Potential stars of the 2012 London Olympics, together with university students and local school children, are already taking advantage of the flagship £7m indoor sports facility at Brunel University. And their training is made more comfortable thanks to the Nor-Ray-Vac continuous radiant tube heating from AmbiRad that has been installed to provide state-of-the-art energy efficient heating.
The Indoor Athletics Centre (IAC) and adjacent Netball Hall, at Brunel’s Uxbridge campus, are the product of a joint funding project between the University, UK Athletics, Sport England and the Lottery. The structure, designed by David Morley Associates, has an eye-catching curved roof. It will potentially be used during the 2012 Olympics as a training village.
The 3,168m² athletics hall incorporates a 6-lane sprint and hurdles straight, long and triple jump pits, areas for pole vault and high jump and throws practice nets. The Netball Hall offers full-court netball together with four badminton and basketball courts.
It is now the training base of the England netball team. Continuous radiant tube heating is ideal in the sports hall environment. It works like the sun, emitting infra red rays that heat only people and objects in their path. No energy is wasted needlessly heating the volume of air in the building, making this heating solution the economic alternative in large space sports halls.
Radiant heating can take account of the different comfort needs of active sports participants and spectators, ensuring both are pleasantly warm without overheating. The heating system can also operate at 2-3 degrees lower than convection heaters without compromising comfort of the building’s users.
The result is long-term reductions in energy usage and carbon emissions. The Nor-Ray-Vac heaters were positioned at approximately 6m from floor level. Controlled centrally from the University’s building management system, they maintain a constant temperature of around 14-16°C. John O’Keeffe, Estates Manager of Brunel University, comments: “This is an excellent system for this application. The athletes can train in a comfortable temperature, irrespective of the weather outside.”
The Indoor Athletics Centre (IAC) and adjacent Netball Hall, at Brunel’s Uxbridge campus, are the product of a joint funding project between the University, UK Athletics, Sport England and the Lottery. The structure, designed by David Morley Associates, has an eye-catching curved roof. It will potentially be used during the 2012 Olympics as a training village.
The 3,168m² athletics hall incorporates a 6-lane sprint and hurdles straight, long and triple jump pits, areas for pole vault and high jump and throws practice nets. The Netball Hall offers full-court netball together with four badminton and basketball courts.
It is now the training base of the England netball team. Continuous radiant tube heating is ideal in the sports hall environment. It works like the sun, emitting infra red rays that heat only people and objects in their path. No energy is wasted needlessly heating the volume of air in the building, making this heating solution the economic alternative in large space sports halls.
Radiant heating can take account of the different comfort needs of active sports participants and spectators, ensuring both are pleasantly warm without overheating. The heating system can also operate at 2-3 degrees lower than convection heaters without compromising comfort of the building’s users.
The result is long-term reductions in energy usage and carbon emissions. The Nor-Ray-Vac heaters were positioned at approximately 6m from floor level. Controlled centrally from the University’s building management system, they maintain a constant temperature of around 14-16°C. John O’Keeffe, Estates Manager of Brunel University, comments: “This is an excellent system for this application. The athletes can train in a comfortable temperature, irrespective of the weather outside.”
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