Active Buildings, which generate store and release their own energy (IMAGE)
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The two Active Buildings on Swansea University campus generate, store and release their own energy. Steel is central to this. The south facing wall of the Active Classroom features Tata Steel’s ‘Transpired Solar Collector’, a micro-perforated steel skin that draws warm air into the building. The pre-finished steel has enhanced thermal absorption properties and absorbs the sun’s radiant energy, subsequently heating the boundary layer of air to the exposed side of the metal skin. Negative air pressure created within the cavity by a ventilation fan draws ambient outside air, warmed from the surface of the steel, through the microperforations in the transpired solar collector’s surface. Fresh heated air from the cavity is then fed into the building. Their distinctive look comes from their Colorcoat Urban® standing seam roof and wall system manufactured from Colorcoat Prisma® pre-finished steel in the colour ‘Seren Copper’.
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