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#Shallower access floors to acces electrical services and telecom delivery for easy access.#Greater flexibility for commercial spaces.#Can be added without squeezing ceiling heights or requirigng new structural b-racing.#The shallower the floor the fewer problems are encountered.

#Underfloor air distribution or UFAD is a conditioning method where the open s-pace between the structural concrete slab and the underside of a raised access fl-oor system can be used to deliever conditioned air directly into the occupied zon-e of the room.#Improves thermal comfort, air quality, & reducing energy use.#The system allows for the space above the ceiling which exhausts the hot air to be reduced.

#Hydronic Radiant floors – technique of heating and cooling an area by running hot or cool water through tubing laid on the floor.#Advantages: comfort, operates quietly, and aesthetically, it’s practically invisible.#Radiates heat from bottom up, warming the feet and body first.#Temperature controlled via running either hot or cool water.#Operates between 85-140F when heating and 68F when cooling.

#Lightwells distribute natural lighting evenly throughout the space.#White or off white surface with reflec-tance of 70% to help direct daylight.#Can air dry clothes in the space.

#Natural day lighting reduces the amount of artificial light required, which repre-sents a large portion (22%) of overall US energy consumption.#Single south facing window can illuminate up to 20 to 100 times its unit area.#Light shelves will improve illumination and reduce unwanted glare.#Include reflective mirrors placed between the top and bottom half to the wind-ow to scatter the light at different angles to diversify the coverage.#Shelf will be mounted 7 feet high to eliminate direct glare into your eyes.

#Active chilled beam systems the building’s primary/ventilation air is continuou-sly supplied to the active chilled beam terminal units by the central air handlingsystem. #Primary/ventilation air is colled or heated to partially handle the temperature-driven sensible loads.#It saves 15-20% in fuel over a forced air system.