PROJECT BACKGROUND

Ventive work with a major UK Housing Association who has provided high quality social housing for rent and sale for the past 40 years. They strive to provide their residents with excellent homes to live in from their extensive portfolio of over 20,500 homes across the UK, which over 34,000 residents call home.

The Housing Association approached Ventive to help solve an ongoing problem with one of their rented properties in Camberley. A mother and young baby lived in the semi-detached house, which had been subject to concerns over condensation and recurrent mould growth within two rooms of the property. Despite routine maintenance and remedial works, the issues seemed to reoccur, which was having a negative and distressing impact on the residents, including early asthma symptoms and skin irritations for both mother and child.

PROJECT CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

Ventive arranged to trial their unique Passive Ventilation System with Heat Recovery in the property to demonstrate their non-intrusive ventilation solution which would help solve the damp and condensation problems.

The Ventive products are designed to breathe fresh air into a house through the existing chimney stack. Their two products, Ventive S and Ventive S+, were installed in two rooms, where they replaced the chimney pot with a cowl and cassette that features an innovative, patented and incredibly efficient heat exchanger.

The Ventive products used a combination of air buoyancy and wind (active from very low wind speeds) that created a flow of air within the interior of the house; ensuring greater than minimum standards of air quality were achieved and maintained. The equipment was easily ported into the property, with no plumbing or electrical work required.

Since the property had the Ventive S and Ventive S+ installed, the mould and condensation problems have not returned and the health and wellbeing of the residents has improved significantly.

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Iamdelightedwiththedifferenceinairqualitywithintheproperty.Notonlyhasthemouldproblemcompletelydisappeared,Ihavenoticedfewerasthmasymptomsaswell.It’sareallysimple,yetcleversystemthatcausedusminimaldisruptionbutprovidedmaximumresultsformeandmyfamily.

IMPROVING THE AIR QUALITY IN RENTED ACCOMMODATION THROUGH PASSIVE HEAT RECOVERY

CLIENT: MAJOR UK HOUSING ASSOCIATION

LOCATION: SURREY

COMPLETION DATE: SEPTEMBER 2013

SECTOR:HOUSING

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WHY CHOOSE A PASSIVE VENTILATIONSYSTEM WITH HEAT RECOVERY (PVHR)FOR YOUR PROPERTY?

For moreinformation:EMAILcontact@ventive.co.uk

LONDON+44 (0)208 560 1314

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Ventive’s Passive Ventilation System with Heat Recovery is perfect for housing associations and is simple, quiet, non-intrusive and a lot more cost-effective. Some of the immediate advantages to both Landlords and Tenants are listed below:

VENTIVE & LANDLORDS

1 Minimum disruption and time to install

2 Minimal number of trades involved (saves effort, time and money)

3 Minimum damage to property and remedial works

4 No maintenance requirement (no filters to change or parts to replace)

5 No ongoing cost of upkeep (electrical testing, balancing etc)

6 No breakdown call outs

7 No energy use therefore no CO2 emissions in operation

8 Enhanced thermal performance of the building (no pressure induced heat loss)

9 Market leading energy efficiency (80% to 95%)

10 Eradicates damp and associated remedial costs

11 Reduces the requirement for redecorating (by reducing internal moisture and smoke).

VENTIVE & TENANTS

1 No running costs (saving £50 – £100 per year)

2 No fan induced noise or discomfort

3 No visual impact – discreet and non-intrusive

4 No breakdowns requiring action/remediation

5 Fresh, healthy and comfortable air all year around (no damp, dust mites, VOCs etc)

6 Minimised heating costs (saving up to £200 per year vs traditional ventilation)

7 Simple – no controls to learn to operate.

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LANDLORD BENEFITS: • Eradicate damp, and

future remedial costs • No on-going

maintenance cost

TENANT BENEFITS: • Reduced heat loss,

for lower fuel bills • No on-going cost

to run