CIBSE BUILDING PERFORMANCE AWARDS New Build Project of the Year (value up to £10m)
MONTGOMERY PRIMARY SCHOOL, EXETER HamsonJPA
Exeter’s Montgomery Primary School is top of the class, with lessons to be learnt from its Passivhaus principles and its strategy of zero carbon in use
Pupils at Montgomery Primary School now have light, airy classrooms and the new building is said to be the fi rst ‘true’ zero carbon in-use school in Europe
Montgomery Primary School in Exeter is one of the fi rst Passivhaus schools in the UK and is said to be the fi rst ‘true’ zero carbon in-use school in Europe. Using Passivhaus principles (and heat from the pupils) the building is constructed to minimise heat losses and is built using precast concrete panels with high thermal mass. The design is expected to pass the requirements of BB 101 for the current climate, but also be able to deal with future temperature change. Key design features are: Orientation of the building to maximise on-site photovoltaics generation
PROJECT TEAM
Building services engineer: HamsonJPA Building owner: Devon County Council Building occupier: Montgomery Primary School Project manager: W T Hills, Exeter Quantity surveyor: NPS Group Exeter Architect: NPS Group Exeter Mechanical and electrical engineer: HamsonJPA Contractor: Bam Construction
Use of materials from sustainable sources
Minimisation of construction waste by use of off-site construction techniques
Design for low maintenance – whole life costings undertaken
Providing a suitable thermal environment for the lifetime of the building.
To ensure the commissioning and handover process ran smoothly, the Soft Landings approach was adopted, in addition to an extended commissioning period being specifi ed in the contract. To date, the extensive building modelling undertaken has almost perfectly predicted the energy and comfort requirements of the building in use. Data has been submitted to the CarbonBuzz website.
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With Montgomery Primary School, the whole emphasis was on a Passivhaus approach, with proper attention to
ventilation Paddy Conaghan, judge
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FINALISTS
CarbonLight Homes IV, Kettering – VELUX Company
Preston Manor Lower School, Brent – HLM Architects
Si Yuan Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham – URS
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