High temperatures in industrial buildings may be due to solar heat gain and or process heat gains.
Regardless of the source of the excess heat a work place which is to hot is not comfortable or productive. Workers become uncomfortable, dehydrated, loose concentration and prone to accidents. if the temperatures exceed the optimum for process equipment, production may be reduced and the life of equipment reduced.
Sometimes the excess heat may be removed by a simple cost effective natural ventilation system or a combination of natural extract ventilation and fan driven air inlet systems with filtration.
The graph shows how temperatures in a building can be substantially reduced and maintained at reasonable levels by ventilation plus peak period air cooling.
Where heat gains are high and continuous some form of air cooling (air conditioning) may be required. This is expensive to install and operate and in our experience a combination of ventilation with peak period cooling designed for operation during the hot summer months is often more appropriate and more cost effective.
A staged design is often adopted where ventilation air handling units are provided for ventilation only but with space left in the unit for cooling to be added later.
As a manufacturer of all type of natural, mechanical and full air treatment systems we are ideally placed to advise our clients regarding the best solution.