MVHR and building physics knowledge for healthy, comfortable and energy efficient homes
Heat, Space and Light Ltd has recently completed the design, supply and commissioning of an MVHR system with cooling via a reversible air source heat pump at a Dutch barn-style new build in Northamptonshire. The home has been built with a series of cross-laminated timber beams gently curved to mimic the dutch barn shape. Now … Read more
The top-ten warmest years in the UK have all occurred since 2002 according to the Royal Meteorological Society. And as homes are increasingly built to high levels of thermal efficiency for our cold winters, the risk of new build homes overheating in summer is massive – if not designed with overheating mitigation in mind. We … Read more
This article will explain MVHR’s compatibility with other mechanical services within the home such as underfloor heating, air conditioning, heat pumps and cooker hoods. An MVHR system is a future-facing home technology that will help achieve the UK’s low carbon climate change goals, so it’s important that it works well. MVHR and underfloor heating An … Read more
When we consider examples of good hygiene in our home, we may think of easy-to-clean materials, strong disinfectants and mops and buckets. But as Covid-19 is proving, hygiene in the home also relates significantly to the air we breathe indoors, and the bacterial and viral particles suspended within the air around us. There are many … Read more
Can an MVHR system help to cool your home in summer? Yes, a Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery system (MVHR) can help to cool your home in summer, and it does it in a way that is quiet and automatic, using only the energy equivalent of two LED lightbulbs. This is the control panel of … Read more