Frenger designed, manufactures and supplies multiservice chilled beams (MSCBs) also know as Integrated Service Modules (ISMs). These integrated building service units provide flexible space conditioning that can be tailored in terms of appearance and the services provided, in order to meet specific requirements. In this way they help to create attractive, comfortable and productive working environments.

MSCBs can utilise either active or passive chilled beam technologies. The cooling unit is integrated into a perforated architectural casing with central or side-mounted lighting, and the are tested and delivered to site for mechanical and electrical connection.

A full range of building services can be incorporated within Frenger multiservice chilled beams (MSCBs), including:

• cooling & heating
• fresh air supply
• uplighting, downlighting and emergency lighting
• BMS sensors, control valves & condensation detectors
• fire alarms and sprinkler systems
• acoustic insulation
• pipework, ductwork & compartmental trunking

Bringing several services together in an integrated service module / MSCB unit means that the physical dimensions of the unit can be optimised, to enable use in spaces where the floor-to-slab height is minimal. The concept also provides the specifier with a single source of responsibility for the design, supply and integration of all services, ensuring reduced costs and on-site time.

MSCBs offer an alternative to the monolithic ceilings that have become commonplace in office developments, providing attractive yet functional building services installations. The appearance of each beam can be customised in terms of shape, dimensions, colour and perforation pattern to meet the client’s particular requirements.

Where there is a need to use the MSCB to deliver fresh air into the space, then Frenger’s Polaris or Professor beams will form the basis for the company’s active MSCBs. Active chilled beams utilise the delivery of supply air to induce warmer room air through the unit’s cooling battery. The technology employed in Frenger’s active chilled beams ensures high cooling capacity with low supply air volumes, coupled with a quiet and controlled delivery of air for optimal comfort.

Frenger’s passive MSCBs utilise the company’s Carat beam to provide comfortable cooling through a combination of convection and radiant heat transfer processes; warm room air is cooled through contact with the chilled beam and diffused into the space through the perforated underplate, the beam casing is also cooled via radiant exchange and this cooling is then directed to the warmer occupants. This type of passive cooling provides the best possible combination of high cooling capacities and exception levels of occupancy comfort with minimal maintenance.