What is a ventilated facade

A ventilated facade is an enclosure construction solution with a ventilated cavity between the exterior wall tiling panels and the support or interior partition walls.

The ventilated cavity allows the exit and entry of air through its openings (bottom and top) as well as between the panel open joints.

The origin of ventilated facade systems arises from the need to protect structures from snow and rain.

It’s a double-layer system formed by two enclosure leaves with a separation between to create a cavity allowing the circulation of an air flow that eliminates any type of humidity.

Why use the exa | TECH | FVH system?

The exa-TECH FVH ventilated facade system is a set of elements that form a self-supporting substructure that is solidly attached to the support where it is installed. The slotted exa-TECH FVH panels are used to cover facades using this system.

FVH Ventilated Facade Installation

The substructure for the system is fast and easy to install, ensuring pefecting tile spacing every time.

Characteristics of ventilated facades

Sustainable architecture, which fosters energy efficiency and the use of environmentally-friendly materials, is on the rise and ventilated facades feature a series of characteristics and basic elements offering a clear advantage as concerns insulation and energy savings. The basic characteristics and elements comprising a ventilated facade are as follows:

Base Material:
It is the support where the ventilated facade system is fixed to (it is not part of the system itself).

Thermal insulation:
Installed over the backing wall to improve its thermal and acoustic performance and removing the thermal bridges.

Ventilated cavity:
With a minimum gap of 20 mm, it allows the diffusion of water that may enter due to the rain or the moisture coming from the interior of the building.

Substructure:
· Anchors: the ventilated facade fixings are the fastening elements that connect the system to the backing wall to transmit the loads.
· Brackets: components with substructure that separate the cladding from backing wall.
· Profiles: longitudinal elements that are attached to the brackets and hold the facade panels.
Fixing system: elements that fasten and hold the exterior cladding to the profiles.
Cladding panels: it constitutes the external layer of the facade.

Advantages of ventilated facades

Installing a ventilated facade offers a series of benefits over traditional systems. The most important are listed below:
1. Continuous thermal insulation.
2. The building heat absorption in summer is significantly reduced.
3. The inner layer accumulates internal heat in winter.
4. Less condensation and moisture problems due to the constantly renewed air.
5. The external layer of the system works as a protective barrier against atmospheric agents, an effect known as “RAIN SCREEN”.
6. Enhances the acoustic performance.

EXA-TECH FVH ventilated facade system video.