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Uponor GmbH

International SalesP.O. Box 164197433 HassfurtGermany

t + 49-(0) 9521 690 0f + 49-(0) 9521 690 750e international@uponor.comW www.uponor.com/international

Uponor – partnering with professionals

Uponor is a leading supplier of plumbing, heating and cooling systems for the residen-tial and commercial building markets across Europe and North America and a market leader in municipal infrastructure pipe systems in the Nordic countries. Uponor ’s key applications include indoor climate and tap water systems.

Uponor International Sales takes care of all business activities in the Balkans, Western, Central and East Asia, Africa and Latin America.

We also provide services for indoor climate solutions such as concept design, simulations up to energy feasibility studies for entire buildings.

Uponor. Simply more.

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of Uponor state-of-the-art indoor climate systems in outstanding architectural masterpieces worldwide

Welcome to our showroom!

Creating a comfortable environment in commercial or public structures is a critical design and construction consideration. Radiant heating and cooling are fast becoming the global standard for creating comfortable indoor climates. And Uponor, as the undisputed leader in radiant heating, is leading the way in radiant cooling, too.

Uponor provides an environmentally responsible solu-tion for every type of building in any climate zone. Great architects all over the world appreciate Uponor for its variety of suitable systems, its reliability and sustainability. Just take a look at the following refer-ences. Each of them a challenge – and a great chance to prove our know-how and flexibility.

Uponor radiant systems offer unique advantages:

Ability to accurately control and vary temperatures in individual rooms, areas or zones throughout a building.

Quieter than air-forced systems, providing good indoor air quality and preventing dust and allergens from circulating through the air.

Save floor space by eliminating the need to install mechanical equipment in the conditioned area.

Introduction

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Introduction .................................................... 2

Reference 1 ................................................... 4BMW Welt Munich, Germany

Reference 2 ................................................... 6Bangkok International Airport Bangkok, Thailand

Reference 3 .................................................... 8California Academy of Science San Francisco, USA

Reference 4 ................................................. 10Glenelly Estate Winery Stellenbosch, South Africa

Reference 5 ................................................. 12Gardens by the Bay Singapore, Singapore

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Invisible and efficient: Uponor floor heating will reduce energy needs by 5 –10 %.

Five examples

Aesthetics and sustainability hand in hand: the living roof of the new California Science Academy in organic shape with native California vegetation and photovoltaic cells.

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Temple of mobility with even and comfortable inside temperatures throughout the year

Project data

7,800 m 2 of Uponor underfloor heating and cooling cover the basic loads. In addi-tion to the 25 x 2.3 mm PE- Xa-pipes selected for use with the industrial panel heating system, underfloor collectors and air-curtains for extreme climate zones within the building were also fitted

Architect: COOPHIMMELB(L)AU Wolf D. Prix/W. Dreibholz & Partner ZT GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Completion: 2007

More than an exclusive dispatch centre for its vehicles: the BMW Welt appeals to all senses, allowing visitors to experience the fascination of mobility. Also fascinat-ing is the architecture – a double cone, manufactured from glass and steel, at the forefront. The double cone is accompanied by a further, remarkable building characteristic: the gallery. A large curved bridge which connects the BMW Welt with the BMW museum (itself constructed in 1973), runs right through the centre of the BMW Welt to the functions forum (which plays host to every kind of event).

The BMW Welt has been built on a plot of approx. 25,000 m 2. The building stretches over 180 m at its longest point and has a height of approx. 28 m. The total floor space of the building’s two storeys amounts to around 73,000 m 2. The roof of the avant-guard style structure spans a total area of 15,500 m 2.

BMW Welt Munich, Germany

Reference 1

During the cooler months, the panel temperature regulation

system, integrated into the floor of the BMW Welt, generates

a comfortable temperature without air turbulence, with an

energy-saving supply temperature of 34 °C.

