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2007 19 February Scottish Highlands’ busiest theatre boasts IAC-attenuated ‘natural ventilation’
The Eden Court Theatre in Inverness way up in the Scottish Highlands is to benefit from IAC, one of the world’s leading noise control companies, as part of a £2M refurbishment programme. Eden Court serves an entire region not just a city and audiences have grown by 40 per cent in just the last five years. The refurbishment of the 30-year-old premises will include a much-needed redesign of the heating and ventilation systems of the main theatre. IAC’s long-standing Scottish agents, Morrison and Miller, were brought in to design acoustic silencers for the new natural ventilation system for the theatre which stands in the centre of Inverness. This system utilises the natural airflow within the building so obviating the need for duct fans but requiring that airflow be completely unrestricted. The sheer size of the interior to be ventilated meant that some of the ducts needed to be very large, but this, in turn, allowed substantial traffic noise ingress from outside the building. This noise has been attenuated by IAC Quiet Duct silencers in these large ducts. One of the attenuators measures an impressive16m long, by 1.5m high and 2m deep. Stuart Gunn of Morrison Miller said: “The 16m silencer is, we believe, the largest we’ve ever fitted in Scotland, and it did mean we had to overcome a number of technical and physical challenges.” The silencers were all manufactured in Winchester and the larger ones in sections for site assembly. For more information on the IAC silencer range visit http://www.iacbuildingservices.co.uk or contact Gary Dawson, Business Manager, Building Services on 01962 873059 or garyd@iacl.co.uk ENDS For further press information please contact Sally Davis in the IAC Press Office on 023 9266 1600 sally@theprdepartment.co.uk
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