Custom air handling units delivered and assembled

The air handling units in Paleis Het Loo were delivered and installed by Systemair, specialists in ventilation and climate control. The dimensioning and configuration of 24 air handling units was started at an early stage in cooperation with consultancy Valstar Simonis. Heat recovery, filtering and humidification in all possible variants ended up in the final specifications. 

"Almost all the options that we can choose when calculating air handling units in our software, we used for the units for Paleis Het Loo," says account manager Sjef Verboven. With renovation projects in general and also Palace Het Loo, it is important that all parties involved can move along with the planning. Unforeseen circumstances sometimes delay and then speed up again. "With our production in Waalwijk, using our own fitters, we as Systemair can anticipate well," Verboven said. "Certainly important in this is the communication with our client Heijmans. Keeping each other continuously informed of developments prevented surprises."

Museum conditions

"We looked at the palace as a museum," Verboven continued, "with similar demands on the air brought into the building. For that reason, many units are equipped with humidification and extensive filtration, a combination of an activated carbon filter and electro-potential filter."

Just because an air handling unit can stand somewhere does not mean it can be transported in its entirety. "For example, access to the set-up area or the route to it may have height or width restrictions. This means that an air handling unit is sometimes delivered in parts or even from separate components. The whole unit is then assembled on site. This method of delivery has also occurred a number of times at Paleis Het Loo."

Supplier meetings

"As a supplier, we occasionally visit a project to go over issues, but very often we don't. That's why we thought it was special that during construction we were invited to visit the project with colleagues several times with all the construction partners and suppliers. That gives just that extra bit of involvement, especially for the engineers involved in the project in the office," Verboven concludes.