WindowMaster gets full marks for intelligent window automation system

WindowMaster's ability to provide complete monitoring and control systems for automated windows has led the company to secure two major contracts to design and supply window control systems for two new academies being built in the south of England.
Folkestone Academy in Kent and St Matthews Academy in London will both have automated windows installed to naturally ventilate the buildings to prevent overheating and improve air quality for staff and pupils. Folkestone Academy will also have WindowMaster's anti-entrapment technology fitted to help prevent the possibility of injury as windows close.
Due to open in September 2007, Folkestone Academy will have full height glass facades to all classrooms. To minimise unwanted heat gain, over 800 WindowMaster motors will be installed to operate windows automatically and naturally ventilate rooms.
St Matthews Academy, also due to open in September 2007, will have over 200 automatically operated high-level louvered windows. Carbon dioxide sensors will also be fitted in classrooms, which will be linked to WindowMaster's central control system to monitor and control air quality.
WindowMaster, Europe's largest provider of natural ventilation and smoke detection solutions, was chosen to provide window automation systems for these academies because of its ability to provide a complete installation, in particular the central computer control system. In addition, the installations will each include motors, window actuators, various sensors and a weather station.
The weather station monitors external conditions around buildings, including wind direction and speed, temperature and rain fall. Changes in wind pressure on the facades are also modelled. These parameters are programmed into the computer control system where they are analysed along with readings taken from the weather station and sensors fitted internally. Windows around a building are then precisely controlled and positioned to keep air quality within rooms fresh and the temperature constant.
WindowMaster's NV AdvanceT window automation system is the only system in Europe that intelligently monitors windows to prevent entrapment as an integrated function of the motor and control system. It can provide almost failsafe security against the possibility of injury while windows are closing.
If an object, or hands or fingers, becomes trapped in a window and prevents it from closing the amount of current drawn by the motor instantly increases. This is detected by the microprocessor which immediately reverses the motor to release the window, therefore preventing the possibility of serious injury.
The system can be retrofitted on many existing windows as well as being installed on new buildings. It can operate on a broad range of window types, including top and bottom opening, sliding and parallel opening. The system can also be used on windows for heat and smoke ventilation.

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