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Near-silent, continuous running ventilation from Vent-Axia, the market leader in low carbon ventilation, is helping one housing association in the West Country make across the board improvements to its tenanted housing stock.

The North Middlesex University Hospital in London is undergoing a major renovation programme to improve its facilities for patients and create a better environment for staff. As part of the £120 million development, Vent-Axia has provided a complete, reliable and effective hospital ventilation solution for the project.

Confirmation that the renewable heat incentive will be delivered 2011-12 was contained in the comprehensive spending review announced by the Government on the 20th October 2010.

In the CSR it is confirmed that:

“£860 million of new support over the Spending Review period to support households and businesses investing in renewable heat measures”

In light of the new Building Regulations, Lee Nurse, Marketing Director at Vent-Axia, reviews what impact the changes will have for the specification of ventilation in new housing developments.

The new Approved Documents Part F (Means of Ventilation) and Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power) of the Building Regulations have changed the outlook on the choice of ventilation solution for specifiers in the new build sector.

They feature a number of major revisions that include minimum energy efficiency levels for all ventilation systems.

Vent-Axia, leaders in low carbon HEVAC systems, has announced the appointment of Joanna Smith as Product Marketing Manager with the specific responsibility of targeting the residential retrofit sector.

Joanna joins Vent-Axia from merchant PTS (Plumbing Trade Supplies) where she worked in a number of high profile roles over seven years, including Installer Marketing Manager. She also has experience gained as a Senior Marketing Executive at Jessops, the UK’s premier photographic retailer.

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Lee Nurse, Marketing Director at Vent-Axia, explains which types of ventilation products are best suited for developments in light of the new Building Regulations.

The new Approved Documents Part F (Means of Ventilation) and Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power) of the Building Regulations have changed the outlook on the choice of ventilation solution for housebuilders.

Vent-Axia has teamed up with Bovis Homes to provide its Lo-Carbon™ Sentinel Kinetic mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) units for two new homes at their York Gate development in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

Selected for its high efficiency, Vent-Axia’s Sentinel Kinetic will provide residents with excellent indoor air quality while minimising domestic energy costs and contributing to national reductions in energy consumption and greenhouse emissions.

Vent-Axia, the leader in energy efficient ventilation, has partnered with Surrey-based Mantle Panel Ltd, the company behind the award-winning UK-manufactured environmentally friendly and cost effective Mantle® Building System©. The new partnership will see Mantle Panel specify Vent-Axia’s Lo Carbon™ Sentinel Kinetic mechanical ventilation with heat recovery system (MVHR) for new build properties and light commercial applications, helping to position MVHR as the ideal carbon cutting solution to energy efficient and healthy ventilation.