Flagship Projects

• Example Consulting - Air Testing IKEA
• Consulting - British Lending Library
• Existing building - Draft Problems - Case Study

Air Tightness Consultancy

HRS Megafan Air Testing IKEA

IKEA

The implementation of Building Legislation Part L2 has caused many retailers to look again at the design of new buildings. In order to set a benchmark for future developments. IKEA employed the UK's largest fan to check the air tightness of its Glasgow store.

HRS's Megafan features a two-metre fan that can impel air up to a rate of 90cu metres per second - three times greater than any other test rig in the UK. It is mounted on a lorry and allows more efficient tests to be carried out than by using a number of smaller units. The Megafan confirmed that the building passed Part L2 requirements and helped suggest where further improvements could be made.