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As we leave the winter months and transition into spring, the environment around us is starting to change, temperatures begin to fluctuate and the humidity of the air starts to increase with more moisture, all alongside the allergy seasons beginning.

Learn more about how Frenger's Chilled Beam Cooling can provide a thermal comfort solution for your building by clicking the link below.

Frenger® chilled beams are designed to last. Download Frenger's® latest Case Study to view the scope of projects that have been supplied with Frenger® Chilled Beams and the longevity of these systems.

Frenger unveils its latest electronic download "Chilled Beam Architecture & Design" brochure, showcasing how Frenger's varied Chilled Beam solutions can be used in different building environments.

Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery (MVHR) units transfer heat from extracted room air (via 'Eurovent Certified' aluminium static heat exchanger) to the fresh air supply.

The purpose of MVHR units is to help improve indoor air quality whilst conserving energy, this is done by recovering heat from outgoing / exhaust air and transferring the heat energy into the new fresh supply of filtered air to the indoor environment.

Learn more about how Frenger's MVHR units work by clicking the link below.

First tier Consulting Engineers ‘Hoare Lea’ have just launched their HVAC Performance Assessment Tool for ‘Whole Life Carbon’, as featured in the CIBSE Journal this month.

This study has provided new data specifically with regards to embodied carbon, which shows the significant advantages for buildings using Active Chilled Beam (ACB) units alongside Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP) as opposed to other HVAC systems.

Learn more about how Frenger's Chilled Beam systems support the design of low carbon buildings by clicking the link below.

Over recent years more buildings have looked to incorporate additional services within the ‘free hanging’ Radiant Panel System to reduce site installation time and provide a modular approach to the building design.

Multi-Service Radiant Panels (MSRP’s) provide a solution to this, combining Radiant Panels (Electric or LTHW) with integrated LED lighting, acoustic sound absorption and other building services in individual 100% prefabricated, ‘plug n play’ units.

Learn more about how Frenger's Multi-Service Radiant Panels support the modern building design by clicking the link below.

Reported in 2019 by the World Green Building Council, the building and construction industry is responsible for 39% of all carbon emissions in the world.

With the UK now halfway towards net zero, (emissions cut by 53% between 1990 and 2023), it is crucial that designs keep looking towards using renewable and more energy-efficient systems.

Learn more about how Frenger's Chilled Beam technology can provide a net zero work environment by clicking the link below.

Healthcare buildings have a diverse range of requirements when it comes to their thermal environment, even more so post-Pandemic, because of this it is important that the right HVAC solution is selected to provide the best environment for all building occupants.

The correct HVAC solution can play an important part in the recovery process helping to stabilise the emotional well-being of patients and contribute to the healing process by providing high levels of Thermal Comfort.

Learn more about how Frenger's Chilled Beam technology can transform healthcare environments by clicking the link below.

We spend the majority of our time indoors, especially when it concerns students and teachers who spend long days at school or within educational buildings. Therefore, it is important that these buildings provide the best indoor environment for learning.

Chilled beam technology allows for complete thermal comfort within these environments, leading to increased productivity and improved well-being of building occupants.

Learn more about how Frenger's Chilled Beam technology can influence thermal comfort in learning environments by clicking the link below.

The extensive refurbishment of the Harlequin Building, 65 Southwark Street, back in 2012, was supplied by Frenger^® with their ‘Slim Line’ Active Multi-Service Chilled Beams (MSCBs) with seamless T5 lamps integrated within the extruded polycarbonate side pods.

Undergoing a full internal and external redevelopment of the post-war 1960s office commercial building, the interior was stripped back to its original frames and transformed into a modern mixed-use development, with the addition of two new floors and bringing a Grade A office interior to fit with modern office requirements.

Learn more about how Frenger's LED integration, transformed the building by clicking the link below.

Frenger^® was selected to supply the multi-million pound (GBP) academic hub development at the prestigious Haberdashers School for Boys with their Multi-Service Radiant Panels (MSRP's) chosen to provide heating, acoustic sound absorption and LED lighting.

Originally dating back to 1690, the Haberdashers School for Boys is one of the top independent boys' schools in the UK with approximately 20% of its students going on to study at the UK's most prestigious universities, Oxford and Cambridge.

The schools aim for the development of the facilities were to "inspire dynamic teaching and learning" allowing for a more "flexible and adaptable, future-driven approach to teaching".

Learn more about how Frenger's MSRP units benefitted the school by clicking the link below.

Frenger^® are proud to have recently supplied the new $387 Million (AUD) Aston Martin Formula One (AMF1) Factory with their Compact^® Multi-Service Chilled Beams (MSCB) with Integrated LED lighting.

