CONTRACTS & PROJECTS Royal FreeHospital housing project
Newlon Housing Trust, a London-based housing association, has been working with the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead to refurbish and build new accommodation for the hospital staff, and is using Click Scolmore’sMode accessory range of wiring accessories to ensure high quality provision and ease of use. Click Scolmore’s products were specified and installed by electrical contractor, Regent Electrics Ltd, as part of the refurbishment of the 1960’s Anne Bryan’s House, which will provide housing for 180 hospital employees. Click Scolmore’sMode accessories work well in refurbished buildings like the Anne Bryan’s House as they allow installers and designers exceptional flexibility in dedicated wiring solutions. In addition, the smooth,modern lines of theMode accessory light plates fit easily into traditional and contemporary designs alike, which is whatmakes Click Scolmore’sMode accessories so ideal for refurbishing projects. For more information visit
www.scolmore.com
Bournville College
development BournvilleCollege has re- opened at its new Longbridge campus in
Birmingham.As part of a total investment of £66million in the project,WindowMaster has supplied natural ventilation control systems for various buildings around the campus. BournvilleCollegewas built by ShepherdConstruction and regeneration company StModwen and designed by architects BroadwayMalyan.WindowMasterwas selected because itwas able to provide amodel for an innovative and cost-effective natural ventilation solution thatworked according to the consultants’ brief. The six storey BournvilleCollege is housed in a building comprising distinct blocks interlinked around a central double height atrium. The building has been designed to achieve a BREEAMrating of Excellent and features an exposed concrete frame to the spine of the building to assistwith night-time cooling. WindowMaster regional salesmanager,GinoDelaroche explains: “The systemwe supplied is theNVAdvance system. It's designed to interfacewith the buildingmanagement system(BMS) to support the night cooling strategy aswell as provide ventilation during the day. The ventilation systemat BournvilleCollege controls 350 actuators supplied by sister companyVELFACto control 50
zones.Also included in the project is the provision for smoke ventilation in the atria and the stair cores.” For more information telephone 01733 564 906 or visit
www.windowmaster.co.uk
A greenmakeover
The recent refit at the UK-GBC’s office in London’s Building Centre provided an opportunity to work with a range of specialists to implement practical, eco-friendly measurers to create a greener working environment for their staff, as well as creating a more energy efficient building. With buildings accounting for 44 percent of the UK’s total carbon emissions, UK- GBC aims to work with government and industry to create a more sustainable built environment, and their own efforts to reduce their office’s environmental impact helps to demonstrate the pressing need to reduce the amount of energy used to heat buildings for both economic and environmental reasons. The very large single glazed windows at the UK-GBC’s offices were a major source of heat loss and, as the building is Listed, replacement windows or double glazing were not an available option. The organisation therefore consulted Selectaglaze, the country’s leading specialist in secondary glazing, with a brief to reduce heat flow through the glass and eliminate draughts at the windows. The 3m high windows were treated with a combination of Series 10 and 80 Horizontal Sliding secondary units set to match the window sightlines and glazed with single panes of toughened low emissivity glass. The U-value of the original windows was 6.5 and calculations using modelling software show this has reduced to 1.8 – a very significant improvement. In addition to the improvement in thermal insulation, the secondary glazing has provided a very significant reduction in noise, an important factor for inner city offices. Following completion of the refit Ecoteric Ltd was commissioned by main contractor Morgan Lovell to carry out a BREEAM assessment measured against the BRE Environmental and Sustainability Standard, BREEAM Offices 2008 (BES5055 Issue 3.0). The building achieved a BREEAM score of 73.75 percent which translates into an interim design stage BREEAM rating of Excellent. For more information visit
www.selectaglaze.co.uk
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