Educational Facilities

Soltech Campus (Pretoria)

The Facility consists of ±6,700m² workshops and class rooms for training technicians. The training workshops were provided with Optimized Natural Ventilation, Evaporative Cooling and specialized extraction systems such as welding bench extract with telescopic maneuverable nozzles. The Kitchen was provided with Cold and Freezer Rooms and make-up air and extraction systems. The ±650m² Canteen area was provided with a Constant Volume Chilled Water Air Handling Unit. The ±1,500 m² Administration Building is provided with Chilled Water Fan Coil Units and a Dedicated Outdoor Air Handling Unit with Heat Recovery with a wrap-around coil in the Toilet Extraction Air Handling Unit. All areas were served off a common air-cooled chiller. Where required workshops were provided with compressed air.

Soltech Hostels (Pretoria)

The Soltech Residences are provided with a passive thermal design and Single Stage Evaporative Cooling System on automated controls. Administration offices are air conditioned by means of split units and dedicated unconditioned fresh air. Bathrooms, Public Ablutions, Laundromat and the Kitchen are mechanically ventilated. The solution included optimizing comfort and ventilation efficiency by means of Computerized Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations.