external envelope; insulation New light on waste recycling
Mid-Sussex District Council has opened a new state-of-the-art refuse and recycling depot at Haywards Heath. Designed by Milan Babic Architects, its crisp simplicity is a dramatic example of the Kalwall translucent cladding system in action. Replacing an existing 50 year-old depot, the building is designed to be more environmentally friendly, reducing the Council’s greenhouse gas emissions, its energy consumption and its use of water, thereby generating long term financial savings and other benefits for every resident of the District. It is being run by Serco. The project boasts a number of new technologies to reduce running costs and the carbon footprint including photovoltaic cells and rainwater collection tanks. It also benefits from the use of highly insulating Kalwall cladding which helps to reduce both energy consumption and heat loss by diffusing natural daylight across the interior. Unlike conventional glazing, Kalwall eliminates shadows and glare and the stark contrasts of light and shade. The system also enhances simplicity by eliminating the need for blinds, curtains or solar control. Even on cloudy days, the offices are bathed with natural daylight, both from the cladding and the roof above the workshop which means less artificial lighting. Kalwall is distributed in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by Structura UK, a supplier, fabricator and installer of glass curtain walling, rainscreens, glass atria, windows and other architectural glass building products.
Minimalist design for maximum daylight
incorporated into the design plans. Glazing Vision’s bespoke Flushglaze rooflight was situated directly above the bar area; the glazed unit, with its minimalist design and compact, frameless finish, helped CE+CA to achieve the desired effect within the existing built conditions. The rooflight captures vast amounts of natural daylight while providing breathtaking views of the changing sky.
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www.glazingvision.co.uk TLX Gold makes it a double
TLX Insulation now has its entire range accredited by BBA certification with the latest addition being TLX Gold the unique 2 in 1 Insulating Breather mem- brane. “Although the existing European certification covered the same performance standards, we felt that the trusted certification for UK architects was the BBA”, said MD Thomas Hun. TLX Gold is fully breathable so is the ideal choice where condensation is a concern, especially where the ceiling remains in
place and a vapour barrier cannot be installed. Used draped between the rafters, the tile battens can be applied directly and so there is no need to raise the roof.
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Kingspan Industrial Insulation Ltd’s Kooltherm® FM Pipe Insulation System has been installed as part of a multi-million pound education and sports development in South Wales, helping the project towards its goal of BREEAM ‘Excellent’. Both Aberdare Community School and Sobell Leisure
Centre have been pre-assessed to BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and the Kingspan Kooltherm® FM Pipe Insulation System helped contribute, directly and indirectly, to the award of these ratings. With thermal conductivities as low as 0.025 W/m·K, the Kingspan Kooltherm® FM Pipe Insulation System is the most thermally efficient commonly used pipe insulation.
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Horsefield House, situated in the suburbs of Sheffield, is a large semi-detached Victorian villa with a courtyard garden to the rear of the property. The clients’ brief was for the kitchen space to be transformed into an open-plan, sociable living area for the entire family. To achieve this look, large sections of bespoke glazing were
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enq.186 Nordan Windows for Gaelic College on Skye
The £2.5 million “IaIn Noble Centre” was officially opened in October, at the Sabhal Mor Ostaig Gaelic College on Skye, with windows supplied by NorDan UK Ltd. “NorDan’s aluminium clad timber windows are our windows of choice, and especially for extremely exposed locations such as
this education facility on Skye,” says Alan Dickson of Rural Design Architects. He continues, “NorDan’s range of Scandinavian windows can cope with storms, wind and rain and the aluminium cladding ensures the minimum requirement for maintenance making them ideal for a project like this one. Their back up service, when it’s rarely required, is second to none.”
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www.nordan.co.uk ICYNENE THE EVOLUTION OF INSULATION
Icynene has been successfully tested and certified for applications directly to the underside of breathable and non breathable roof membranes and felts and recently received BBA certification for this application. Icynene absorbs the lowest amount of moisture and has the highest level of vapour resistivity of any soft foam on the market.
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