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One Airport Square is a 20,000 m2<\/sup> mixed-use development currently under construction in the growing commercial district of Airport City in the Ghanaian capital Accra.\u00a0 This Landmark building comprises 2000 m2<\/sup> of retail space and approximately 18,000 m2<\/sup> Class A office space over ten floors.\u00a0 Elegant and contemporary, the building has been designed to the highest standards, by award winning sustainability designers; Mario Cucinella Architects, and will be the first green rated building, as well as the first Under Floor Air Conditioning installation in Ghana.<\/p>\n

The Joint venture between equity investment company Actis, and Boston Investments is being managed by Laurus Development partners, a portfolio company of Actis.\u00a0 Construction commenced on site in 2012, with a major milestone achieved in February 2014 when workers celebrated topping out 26 days ahead of schedule.\u00a0 The compact design features an internal atrium which has the function of providing light and facilitating natural ventilation in the indoor space.\u00a0 To enhance the natural design, sophisticated mechanical, electrical, plumbing and lighting services were selected by M&E Consultants BDSP, and AET Flexible Space Under Floor Air Conditioning was chosen to provide the additional cooling.<\/p>\n

The striking architectural design featuring large structural slabs that project beyond the facade outline, effectively provide horizontal solar shading.\u00a0 Extensive environmental analysis was undertaken to optimise the design and orientation of the overhangs with different glazed facade configurations, and adopting mixed-mode ventilation enables a total reduction of over 30% active cooling.\u00a0 MC Architects report a reduction of 48% of HVAC related CO2 emissions using their sustainable designs, and the New Build is the first project in Ghana to be awarded 4* Greenstar (SA) certification.<\/p>\n

To supplement the natural ventilation within the building, an AET Flexible Space Under Floor Air Conditioning system provides cooling to the Class A office areas.\u00a0 This is a zonal CAM-V option which utilises the floor plenum beneath the raised access floor as the ventilation duct for the conditioned supply air.\u00a0 With a CAM-V system, used air travels back to the downflow unit for reconditioning via high level.\u00a0 Each floor was divided into four tenancy areas, each served by two AET CAM-V33 units.\u00a0 The air is introduced into the space via a fan terminal or \u201cFantile\u201d unit, which has the added benefit of individual personal control of air flow and temperature via the integrated Fatronic controller, and this building is served by more than nine hundred standard TU4 fantile units.<\/p>\n

The project is due for completion this year and AET Flexible Space engineers have travelled to Ghana for commissioning of the UFAC equipment.\u00a0 Flexible office space from 450m2<\/sup> at Ghana\u2019s most prestigious address will be available.\u00a0 One Airport Square, Accra, the first building in Ghana to feature Under Floor Air Conditioning.<\/p>\n

For more information visit their website at www.flexiblespace.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One Airport Square is a 20,000 m2 mixed-use development currently under construction in the growing commercial district of Airport City in the Ghanaian capital Accra.\u00a0 This Landmark building comprises 2000 m2 of retail space and approximately 18,000 m2 Class A office space over ten floors.\u00a0 Elegant and contemporary, the building has been designed to the highest standards, by award winning sustainability designers; Mario Cucinella Architects, and will be the first green rated building, as well as the first Under Floor Air Conditioning installation in Ghana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nPrestigious New Build in Ghana Chooses Under Floor Air Conditioning - Design Buy Build<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/designbuybuild.co.uk\/prestigious-new-build-ghana-chooses-floor-air-conditioning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prestigious New Build in Ghana Chooses Under Floor Air Conditioning - Design Buy Build\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One Airport Square is a 20,000 m2 mixed-use development currently under construction in the growing commercial district of Airport City in the Ghanaian capital Accra.\u00a0 This Landmark building comprises 2000 m2 of retail space and approximately 18,000 m2 Class A office space over ten floors.\u00a0 Elegant and contemporary, the building has been designed to the highest standards, by award winning sustainability designers; 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