FTF Group Climate^® are pleased to hear that the UIUC Siebel Center for Design has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. The center was supplied with FTF Group's highly efficient X-Wing^® 'Radiant' Passive Chilled Beams.

The Siebel Design Center was awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification for several sustainable features and initiatives such as community connectivity, access to public transportation, reduction in water consumption, optimized energy performance including the use of X-Wing 'Radiant' Passive Chilled Beams.

The use of FTF Group's highly efficient X-Wing^® 'Radiant' Passive Chilled Beams also helped the center to reduce its overall energy needs as well as providing students and other building occupants with high levels of Thermal Comfort.

The X-Wing^® 'Radiant' Passive Chilled Beams supplied to the center, which provides indoor climate in accordance with ASHRAE 55 standard, provides low air movement due to its radiant proportion.

Manufactured from copper (up to 65% recycled materials) and aluminum, the X-Wing^® 'Radiant' Passive Chilled Beam from FTF Group^® is fully recyclable at the end of its long product life (in excess of 25 years). This again made the X-Wing^® Beam highly relevant for the projects sustainable targets.

The X-Wing^® is constructed from a single copper sinusoidal coil which is produced at FTF Group's UK technical facility in Derby (UK) using state-of-the-art full CNC serpentine bend machine from thousand-meter drums of copper to make the coils without any joints whatsoever and to safeguard against the risk of leakage with the product 100% leakage free.

Other sustainable design initiatives include the use of large cylindrical skylights and glass windows to maximize natural light coming into the building. This design initiative was put in place to optimise the natural lighting and therefore reduce the need for artificial lights to be operated during the day.

Additionally the design center features solar panels mounted to the rooftop of the building which helps to generate electricity equivalent to approximately 20% of the buildings overall energy needs.

To find out more about the supplied project, read FTF Group's previous latest news article about the Siebel Center for Design or go to the project page for more project images.

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