As far as we know, the INVC is the only carbon negative noise consultancy in the world. We have achieved this by means of 3 major innovations...
Improving fan efficiency - less noise and reduced power consumption
Our first thought when tackling fan noise problems is "Can we improve the system efficiency?" as this provides a double benefit: less noise and lower running costs. This is in contrast to the conventional approach "What kind of silencer should we fit?"
Across the world, organisations using our aerodynamic fan noise control technology are currently saving megawatts of power every day as a result of the efficiency gains they have realised compared with both conventional noise reduction technologies - and even when compared with unmodified fans.
Our current record is a 22% improvement in the efficiency of cooling fans as part of a noise control project.
Remote noise control - hold the site visits...
We have developed technologies that allow us to complete an increasing proportion of our noise control projects anywhere on the planet - without a site visit. This not only reduces our carbon footprint (flights and other transport costs etc), but it also results in projects being completed very much faster and at lower costs.
Example case study: 3 fans in 3 weeks on the other side of the planet...
Our remote control of noise services use email and remote working (e.g. Whatsapp) to carry out the diagnoses we need to develop best practice noise control solutions. We also use innovative technologies to avoid traditional resource-heavy noise control measures such as barriers and acoustic enclosures in favour of elegant engineering that helps clients to reduce their carbon footprints.
Noise control at source engineering cuts environmental impact
In addition to the above, noise control at source techniques based on good engineering dramatically reduces project carbon footprints:
- uses only a fraction of the material quantities
- local manufacture, so reduced transportation costs
- reduced PPE waste due to lower noise levels
