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thinking green
The new Creative Arts building at the University of Huddersfield.
University recycles rainwater
T
HE UNIVERSITY of Huddersfield’s product manager for Envireau. “We
new £14m Creative Arts Building estimate the total rainfall in the region is
incorporates rainwater harvesting around 800mm, which means that the
equipment to service toilet flushing needs. total annual savings will be around £813
The Envireau system from Kingspan per annum - a payback period of seven
Water will collect rainwater water from years,” says Quinn.
the building's roof, filter it and then pass The Creative Arts building also
it into a below-ground 45,000-litre incorporates solar panels and wind
rainwater holding tank. The water will turbines, which, together with the
then be pumped to a high level Envireau, is intended to achieve a 'Very
header/break tank within the building to Good' BREEAM rating.
feed through to toilets. Mains water is Huddersfield University's deputy
also delivered to the header/break tank director of estates and facilities, Alan
independently of rainwater, to provide Johnson, comments: “Consumption of
back-up if rainwater supplies are water has been reduced year-on-year
exhausted, or if electrical power is against a trend of increases in the Higher
interrupted. Education sector. This is just the start of
sustainable projects for us - and not just
Savings new buildings but also in refurbishment
Rainwater harvesting can not only help of our buildings and in future projects.”
conserve water supplies, it can also bring
significant cost savings for properties on
www.kingspanwater.com
water meters, explains Gerry Quinn,
Getting rid of unneeded modular buildings
S
CHOOLS and colleges with structural elements of a building which or permanent applications, such as
modular buildings that are surplus have significant embodied energy. classroom extensions and science blocks,
to requirements may be able to Foremans will undertake a site survey and nurseries, crèches, dining facilities and
sell them. evaluation free of charge and will remove university lecture theatres.
Foremans Relocatable Building Systems each building to an agreed programme
is looking to expand its stocks of pre- and with the minimum disruption.
owned modular buildings and will buy, Recycled and refurbished modular
www.foremansbuildings.info
remove and recycle quality single or buildings have a wide range of temporary
multi-storey modular accommodation.
The company removes up to 1,000 steel-
framed modules every year from sites
across the UK as demand for its building
services continues to increase.
The dismantling of modular buildings is
classed as demolition under Construction
Design and Management (CDM) legislation
and the client has legal responsibilities to
ensure that this work is undertaken
safely by a competent contractor.
Embodied energy
The recycling and refurbishment of
modular buildings is a sustainable method
of construction – reducing the volume of
waste sent to landfill and preserving the
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