On hotter days, the system runs at the supply temperature of

17 °C, to transport heat from the light and airy, spacious areas

of the BMW Welt, leaving the floor comfortably cool.

Wolf Prix, Architect Coop Himmelb(l)au

The roof of a building don’t necessarily need to follow a structure. The roof has taken a new meaning in modern architecture.

The construction incorporates a range of smart Uponor systems.

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To date the largest panel cooling system – specified to the needs of the very warm and humid climate of the region.

Project data

150,000 m 2 underfloor cooling (the approximate surface area of 20 football pitches) with Uponor PE-Xa pipe system – in combination with a displacement ventilation system

Architect: Helmut Jahn, Chicago, USA

Completion: 2006

Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport provides cooling and thermal comfort by combination of two separate systems. On the one hand, Uponor supplies the underfloor cooling system with PE-Xa pipe, which directly draws off the solar rays absorbed by the floor. This allows the floor to maintain a comfortably cool temperature (a minimum of 21°C). On the other hand, a displacement ventilation system with a variable flow volume provides dehumidified fresh and re-circulated air at floor level via an approx. 2 m-high air diffuser.

The terminals each have a length of 440 m and a width of 110 m (usable area: 500,000 m 2). The total area of the airport site encompasses 32 km 2.

While external temperatures rise up to 34 °C and the sun shines almost constantly from directly above, the requisite indoor temperature of 24 °C requires constant cooling and dehumidification.

Bangkok International Airport Bangkok, Thailand

Reference 2

In Bangkok’s tropical climate it is very important that the

direct radiation of the sun’s rays is prevented within the build-

ing. In order to achieve this, large lamellae are used in the

roof construction, as is a large roof overhang.

The concourses, from which the gates to the aircraft can be accessed, and which surround the terminal in an H format, have a total length of 3.5 km.

The Uponor underfloor cooling system absorbs the heat.

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A paragon of efficient, sustainable architecture – with radiant heating and cooling by Uponor.

Project data

30 km of Uponor ’s PE-Xa pipework plus tubing, con-nected to six boilers with totally 3,500 kWh heating capacity and three 15 kW chillers, covering 3,500 m 2 of floor area, buried in a four-inch concrete slab

Architect: Renzo Piano, Building Workshop Genoa/Italy with Stantec Architecture, San Francisco/USA

Completion: 2008

Nestled within San Francisco ’s lush Golden Gate Park and featuring an undulating roof planted with vegeta-tion native to the region, the newly rebuilt California Academy of Science is an example of commitment to green values. A key aspect of this commitment is an Uponor radiant floor heating and cooling system that provides energy-efficient comfort to much of the main exhibition level – and reduces energy needs by 5 – 10 %.

The Academy is now the largest public Platinum-rated building in the world, and also the world ’s greenest museum. It earned the platinum rating (highest rating possible) for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

The building houses an aquarium, a planetarium and a natural history museum, which have totally different functions and, therefore, present totally different challenges.

California Academy of Science San Francisco, USA

Reference 3

Paul Switenki, Project Engineer at Arup, the Academy ’s main contractor

The Academy’s main level is a bare-box, high-ceiling space with glass exterior walls, making it an ideal application for radiant. The system keeps the heating or cooling near the floor where the people are, not blowing around the ceiling, as with a conventional forced-air system.

The high ceiling space with exterior walls made of glass make

it an ideal application for radiant indoor systems, which keep

the heating near the floor where the people are. Quick return

on investment is guaranteed by the energy savings over time.

Planted roof on top – Uponor heating and cooling system inside.

Sebastiaan Jacobsz, Managing project engineer from ORENGE environeering design

Uponor, the professional’s partner of choice when in need of innovative solutions.

