Comfortable indoor climate enabled in Italian Palazzo Ferrazzi from 1800s

27/10/2009

Uponor high performance panel has been selected as the best solution

Uponor brings the comfort of its Indoor Climate solutions to a prestigious renovation project transforming a 1800s palace into comfortable offices. The beautiful and historical palace is situated in Brescia (Lombardia), a city in Northern Italy, which dates back to the Roman times. The city, known also as the “Lioness of Italy”, is internationally famous for it is the starting and ending point of the historical car race "Millemiglia".

“This renovation was an important restoration project, with the aim to preserve and renew the typical features of the 1800s style. The main challenge was to preserve the building’s architecture, while installing a high performance system featuring fast reaction time that could satisfy the high demands coming from the daily use of office space” says Fabio Bresciani, Uponor Italy’s Technical and Project Manager.

The traditional heating system could not meet the needed demand, and therefore the perfect choice was Uponor high performance panel with Uponor PE-Xa pipes of 9.9 x 1.1 mm.

“Uponor high performance panel is only 1.5 cm thick and this was the right feature to match the very low available depths, due to the original marble floors, that were removed and then laid back in order to install the underfloor heating and cooling system. We also installed Uponor climate controls to manage the system for both heating and cooling. The system was completed with dehumidifiers to control the relative humidity during summer and, if necessary, for cooling integration”, explains Fabio Bresciani.

A total of 23,000 meters of Uponor PE-Xa pipes, 1370 m² of panels, 38 manifolds and Uponor control system have been installed for this outstanding project.