The main aim of any air conditioning design and installation is to improve the level of comfort, offered by our surroundings.
With the changing times and environment we have to consider many factors when it comes to the right unit for the right application.
Factors that influence designs include:
Occupancy levels: each person generating 120 w/h of heat.
Solar infiltrations: due to more use of glass in building designs, solar gains can be considerable.
Electrical appliances: substantial heat loads generated from computers, printers, photocopiers etc.
Lighting: increased heat load from lighting alone.
Ventilation: introducing outside air into a building also introduces a change in temperature.
All those heat gains must be removed if a comfortable living or working environment is to be obtained. The only genuinely effective way of achieving this is via air conditioning. The principles of air conditioning are based around the transportation of heat from one place to another and the medium generally used to effect transportation is refrigerant.
