UFAD Benefits

The Underfloor Air Distribution experience using AirFixture high quality products allows for:

  • Increased energy savings (LEED approved)
  • Reduced material consumption
  • Minimized churn costs
  • Aesthetically pleasing design
  • Unmatched thermal comfort
  • Improved air quality for all persons occupying the area 

 

BENEFITS OF UFAD SYSTEMS:

 1. Improved Thermal Comfort:  By allowing the individual occupants to control their thermal environment, their personal comfort preferences can be accomodated. The successful buildings that are best suited for the installation of a UFAD system.

2. Improved Ventilation Efficiency & Indoor Air Quality:  Improvement in ventilation and indoor air quality at breathing level can be expected by delivering the fresh supply air at floor level near the occupants and returning at ceiling level.

3. Increased Energy Savings:  Energy savings for UFAD systems over a conventional overhead system can be associated with cooling and fan energy saving.

4. Reduced Life-Cycle Building Costs:  By integrating a building HVAC and cable management system into easily accessible under floor plenum, in house maintenance personnel can carry out reconfigurations at significantly reduced cost using simple tools and hardware.

5. Reduced Floor-to-Floor Height In New Construction:  Buildings using a UFAD system have potential to reduce floor-to-floor heights compared to projects with conventionally designed ceiling based system.

6. Improved Productivity & Health:  Research evidence suggests that occupants satisfaction and productivity can be increased by giving individuals greater control over their local environment and by improving the quality of indoor environment.

  • Libraries, Tenant occupancy, Office building, Call Centers, Schools
  • Hospitals

 

Examples Of Successful UFAD Installations 

Office Buildings

Accor Economy Lodging
Columbus, OH
icon Accor Economy Lodging

 

TATE ComGuide
LRFC
icon TATE ComGuide

Controlling Underfloor Air Leakage
icon Controlling Underfloor...

 

UFAD Air Talk
Newsletter from AirFixture
iconUFAD Air Talk Jan. 2011

Mich Alt & Renew Energy Office
Muskegon, MI
icon Mich Alt & Renew Office

   

Call Centers

Infinity Call Cntr
McAllen, TX
icon Infinity Call Cntr

 

DST Call Cntr
Kansas City, MO
icon DST Call Cntr

DST Call Cntr Output
Kansas City, MO
icon DST Call Cntr Output


Schools

Liberty View Elementary
Olathe, KS
icon Liberty View Elementary

 

Blue Valley School-LBI
iconBlue Valley School

Enginr Sys Mag Hamstra
Classroom Ventilation Article
icon Enginr Sys Mag


Libraries

Champaign Public Library,
Champaign, IL
icon Champaign Public Library


Tenant

IRS Office Tenant,
Kansas City, MO
icon IRS Office Tenant KCMO

 

FedEX Office Tenant
Memphis, TN
icon FedEX Office Tenant


Acoustics UFAD
Access Floors Office
icon Acoustics UFAD

Green Building: A Real Estate Revolution?
icon NPR LEED Story

TATE Field Bulletin 00329
GCguide_LRFC
icon TATE Field Bulletin

TATE Field Bulletin 00329
ArchGuide_LRFC
icon TATE Field Bulletin