provide cooling to the occupied areas . The FCU ’ s are installed according to the thermal zoning of the building , and each fan coil is fitted with a Pressure Independent Control Valves ( PICV ) & EC Fan motors that varies the amount of cooling / heating based on the room temperature to ensure a maximum level of comfort .
Heating is achieved by the reverse cycle heat pump capability of the chillers , with the hot water being reticulated through a dedicated closed loop piping system to the in-ceiling fan coil units . This system decreases electrical demand of the building by a third when compared to electrical resistance heating .
During times when the building is running under generator power only , the system can be configured to run only using the thermal storage in the tank to provide limited cooling . This reduces the size of the building generator and the amount of diesel consumed during emergency power operation .
Construction Group Five were the Main Contractors on the construction of MultiChoice . The 96,000m 2 building with 60,000m 2 basement parking and plant rooms with 36,000m 2 offices and atrium space had the makings of all the challenges for a building to be constructed in the required time .
The state-of-the-art services and multiple colourful finishes required superb planning and management to complete the high quality building in time . Group Five was especially proud of the safety record
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