Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

faux-plafond froid

English translation:

ceiling cooling panels

Added to glossary by kashew
Mar 2, 2015 16:39
9 yrs ago
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French term

faux-plafond froid

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering Cooling systems
This means cooling systems built into a suspended ceiling - similar to under-floor heating, but in reverse.

"Les faux-plafond froid sont à poser dans les zones de type bureaux du bâtiment existant"
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 ceiling cooling panels
3 'cold ceiling' system
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Mar 9, 2015 10:47: kashew Created KOG entry

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ceiling cooling panels

http://doas-radiant.psu.edu/Journal2.pdf

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or ceiling panel cooling
Note from asker:
Great, thanks for the excellent suggestion
Peer comment(s):

agree EirTranslations
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Thank you.
agree Dr Lofthouse
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Thank you.
agree Daryo
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agree Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche : or cooling ceiling panel :)
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neutral Tony M : That's not strictly accurate, J: they aren't always actually cooling panels, but cooling facilitied built in to a ceiling (which may of course be in panels); what you describe is in fact only one particular incarnation of the concept.
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'cold ceiling' system

Only a few Ghits, but it seems legit, e.g.:

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Building Services

https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=113527441X

David Kut - 2013 - ‎Architecture
The cold ceiling system is supplemented by a low-velocity balanced diffused fresh air and extract ventilation system to provide humidity-controlled and filtered air ...

Advanced Technologies: Building in the Computer Age

https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=3764364505

Valerio Travi - 2001 - ‎Architecture
Similarly the use of the new "cold ceiling" system opens new vistas for designing a building's volumes since the external perimeter is freed from the distribution ...

Building Specs - McDonogh Properties

www.mcdonogh.ie/namur/buildingspecs.htm

... 2.7m Floor to ceiling height; Suspended ceilings with integrated lighting (400 Lux); T4 antistatic floor tiles; Full air-conditioning – Cold ceiling system. Thomas ...

Archive of European Integration

aei.pitt.edu/40340/1/A4739.pdf

COOLING. Fig. 3.2 Cold ceiling system with mechanical as well as free cooling (additional ground cooling). This could be achieved by several methods using an.

Covent Garden - Design Build Network

www.designbuild-network.com/projects/covent-garden/

The radiant air-conditioning or cold ceiling system with air extractors allows fresh air through grills. The extractors are integrated with the lighting fittings reducing ...
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