Sustainability Focus – Page 15

  • One of the things the pupils commented on was the school’s cheerfulness and spaciousness. This was helped by the window walls’ mix of clear and coloured glazing and the wide circulation spaces.
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    Brislington Enterprise College: Light and airy or a prison?

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    The pupils of Brislington Enterprise College give their verdict on Bristol’s £34m Building Schools for the Future project. Photography by Neill Menneer

  • Amphis distance
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    Cambridgeshire's trash palace

    2008-09-09T15:42:00Z

    The Fenland pavilion made out of unwanted doors, windows, gates ... and stained glass windows

  • The government’s plan to build 3,000 offshore wind turbines with blades the length of football pitches will spark a new multibillion-pound industry – complete with thousands of jobs
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    A mighty wind – the government’s plans for wind farms

    2008-08-08T00:00:00Z

    The government’s plan to build 3,000 offshore wind turbines with blades the length of football pitches will spark a new multibillion-pound industry – complete with thousands of jobs. Olivia Boyd explains how you can get involved

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    Aquifer thermal storage: DIG! A Dutch method of sorting out energy

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    M&E A Dutch method of storing all the energy required to heat and cool a building deep underground is coming to the UK. Stephen Kennett finds out how it works

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    The alternatives: Cooling and heating

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Seasonal heat storeAt Beaufort Court (right), the headquarters for Renewable Energy Systems, environmental engineer Max Fordham created a seasonal heat store. This consists of about 1,000m3 of water held in a 5m deep hole, which tapers from 18m2 at the surface to 8m2 at the base – this shape does ...

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    Energy saving lighting sensors

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    MK Electric has introduced a range of lighting controls, designed to deliver energy savings, for a range of commercial situations

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    Heat pumps: GaeaTherm ground-source heat pump

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Potterton Commercial has launched the GaeaTherm ground-source heat pump which it says can help reduce the carbon footprint of commercial buildings.

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    Solar heating

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Baxi has worked with Bellway Homes to comply with a late amendment to planning permission for a site of 286 apartments in Fenney Stratford, Buckinghamshire

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    Mixed-mode cooling

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Passivent has developed a mixed-mode cooling system to help reduce energy use

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    What it costs: Thermal insulation

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Insulation is an effective way to help meet Building Regulations targets on carbon emission reduction. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans examines the effectiveness of different materials

  • Rochester Temporary Custodial facility
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    Rochester prison reuses materials for new road

    2008-07-10T16:22:00Z

    Wates uses materials from demolished buildings to construct car park and on-site roads

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    København cool: Socially sustainable Danish architecture

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Danish architecture’s love of light and openness encourages a high level of spatial and social interaction. To mark Architecture Week, Martin Spring looks at four developments that typify the city’s fresh approach to sustainability

  • The panels being fixed in position
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    Off-site manufacture: Beam me up, Scotty

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Erecting a straw-bale school building in three days may sound like a frontier too far, but an innovative off-site manufacturing system using timber panels brought dramatic savings in time. Alex Smith reports

  • Bovigo school’s early learning centre, with its secoya cladding and lime render, was no more expensive to build than a conventional structure, but has much higher specifications
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    Modular straw panels

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Architect Martin Penk explains why the straw bale modular system was the right solution for Bosvigo school’s early years facility

  • Eurban’s solid timber panels are made in Germany from wood waste
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    The alternatives: Modular systems

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Three more options for fast-track sustainable modular construction

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    Off-site low carbon technologies

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Kingspan Off-Site has launched a collection of low-carbon technologies originally specified on the Kingspan Lighthouse, the first house to reach level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes.

  • The buildings feature a range of facade treatments to give the scheme variety, link it back to the surrounding area and provide solar shading
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    The secret square: Bennetts Associates’ New Street Square

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    It is reached through narrow medieval-style passageways, but could be a blueprint for a sustainable 21st-century City of London

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    Esha: Bitumen does its bit

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Esha is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of bitumen products for the construction and civil engineering sector, with ranges running from roofing membranes to waterproofing systems for canals.The company was established more than 75 years ago, and in 2005 became part of the Icopal Group. Here, we take a look ...

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    A new face for BREEAM

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    An interview with new BREEAM boss Martin Townsend and a detailed run-through the changes that have been made to the sustainable standard

  • This £1.3m surgery in Swaffham, Norfolk, is the kind of project that will now be assessed under BREEAM Healthcare.
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    Doctors’ orders

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    For the developers of its hospitals and surgeries, the Department of Health has prescribed a good dose of BREEAM to keep it fit for the future