Personalised ventilation in Jyske Bank
A workplace assessment for the dealer floor carried out a few years ago uncovered great general dissatisfaction among employees with the indoor air quality. The complaints revolved around drafts and high temperatures.
"A dealer floor is often a stressful environment, with a high heat load from countless computer screens. Our large screen on the back wall contributes approx. 15 KW/hour alone" explains Kent Sørensen, Operations Engineer at Jyske Bank in Silkeborg, Denmark.
My challenge was to remove the huge heat load and add a high volume of fresh outdoor air without creating unpleasant drafts for employees, all of whom are working under pressure in a sedentary occupation.
PV allows employees to directly control the speed and direction of the clean outdoor air. This avoids the problems of drafts and differing perceptions of which temperature is comfortable.
"We initially chose to install four PV units in our own office in the Maintenance department as a test, to gain experience with the system. After just a few weeks we were convinced that the PV system would be able to radically improve the indoor air quality for employees on the dealer floor, and therefore planned to install 59 PV units there. The units were installed in October 2008, and employees on the dealer floor have given the initiative an enthusiastic reception.”
"Jyske Bank uses the slogan – 'We make a difference', but this time it is Personalised Ventilation that has made a difference for us", concludes Kent Sørensen.
