Roller blinds, Rooflight blinds
New Alness Academy
The New Alness Academy building is an ultra-modern learning environment for 660 students and their teachers over two storeys.
Overview
Project details:
- The development is part of the Scottish Government’s Scotland’s Schools for the Future Programme
- Community facilities including six-lane swimming pool, a games hall, gym and two floodlit 3G pitches
- Completed in October 2020
Project Value – £34m
Contractor – Kier Construction
Installers – Workspace
Shading details:
- 42 Helios roller blinds with black hardware
- 15 KuroLok 100 RL rooflight blinds
- Spectrum 5010 1% screen fabric and Spectrum 1050 screen blackout fabric
- Combination of Nice E-Edge SI 332 and 620 DC motors
Design Challenge
This project required blinds that could be manually controlled via a key zone switch, and some blinds would also need to be connected to a BMS system, designed by VM Brown, that would instruct the blinds to open in the event of the vents opening or fire alarm going off.
Solution
We supplied our Helios and KuroLok RL systems with Nice E-Edge SI DC motors which are powered with 24v continuous power and controlled via the dry contact terminal on the head of the motor. These motors could be connected to the BMS system also which would allow the required override controls when the fire alarm is activated.
