Monodraught Natural Ventilation Harnessing the environment for building ventilation

Why Choose Natural Ventilation? No Leak Guarantee - X-Air Systems 5 What is WINDCATCHER Classic? 6 How Does WINDCATCHER Classic Work? Night Time and Mid-Season Operation Summer Operation Winter Operation WINDCATCHER Classic Projects 10 Royal Chelsea Hospital 10 Tranent North Primary School Kentish Town Healthcare What is WINDCATCHER X-AIR? 12 How Does WINDCATCHER X-AIR Work? 12 Composite Upstand Aerofoil Louvre ACTIVLOUVRE Modulating Aerofoil Louvre External Air Catchment Fins 13 Architectural Solar Powered Lighting WINDCATCHER X-AIR Projects 14 Craig Tara - Haven Holiday Park What is SOLA-BOOST...

Natural Ventilation “Monodraught WINDCATCHER® systems have proved to be the most effective method Why Choose Natural Ventilation? of providing Natural Ventilation to any commercial building.” Sustainable Energy in Action Healthier Natural Ventilation brings a steady supply of fresh air into the building, topping up the oxygen level, whilst at the same time expelling stale air to the atmosphere using the natural buoyancy of thermal forces. Fan noise, often associated with mechanical systems or air conditioning, is eliminated, to the benefit of the occupants. By maximising the use of wind pressure...

WINDCATCHER Classic Night Time and Mid-Season Operation What is WINDCATCHER Classic? During mid-seasons, in the evenings, or at weekends, when the building is perhaps unoccupied, the WINDCATCHER system is not dependent on openable windows or vents in the side of the building, which allows the building to fully secure. The WINDCATCHER is an energy free Natural Ventilation system encompassing the benefits of both top-down and passive stack ventilation. The system consists of four external louvre banks, to stop the ingress of precipitation, which are protected internally by TriLayer weather protection....

Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury WINDCATCHER Classic iNVent 2 The iNVent 2 system is a bespoke, in-house designed, Natural Ventilation management system for up to 4 zones of Natural Ventilation systems. It utilises our seasonally adjusted proportional control based on temperature and CO2 Control Automatic Control Provided as standard in the Monodraught package. These panels are controlled by either temperature and CO2 sensors, depending upon the requirements of each specific application. Semi-Automatic Operates in the same fashion as the Automatic Control system, but also allows the end user to control...

WINDCATCHER Classic Projects Royal Chelsea Hospital London Monodraught WINDCATCHER Natural Ventilation systems were selected to provide energy-free fresh air throughout the new three storey flagship care home. The fifteen systems were cleverly adapted by Monodraught to complement the architectural style of the new infirmary, which is in context with original Wren and Soane buildings. The units were clad in clay pantiles to ensure a perfect blend with the architectural style. CFD analysis was carried out using Monodraught’s own development team and then verified using external specialists to optimise...

WINDCATCHER X-AIR Although WINDCATCHER X-AIR operates in the same manner as the classic system, Monodraught’s R&D team have worked to improve the system further by adding some new features: Composite Upstand What is WINDCATCHER X-AIR? The Monodraught WINDCATCHER X-AIR is the latest generation of Natural Ventilation that follows in the footsteps of the successful WINDCATCHER Classic systems that have proved to be so popular. capping with integrated solar panel Monodraught have developed an insulated upstand arrangement to be used with the WINDCATCHER X-AIR. The upstand is a multi-layer construction...

WINDCATCHER X-AIR Projects Craig Tara - Haven Holiday Park Bespoke Cladding WINDCATCHER X-AIR systems Monodraught has supplied and installed twelve of its WINDCATCHER X-AIR systems to provide Natural Ventilation for the 82,500 square foot sales area of Tesco’s newest and largest Eco-Store, which opened in Corby, Northamptonshire in January 2013. Monodraught WINDCATCHER X-AIR systems were specified to serve both the Sports Hall and Sports Activity Hall to provide a minimum fresh air requirement of 10 l/s per person with an occupancy level of 100 people. A total of four X-Air 140 systems (two in...

SOLA-BOOST Classic Weather Conditions Peppa Pig World - SOLA-BOOST Classic Normal Conditions Under normal conditions, the WINDCATCHER technology provides Natural Ventilation without any moving parts by encapsulating the prevailing wind, no matter how light, and turning that wind movement down through 90°. Using the compartmentalised vertical vents, fresh air is brought into the room and stale air is expelled using the natural energy of buoyancy and stack effect common to all Natural Ventilation systems . What is SOLA-BOOST Classic? SOLA-BOOST® is an extension of the proven WINDCATCHER design,...

SOLA-BOOST Classic Projects Norwich & Norfolk University Hospital Norwich This new part refurbishment and part new build centre was opened in June 2010 and the Architects chose Monodraught SOLA-BOOST solar assisted Natural Ventilation and SUNPIPE Natural Lighting systems to provide Natural Ventilation and Light to the internal office spaces and resource rooms. Seaside School Lancing Twenty Monodraught SUNPIPES and eight SOLA-BOOST Natural Ventilation units with an 8-Zone iNVent Natural Ventilation control system have been installed at the Seaside School in Lancing. The SOLA-BOOST systems were...

SOLA-BOOST X-AIR Ford Runcorn, Runcorn - SOLA-BOOST X-AIR What is Sola-Boost X-Air? The SOLA-BOOST X-AIR® is the latest generation of Natural Ventilation system featuring the patented ActivLouvre modulating aerofoil louvre technology and DC solar powered fan controlled by Monodraught’s PowerTrack system. Integrated with the existing Monodraught WINDCATCHER X-AIR system, it provides additional ventilation on sunny days whilst maintaining zero running costs. Monodraught have significantly improved the potential of WINDCATCHER X-AIR systems by the addition of a solar driven internal fan that brings...