BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Solutions
Installing innovative insulation products can have a dramatic
GREEN
impact on lowering a building’s carbon footprint. John Haven
BUILDINGS
SPECIAL
hears how one company is doing its bit to build a more
sustainable future for residential, office and industrial premises
DYNAMIC
SOLUTIONS
T
he Environmental Building Partnership How it works
(EBP) aims to provide clean, healthy, In a conventional building the space heating
low energy buildings for the future. The requirement is the sum of the fabric heat loss
company uses innovative clean technology to and the heat that is required to temper
develop highly efficient insulation products in ventilation air. With EBP’s dynamic insulation
a bid to significantly reduce a building’s car- system, the ventilation air for the building
bon emissions and consequently energy bills. passes over the insulation phase of the build-
One of the firm’s main developments is its ing fabric. As a consequence, it converts the
Energyflo Cell insulation panels – the core building fabric into a heat exchanger, with
component of its Dynamic Breathing Building fabric heat loss being used to pre warm venti-
system. These dynamic insulation panels are a lation air. Concurrently, the ventilation air is
direct replacement for conventional insulation filtered of particulate matter. The recovered
and reduce the proportion of heat lost to the energy reduces the amount of heating needed
outside – thus reducing energy consumption. to deliver desired thermal comfort.
Andrew Peacock, EBP’s CEO explains: EBP are developing integrated solutions
“We at EBP are committed to developing that combine the Energyflo cell with conven-
products designed to reduce carbon emissions tional building air handling systems. Taken
emanating from the built environment. together, this has been coined as the Dynamic
Successful implementation of such products Breathing Building approach.
could have a significant impact on the
reduction of the harmful emissions into the Benefits
atmosphere. The DBB system enables developers to
“Our Dynamic Breathing Building (DBB) implement a carbon reduction strategy in
system is designed to significantly reduce a accordance with current and probable future
building’s carbon footprint. Crucially the regulations and offers both new build and
technology also addresses wider sustainability retrofit/refurbishment opportunities. It
metrics such as indoor air quality and also
Height of success: a worker installing the Dynamic
Breathing Building system’s insulation panels,
reduces construction costs for both plant and
seeks to reduce technology complexity in
which prevent heat loss and filter the air coming
materials and maximises floor plate efficiency
buildings. By using a dynamic insulation layer
into the building
giving improved returns on investment.
to prevent the loss of heat or cooled air from The system allows occupiers to reduce their
the fabric of the building, the energy required suitable for retro-fit – a key factor when we carbon footprint and their energy bills for
for space heating and cooling is reduced. At consider that 80% of 2030’s buildings are cooling and heating, as well as offering
the same time, the air entering the building is already constructed. improved air quality. On an environmental
filtered to a high standard, significantly “EBP’s products and services address the level it reduces energy demand for both
improving overall comfort levels for users of challenges of creating sustainable, low carbon heating and cooling and helps alleviate the
the building. buildings that meet ever more stringent threat of fuel poverty.
“The beauty of the system is that it is carbon emission rates. Our innovative devel-
suitable for use in all types of buildings, be opments address the whole sustainable Facts and Figures
they residential, office or industrial, and its agenda, not just carbon emissions, and provide The DBB insulation system has been shown to
modular design means it is compatible with all an integrated, affordable approach to low give reduced embodied energy; 31% reduc-
construction methods. Significantly, it is carbon building design.” tion in space heating energy; 6% increase in
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