Designed to fuel Aston Martin's charge towards the front of the grid, the purpose-built facilities deliver exactly what the team needs allowing for better communication and collaboration, accelerated car development and space for a growing workforce.

Frenger's Active MSCBs were installed in the bespoke open plan technical and design offices located on the second floor of the main building, helping to provide high levels of Thermal Comfort in a space designed with optimum productivity and occupancy Wellbeing in mind.

Learn more about the project below.

Frenger^® supplied the new $564 Million (AUD) Victorian Heart Hospital with their Eco Healthcare Active Chilled Beams.

Providing lifesaving diagnosis and treatment for thousands of patients each year the hospital has a strong focus on prevention, recovery, and rehabilitation, delivering up to 2,150 cardiac surgeries, 13,500 cardiac laboratory procedures and 60,000 consulting room consultations.

Learn more about the project below.

Frenger^® supplied the Tavistock Place building at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with their Eco Active Chilled Beams and Halo Active Chilled Beams.

The new six-storey building will aid in the learning and development of staff and students, providing new research and office facilities, with purpose built dry laboratories and accommodation helping to expand the limits of research in epidemiology.

Learn more about the project below.

Frenger^® supplied the Hub on Causeway 31-storey office tower in Boston, Massachusetts, with their Eco range of Ceiling Integrated Chilled Beams (CICBs).

The LEED Gold certified office tower is the tallest tower to have been constructed in Boston for nearly 20 years and is home to leaders in the creative, technology, and sports industries.

Learn more about the project below.

Pioneering ahead of other competing Chilled Beam manufacturers, all of Frenger's Active Chilled Beams feature a "Turn Down Facility" as standard. This unique functionality allows Frenger's Active Chilled Beams to operate at significantly reduced air volumes whilst still creating a full Coanda Effect and good waterside cooling effect even at Air Pressures as low as 15Pa (pascals).

Learn more about the benefits of this Turn Down Functionality by clicking the button below.

The end of the T5 Fluorescent lamp lighting is quickly coming to a close, with EU markets set to prohibit their production and placement on the market by August 2023 and UK markets 6 months later in February 2024.

In this article, Frenger^® will explore the reasons behind the ban and why switching to non-hazardous LED lighting is not only necessary but also beneficial in the long run.

Learn more about how Frenger^® can help in making the switch to efficient LED lighting for existing Multi-Service Chilled Beam units.

Frenger^® supplied the Dogger Bank Wind Farm Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base with their Active Multi-Service Chilled Beams, X-Wing^® Radiant Passive Chilled Beams, and their EC Electric Heating Panels.

The construction of the O&M building utilised low carbon materials such as a Glue Laminated Timber (Glulam) frame and Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) roof and floor slabs.

The base is due to be operated in line with UK Green Building Councils (UKGBC) Net Zero Carbon framework. Click the link below learn more.

Frenger^® have recently supplied the 20 Finsbury Circus Multi Million Pound refurbishment in London with their Compact Active Multi-Service Chilled Beam (MSCB) units complete with continuous LED lighting to all six floor levels and also Chilled Ceilings and chilled access bulkheads throughout all floor levels.

The 20 Finsbury Circus CAT A refurbishment breathes new life into the landmark building keeping the original 1900 Edwardian façade coupled with a contemporary interior.

Click the link below to find out more about how Frenger's Active MSCB units and Chilled Ceilings have benefitted the project.

Frenger^® have vast experience and a proven track record in supplying space conditioning solutions for 'Healthcare' applications stemming back some 80 years when Frenger Troughton Young pioneered the supply and installation of Frenger^® heating ceilings to many hospitals in the UK.

Nowadays, Frenger^® utilise their Active Chilled Beam Techology to provide water driven Cooling and Heating with fresh (filtered) air ventilation, with shallow depth constructed Active Chilled Beam (ACB) units that are purposely designed for 'Healthcare' applications.

Click the link below to find out more about how Frenger's Healthcare Active Chilled Beams can benefit your project.

Frenger Systems^® continue to significantly invest in their UK Technical Facility with the installation of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Panels, which will reduce energy consumption and lower their carbon footprint.

Frenger^® also took this opportunity to install new skylights for the facility to maximise the amount of natural light.

Click the link below to find out more about Frenger's recent investment in their UK Technical Facility.

With energy-efficiency an important factor in the world we live in today, such as to help against Climate Change, the UK has set in law a target to bring all its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. The latest changes to Part L which come into force in June 2022 are interim measures to work until new standards are released in 2025.

