable way
to cool our buildings. It doesn’t dry out the air, it doesn’t create
uncomfortable cold draughts and it has lower running costs
than conventional air conditioning. It also provides a consistent
temperature right across a room, maintaining this within
+/-0.5oC, and the zoning features of Radiana means thermal
comfort for all occupants can be effectively controlled.
Radiana can be directly fitted to a ceiling frame and no specialist
certification is required for its installation. Radiana provides a
full design, specification and after-sales service to ensure the
system is fully understood, installed and maintained.
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WELL v2 is comprised of ten concepts, including features for
thermal comfort in buildings, criteria under which radiant
systems, such as Radiana can provide additional thermal comfort
benefits:
• Thermal zoning: Credits for multiple zones and individual
control
• Radiant thermal comfort: Credit is given to hydronic radiant
heating and/or cooling systems if at least 50% of the project
floor area is serviced by this system
• Humidity control: Credit is given if the mechanical system has
the capability of maintaining relative humidity between 30%
and 60% at all times.
through the pipes in the Radiana ceiling panels and absorbs heat
from the room. This warmer water is then fed into a heat pump,
chilled and channelled back around the ceiling until the desired
temperature is reached.