Personal environmental module

A personal environmental module for an independent work space having a desk therein, said module comprising:

• a housing adapted to be mounted in the work space beneath the desk,
• said housing including a plenum chamber having a pair of air inlets and a pair of air outlets,
• means for connecting said air outlets to the work space,
• a damper mounted in each of said air inlets,
• each of said dampers including actuating means for opening and closing said dampers,
• one of said air inlets being connected to a preconditioned air source,
• the other of said air inlets being connected to room air,
• means in said housing for drawing air through said air inlets for discharge into said plenum chamber,
• and a controller operatively connected to said actuating means for selectively opening one of said dampers and controlling the opening and closing of the other of said dampers whereby the air drawn through one of said air inlets will be mixed with air drawn through the other of said air inlets to adjust the temperature of the air in the work space.

A personal environmental module for controlling the environment in a work space, said module comprising:

• a housing having a pair of air inlets and one or more air outlets,
• a pair of dampers in said air inlets,
• each damper including an actuating means for controlling the flow of air through said damper,
• one of said air inlets being connected to a preconditioned air source and the other of said air inlets being connected to draw air from the room,
• a pair of fans mounted in said housing in a spaced relation to said dampers for drawing air through said air inlets,
• an electrostatic filter mounted in said housing between said fans and said dampers for filtering air discharge from said air outlets,
• a white noise generator mounted in said housing for masking noise in the work space,
• controller means operatively connected to control said damper actuating means, said fans, said noise generator and said filter,
• and a control panel operatively connected to said controller means, said control panel including selector means for setting the operating parameters for said damper actuating means, fans, noise generator and filter.