MISSION CRITICAL gap and the HVAC passes through the façade up into the ceiling void . Where this has been used on some high-profile projects in continental Europe , we ’ re using it as a regular economic solution for the Middle East so we can offer the benefits of opaque façades and passing air through the glazed façades .
“ Unlike those European projects we ’ re not using this approach as a way of controlling a huge expanse of glass , we ’ re implementing this where we have vertical glass blades and thin glass panels as continuous thin strips of glazing . It allows us to control the energy consumption through the façade by passing cool and warmed air through the void within the double skin façade , where we have blinds that can be raised and lowered . We ’ re doing this to reduce energy consumption rather than as a way of countering the effect of a large-scale glass façade in an all glass building where that kind of tech would typically be deployed . We do this to create an energy consumption comparable to that of a temperate climate in what is quite an extreme one .”
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