thinking green
Planning for reuse and recycling
The £32m North Leamington School in Warwickshire opened in September, bringing all of its students together on a single campus.
T
HE MOVE from the three original sites involved relocating essential furniture, lab equipment, the gym,
music department, books, files, stationery and teaching materials. This complex process was planned and managed by workplace change specialist Harrow Green. Throughout the project, provision had to be made for safe working during school hours, scheduling the move around breaks and lunch periods, and co- ordinating a timetable that would accommodate both access to the old school for packing, and the readiness of the new school to accept deliveries. Three hundred sheets of protective boards were used to prevent damage to the new school interiors and walkways, and more than 1,300 reusable crates and boxes were used to assist with the move.
Redundant
With new furniture and equipment installed to complement the building interiors, much of the old furniture inevitably became redundant. This meant that the initial brief for managing the relocation soon developed into a major recycling project. Harrow Green found a home for unwanted furniture and equipment, either through resale or by working with a
distribution partner. Some of the surplus furniture from North Leamington School was resold to Chasetown Specialist Sports College in Staffordshire. The bulk of the reusable furniture – three articulated truck loads – went to Green- Works, the social enterprise organisation that provides low-cost furniture to businesses, charities, community groups and schools in the developing world.
Reprocessing
Unsuitable furniture was broken up for recycling. Metalwork was recycled locally using a specialist metal recycling company. Wood was recycled for use in panel-board manufacture, and melamine- facing board reprocessed for a variety of uses, including bio-fuel for power stations, by A&A Recycling, one of Harrow Green’s accredited recycling partners in the Midlands.
Paper, posters, curtains and other potentially flammable material that might create a fire risk also needed to be
disposed of responsibly and was separated into skips to maximise recycling opportunities.
www.harrowgreen.com www.green-works.co.uk www.robothams.co.uk
Separate buildings for
each faculty
DESIGNED by Robothams Architects, the new NLS is laid out like a university campus with separate buildings for each faculty: Maths and Science; Humanities and Languages; Design Technology and Engineering; Sports; the Performing Arts (Dance, Drama and Music); and the Sixth-Form Centre. Buildings and facilities are available for public hire on evenings, weekends and throughout the school holidays. Bookable facilities include a floodlit all- weather pitch, a large sports hall with cricket nets and a full size basket ball court, a gymnasium, a 400-seat theatre, dance & drama studios, and a variety of other rooms.
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