Fläkt Woods has won a substantial
contract to provide ventilation
services for the prestigious new
£200m headquarters building of the
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
(LMB) in Cambridge, utilising
advanced energy recovery technology.

The building’s design consists of
two linked laboratory blocks joined
by a central atrium, with a total
usable area of around 27,000m2 of
air-conditioned space on three floors.

The building will be fully sealed
and rely on mechanical air conditioning
to provide the appropriate level of
fresh air and internal temperature
control. Fläkt Woods is supplying 12
large EU air handling units complete
with EQRS total enthalpy wheels,
each delivering 18.5m3/s of air into
the buildings. The airflow is balanced
to allow doors to remain always open.

Fläkt Woods has worked closely
with the contractors and the project
designers to create a ventilation
design to meet the project’s exacting
requirements. This is the first major
project in the UK to utilise the
Company’s TE3 wheel, which
includes the 3 angstrom molecular
sieve technology.