Unity College, Northampton
One of the four roof terminations providing mixing ventilation for the hall
Recently E-Stack Ltd has installed the e-stack
® natural ventilation system in the
new block at Unity College, Northampton. As well as installing mixing ventilation
stacks in three of the music rooms, we also developed a strategy of Talking Stacks
for the new 300 person hall. This new innovation includes four e-stack
® controlled
stacks which communicate and provide controlled, naturally pre-heated mixing
ventilation in cold winter conditions, effectively recycling the internal heat gains
through natural pre-heating of the ventilation air.
Roof terminations for e-stack
® ventilation system
Monitoring of the new development, which has been carried out with support of
The Carbon Trust, suggests that the system is maintaining low CO
2 levels in the
space, and also that the pre-heating through mixing is very effective at preventing
cold draughts developing in the seating zone and stage areas.
Hall ventilation using Talking Stacks
system with four roof terminations
Schematic diagram of Unity College Hall ventilation system
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