By using the plenum beneath a raised floor as the ventilation zone, it is possible to eliminate much of the ceiling based duct and pipe work leading to huge savings in construction materials, installation costs, fit out and reconfiguration costs.
AET Flexible Space engineers have just completed a Cat-B fit-out of underfloor air conditioning equipment on the 5th floor of 180 Great Portland Street for new incoming tenant, strategic communications specialist, Sard Verbinnen & Co.
AET Flexible Space; leading provider of underfloor air conditioning systems are able offer an array of options to clients seeking to improve the indoor environment quality of commercial workspace.
AET Engineers have completed a Cat_B fit-out at the stunning 33 Glasshouse Street on the corner of Regent Street for one of the world's leading tech giant.
Plenum air conditioning systems offer an array of benefits compared with high level services. “If it is this good, why isn’t it used more often?” Words often iterated by those learning about underfloor air conditioning for the first time.
A major design challenge for refurbishment case studies is how to incorporate high specification heating and cooling into buildings designed long before air conditioning of commercial buildings became a reality.
AET Flexible Space have just completed a Cat-B fit-out of underfloor air conditioning equipment on the second floor of 8 Waterloo Place for the new incoming tenant, a leading wealth management company.
Prior to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, companies with a flexible working policy were relatively rare. But as 2020 has shown us, many businesses have been forced to become more agile, more flexible – not just how they work, but where their people work. Flexible working used to be seen as a benefit for employees, but […]
AET Flexible Space win their first order in Australia for the new Warilla Library, Wollongong, New South Wales
AET Flexible Space are specialists in underfloor air conditioning technology and have worked with designers for over twenty years to overcome structural and height restrictions
By adopting floor level services early on, designers can make best use of UfACs space saving potential.
What is sustainability? Well, that’s the question we should all be looking to answer, right? Sustainability means meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. For years developers have been progressing their projects using tried and tested methods, but those methods are now being put under the spotlight. […]
In light of the current world wide pandemic there have been many people speculating on the future of Commercial offices, and whether or not it will ever be safe enough to go back full time. Great efforts have been made throughout the industry to change how commercial property is developed, including how to achieve net […]
I recently read a thought-provoking article by Nuveen Real Estate titled “The Office Is Dead. Long Live The Office” which outlined four key outcomes the pandemic will have on the workspace once life returns to the office. The most poignant outcome, in my opinion, refers to the demand for supplementary flexible space and the need […]
Air Conditioning Commercial Office Space. Floor level services offer optimum flexibility for speculative tenancy and future change of use. AET Flexible Space underfloor air conditioning: less waste, a better use of space.
AET Flexible Space have been shortlisted for the Sustainability Award at the EG Tech Awards 2021. Underfloor air conditioning technology is a sustainable alternative to traditional ceiling-based systems, and the judges were particularly impressed with the results of using it in a redevelopment project of a 1930s Clerkenwell factory, Harella House. Some of the key […]
Underfloor air conditioning pioneer, AET Flexible Space, has won the ‘Retrofit Project of the Year’ at the H&V News Awards 2020 for its work supplying its system to the refurbishment of 24 St James Square. The judges commented that the project was “an innovative use of building services [which] addressed the challenge of a historic […]
At AET, we welcomed 2021 with cautious optimism, as the construction industry seems to have proven itself fairly resilient against the twin challenges of COVID-19 and Brexit. Happily, the 2021 lockdown has proven to be far less disruptive to the construction industry than the first lockdown, and we have been able to continue working to […]
In practice, incumbent building services can help architects and designers overcome planning and structural constraints