Zehnder Group brand
Greenwood is celebrating after its ground-breaking Omnique Window Fan achieved
the renewal of its ‘Secured by Design’ (SBD) status, having been tested to
rigorous PAS 24: 2012 standards.
SBD is the official
UK police initiative recognising products which are designed with the safety
and security of the home in mind, effectively safeguarding homes against
intrusion.
The Omnique
OF1000SBD became the first kitchen and bathroom extractor fan to achieve
Secured by Design status in 2015.
With window security
and break-ins a growing concern among social landlords and tenants, the Omnique
Window Fan is the most secure and high performance multifunction fan for
kitchen and bathroom windows on the market and has been developed in
conjunction with local authorities, social landlords and personnel responsible
for secure house designs to deter potential break-ins.
“Extractor fans in
bathroom and kitchen windows have been targeted by intruders as a means to gain
access to a property, so where window installations are required, a secure
installation is crucial. Greenwood’s Omnique Window fan is the first fan to
achieve Secured by Design accreditation since the initiative began almost 30
years ago. The Omnique Window Fan was given this accreditation because it
passed independent testing by the Loss Prevention Certification Board,” said
Doug Skins, Development Officer at Secured by Design.
The Omnique Window
Fan’s clever dual-layered vandal-proof construction helps to deter intruders,
with two durable polycarbonate fixing plates sandwiched on either side of a
glass window. In the event that the cowl is removed by an intruder, the
fixing plates will remain intact with no edges for the intruder to lever the
external fixing plate from the glass or fan inside and no opportunity to pass
anything through the fan into the dwelling.
The Omnique Window
Fan was also designed with privacy in mind as the grills are located on its
side, ensuring that potential intruders cannot see through it when installed in
windows.
Omnique is one of
the most efficient window fans on the market. It is suitable for a wide range
of housing types and boasts a number of options for landlords, whilst its
multifunctional design means that the same product can be used across all
housing stock types and installation applications.
These include
adjustable airflow settings (continuous and intermittent), the most
energy-efficient, low energy EC motor technology to ensure low running costs,
and SMART humidity and timing controls which eliminate draughts, reduce energy
wastage and eliminate heat loss by ensuring that ventilation is delivered only
when it is needed. Its shutters also reduce back-draughts and heat loss when
the fan is switched off.
Darius Rahimi,
Senior Design Engineer at Zehnder Group UK, adds: “When the Omnique was granted
Secured by Design status in 2015 it was the first product of its kind to do so
and it was a huge achievement for the Greenwood brand and the engineering team
who worked hard to create a product which combined safety with performance.
Four years on, we are celebrating again having had the status renewed, after
rigorous testing against tough standards. We are very proud of the care and
detail we put into the design of our products, and to have them recognised by
initiatives as prestigious as SBD is a just reward.”
