Natural ventilation system for SSE Hydro Arena

Natural ventilation system for SSE Hydro Arena

Passivent, working in partnership with Arup, designed, manufactured and supplied a natural ventilation system for the SSE Hydro arena, situated in Glasgow.

The building required an energy efficient ventilation system to introduce greater quantities of fresh air into the building and also to extract warm air from the building at varying times of the day. When a concert is due to take place for example, there is a large influx of people congregating in the entrance areas which can lead to a build-up of warm air in a very short space of time.

To complement the mechanical system throughout the rest of the arena, Arup specified a natural ventilation system in order to prevent this situation from occurring and to provide fresh air all year round. To meet the challenge of a fully integrated, thermally responsive natural ventilation system, Passivent developed a customised passive stack ventilation strategy to introduce fresh air to the main and VIP entrances of the SSE Hydro arena where the food and bar areas are situated.

A total of 150 Passivent bespoke, internal insulated dampers were installed into the steel structure of the building. To satisfy the requirement for a fully integrated system, Passivent’s iC8000 intelligent control system, using the company’s own proven natural ventilation software, was integrated with the building management system.

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