The latest move for improved levels of energy efficiency in the revision of Park L makes Chilled Beams an even more attractive solution as Chilled Beams operate using elevated chilled water flow temperature and therefore providing a greater COP (Coefficient of Performance).

Over the last two years, we have encountered a global pandemic (COVID-19) and have seen the ongoing effects of Climate Change around the globe.

In this article, Frenger^® looks into industry reports made by various global consultants and their findings on the effectiveness of various different Heating, Cooling, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems are at maintaining a healthy and comfortable indoor climate to help reduce the risk of virus transmission in the indoor environment.

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Frenger^® mass produce the X-Wing^® 'Radiant' Passive Chilled Beams in both Black (RAL 9005 equivalent) and White (RAL 9016 equivalent) as standard, but they can also powder coat to any other RAL colour as an optional extra.

Click the link below to find out more about Frenger's powder coating capabilities.

Frenger's highly efficient Chilled Beam product range has and will continue to help worldwide projects to achieve their ambitious sustainability goals.

Within the article, Frenger^® looks at how Passive Chilled Beams have helped 700 Bourke Street to become the first 6-Star Green Star performance rating commercial building in the state of Victoria.

The new assessment unit is part of a wider £3 million (GBP) investment into the childrens services at Barnsley Hospital, with a new childrens Emergency department also part of this recent investment.

According to the World Green Building Council and in light on the recent COP26 event, building and construction is responsible for 39% of all carbon emissions in the world, with operational emissions (i.e. energy used to heat, cool, and light buildings) accounting for 28%. The remaining 11% comes from embodied carbon emissions, or 'upfront' carbon that is associated with materials and construction processes throughout the whole building lifecycle.

80% of existing buildings will still be in use when net zero targets come into effect, so it is crucial designs look to use renewable energy, more energy-efficient systems, lower carbon construction materials etc. Scientists advise that humanity needs to reduce its carbon emissions by 7.2% per year for the next 10 years.

In this case study we will be looking at how Frenger's highly energy-efficient products can support the pathway towards Net Zero Carbon Building, whilst looking at some examples of worldwide sustainable projects we've been a part of.

Frenger^®supplied the new $26.3 Million (AUD) Ashlands Blue Light Hub with their Active Multi-Service Chilled Beams with their Eco Active Chilled Beams. The hub will act as a base for Buckinghamshire Fire & Service, Thames Valley Police and South-Central Ambulance Service.

Frenger^® was selected to supply Electric Radiant Heating to Fulham's £80 million Riverside development. The seven floor multi-use stand was supplied with our range of Electric Radiant Heaters.

The new state-of-the-art Chemotherapy ward has recently opened inside Ulster Hospital in Belfast, Ireland. Frenger^® was selected to design, manufacture, and supply the new unit with their Eco Healthcare Active Chilled Beams as well as their Modula Radiant Heating Panels.

Frenger® have supplied the Digital Aviation and Research Technology Centre (DARTeC) to create a new global leader in digital aviation research. Frenger® supplied their Eco Active Chilled Beams along with their Modula and Frengerwarm Radiant Heating Panels.

Frenger® have supplied 183-185 Clarence Street, Sydney ( SubStation No. 164) where heritage meets innovation to provide one of the most distinctive commercial office spaces in Sydney CBD which utilises both our Compact™ Active chilled beams and X-Wing® Radiant passive chilled beams.

Frenger® are proud to have previously supplied Kamirice flagship commercial building at 500 Collins Street, Melbourne which has an amazing twenty-year story of investing in sustainable technologies for the benefit of their tenants and building occupants. Built in 1973, the 26-storey tower features approximately 26,000 square metres of net lettable area and comprises an office tower with a retail plaza at ground level.

The new $564 million Victorian Heart Hospital in Melbourne will be completed in 2022, and the hospital will be able to perform 2,150 cardiac surgeries and 13,000 cardiac laboratory procedures each year, as well as catering for 28,300 cardiac emergency presentations and 108,000 consultations.

Frenger are proud to have recently supplied the 510 Church Street commercial office building in Cremorne, Melbourne with their state-of-the-art energy-efficient Eco Active Chilled Beams..

Frenger Systems are proud to have supplied our 'Exposed' X-Wing® Radiant Passive Chilled Beams to the recently completed new 60,000 square foot UIUC Siebel Centre in Champaign, Illinois.

Unlike other Chilled Beams on the market, all Frenger's Active Chilled Beams feature our "Turn Down" facility as standard, which allows them to create a full Coanda effect at an air pressure even as low as 15 Pa.