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South African Wine with a French touch – brought to perfection in a cooled wine cellar

Project data

15 km of Uponor ’s PE-Xa pipes have been installed for cooling of 3,000 m 2 in the wine cellar – 1,600 tons of concrete have been activated

30 % energy saving by using alternative cooling sources also means 30 % reduction on chiller plant capacity – maximum 80 W/m 2 cooling capacity

Consultant: Orenge environeering design, Bloubergrant, South Africa

Completion: 2009

Internationally considered a benchmark in climate engi-neering, Glenelly Estate is a winery that features South Africa ’s first thermally activated building (TAB)systems project and sets new standards for the construction industry in terms of innovation and climate engineer-ing. It ensures room conditions of 16°C and 75 % relative air humidity year round. An integrated passive strategy uses passive night time cooling combined with an evaporative cooling tower in winter and air cooled chiller plant in summer.

The successful operation of the project has defined new boundaries for TAB systems as a technology and has proven its functionality in harsh South African summer climate.

A total area of 3,000 m 2 is activated by circulating water through the structure of the building. Thermal inertia of the 1,600 tonnes of concrete controlled by sophisticat-ed logic plays a significant role in the detailed design.

Glenelly Estate Winery Stellenbosch, South Africa

Reference 4

Outside view of the wine cellar. The Uponor TAB system has

been used to activate the concrete slab and use it for

energy storage.

Laying of the pipe mats.

Cellar cooled with Uponor TAB system all the year round.

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Sub-tropical and temperate climate zones implemented in a botanic garden at the equator

Project data

12,000 m 2 of radiant floor cooling for the conservatories “Cool dry Biome” and “Cool moist Biome” – and the concrete walkways for the visitors

Thermal simulation by Uponor for the combination of radiant floor cooling with the A/C system

Developer: National Parks Board, Singapore

Completion: 2011

Gardens by the Bay comprises three distinctive water-front gardens in the heart of Marina Bay in the south-ern part of Singapore. Located at the equator, with its climate of perpetual summer and high rainfall, Uponor ’s radiant cooling will establish sub-tropical as well as temperate climates in the conservatories. Without Uponor ’s solutions it would not have been possible to control the indoor climate conditions.

The aim of the garden is to produce not only the world ’s premier tropical garden city, but also a national and international example of sustainable practice. Studies have shown that the energy consumption for the conservatories is lower than that of a comparable commercial building of similar size in Singapore.

Built on land that was reclaimed from the sea, the total size of Gardens by the Bay is 101 hectares or 177 football fields.

Gardens by the Bay Singapore

Reference 5

The main target for the hydronic radiant cooling system is to

absorb the sun radiation on the floor and to reduce the cool-

ing load for the A/C system.

Radiant floor cooling for the conservatories: first developed in a thermal simulation, then transferred into practice.

Uponor’s solution is perfect for hot climates. Without the professional support from Uponor it would not have worked out.

Esaki Keiichiro, Project Manager Taikisha Pte.Ltd

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to people, plants, wine – or whatever you want!

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Climate made comfortable

Uponor creates tailor-made indoor climate systems under any conditions. Proven by hundreds of refer-ences worldwide, radiant heating and cooling both take advantage of the energy storage capacity of concrete or screed floors for heating and cooling a building structure. In radiant heating, energy moves away from the heated surface, surrounding people with warmth. In radiant cooling, the opposite occurs, with energy moving toward the cooled surface, lowering the air tem-perature. Uponor offers you the ability to combine both systems in a single installation, allowing you to use the system all year round as weather conditions, seasons and climate dictate.

Silent, effective, sustainable – and invisible

You can ’t see what Uponor contributes to a building ’s quality and you can’t hear it – but you can feel it. It ’s the discrete charm of advanced technology that keeps the quality of life consistently high. This serves not only the people and workflows in the building, but also the environment, with great energy savings. With Uponor you install a climate everyone feels good with. No mat-ter what your plans are, when it comes to indoor climate you can rely on us.

Renzo Piano, Architect, on planning the California Academy of Science

I try to get at the fundamental emotion of a site. The roof design is like lifting up a piece of the park and putting a building under it.