UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON

Consultant: Couch Perry & Wilkes Main Contractor: Willmott Dixon Architects: Associated Architects M & E Contractors: NG Bailey Installers: Anders Heating REHAU Products: TABS, Ground-air heat exchanger, Underfloor heating Key to this performance, and to the comfort levels being experienced by staff and students, is a REHAU TABS solution which has embedded 7km of REHAU PE-Xa cooling pipes within both post tensioned ground and first floor slabs with exposed soffits. This works by circulating chilled water through the pipes to provide effective cooling in summer, countering the solar gain from the windows which are distributed evenly across the façade.