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Edmonds is the world leader in wind and hybrid powered rotary ventilators. Based in Sydney, Australia, Edmonds is part of the Bradford Insulation Group, a division of CSR Ltd, one of Australia’s oldest public companies.
Edmonds have distributors located in the Pacific, New Zealand, Singapore, India, the Middle East, South Africa, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, United States mainland, Hawaii, Canada and Malta. Assembly from components supplied by Edmonds is undertaken by five distributors, while our distributor in India manufactures locally under licence.
Supporting the Edmonds product is a highly experienced team of R&D specialists, with world class testing facilities, an ISO 9001 certified manufacturing operation and skilled marketing and sales personnel.
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Company History
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Edmonds was established by Neville Edmonds, a young engineer, in 1934. His goal was to produce the so-called S Rotor ventilator design – originally invented in Denmark - in Australia.
In 1981 the company was acquired by Norm McDonald, an industrial draughtsman with an established background working with ventilation products through HH Robinson. Norm was later to invent the world renowned vertical blade Hurricane vent design and to import Whirlybird components from the USA. Through an association with the fibreglass business, Alsynite, whereby Edmonds assembled the Whirlybird and Alsynite marketed and sold the product, Whirlybird became a household name and the category was fully established by 1991.
In 1996, the Edmonds business was majority purchased by Cornelius Vanderstar, a U.S. industrialist of significant stature. The business moved to much larger premises at Dee Why and through considerable investment in capital, R&D and people, the business expanded by a factor of five by 2005. Growth came through improved marketing, export market development, new products and productivity improvements, plus a dedicated and experienced sales force. In 2004 Edmonds’ R&D team invented the world’s first true hybrid rotary vent. This invention, and the general financial performance of Edmonds, plus the potential to develop synergies between ventilation and insulation, prompted CSR to acquire the business in November 2005.
Edmonds was fully integrated into the Bradford Insulation Group of CSR by the end of 2007.
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Where Edmonds’ products are used
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Residential Buildings :
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Edmonds is by far the leading manufacturer of residential ventilation products in Australia, with a range that stretches across wind vents, solar, mains and hybrid powered roof vents, sub floor ventilators and special purpose vents. A range of tubular skylights is also offered. Applications designed to improve a homeowner’s comfort include:
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- Roof space ventilation
- Living space ventilation
- Combined lighting and ventilation
- Backdraft prevention from combustion fires
- Sub floor ventilation
- Provision of natural lighting
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Under recent changes to the BCA, roof ventilators can now contribute to total installed R value calculations under certain circumstances.
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Commercial Buildings
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Edmonds manufactures 10 different sizes of Hurricane vent, five different sizes of ecopower hybrid vent, plus a range of grilles and accessories to enable design of full ventilation systems, across a broad range of commercial buildings. A special range of Induct and Educt vents is prepared for sewer reticulation systems.
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Applications include:
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- Removal of process heat from factories
- Improvement of workplace conditions in offices, warehouses and factories
- Improvement of learning conditions in schools and colleges
- Removal of odours
- Improvement of air quality
- Reduction of metal roof corrosion for water storage reservoirs
- Smoke spill
- Reduce heat build up surrounding electrical/control equipment
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Experienced and trusted
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Edmonds has over 75 years experience in ventilator design and manufacture. It has been primarily responsible for the promulgation in Australia of the world’s first standard covering flow testing of ventilators (AS 4740) and has established, through independent consultants, its own large testing laboratory to carry out this work.
As a result of the continuous testing and product development, Edmonds has arguably assembled the largest amount of scientific data on factors impacting vent performance, vent design and vent application. This information is made available whenever required to consultants around the globe to assist them with designing the right ventilation schemes for their next project.
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