Tanaka Business School designed by Foster and Partners

Each heating and cooling grid is formed using 20mm Polybutylene underfloor heating barrier pipe.
The pipe is a five layer co- extrusion specially manufactured for the purpose and comes with a 50 year lifetime guarantee. Warmafloor has created a series of heating and cooling zones, allowing accurate control of temperatures according to building usage and time of the year.

The relative height of the ground floor atrium and of the lecture theatres makes underfloor heating an ideal choice since heat is concentrated at the "living level"rather than energy being wasted heating the ceiling space.
In cooling mode the system efficiently absorbs excess energy that again ensures a comfortable learning environment.
Energy costs are significantly lower than for most other forms of heating, helping to keep long term running costs in check.

Tanaka Business School has been built with the generous donation from Dr. Gary Tanaka, an Imperial College alumnus. The Business school is one of the best in the UK. It contributes tp advanced teaching and research in the fields of management, technology and innovation, focusing upon issues of industrial performance and especially on the management of innovation and change.

For Warmafloor the project is the latest in a number of educational sector developments for which they have gained specialist experience having completed over 400 schools, colleges and university projects.