Sponsored by


Fast and green the fut u re of buildin g


LOCATED ONATED ON the Health Science Campu s at Belfast Ci ty Hospital, the state-of-the-art, purpose-b uilt bui lding, special ises in scientific resear c h to develop cur es for eye dis ease and diabetes, plus a pr o- gram me to u ndersta nd the genet- ics of complex chr onic d iseases, such as can cer. Research includes drug


LOCAT discovery, patient -based


inves tigation and clinical trials. Comp leted in Jun e 2015 by the Harvey Group, m any of the build- ing services installed h ave had to deal with specific l aboratory envi- r onment


challenges, the uti lised Building such the as


chemicals and high temperatur es. T akin g 17 mo nths to complete, project


latest


(BIM) and is said to be Northern Ir eland’s r


Infor mation Mode lling largest completed Level


2 BIM p roject, lar gest including many


specialist systems, suc h as one of the


roof mounted PV


arrays in the count ry. Green building


Green building


It was important t hat the project had sustai nability at its core, how- ever, combi ning the complexities of the bu ilding’s function with a commitment


practice w as especially


to green building a


given the short time frame.


challenge, relatively


Contractor focus


odelling used the latest The project


Contractor focus


The newWellcome-Wolfson Institute at Queens University, Belfast, is a state-of-the-art medical research centre built by award-winning installers. The building has achieved an environm ental BREEAM rating of Ex celle nt as it in corporate s a range of measures which will lower carbon emissions and deliver a more sustainable building


for the mist fire supr ession system and natural gas. Geberit Mapr ess Copp er services provided potable water, rainwater


harvesting and


high temperat ure drainage sys- tems. Al ongside Geberit Mapr ess copp er , Geberit HDPE trans ports laboratory chemical wat er, safety cabin et


and


Robert Hall, drai nage.


Gr oup, under


A key design feature is the use of a twin skin exterior envelope, whi ch improves the thermal per- for mance of


the


Measu res in the void.


building and


all ows service ducts to be located incorporated which


will lower carbon emissions and deli ver a m ore sustainable bu ild- ing incl ude:


• High in sulati on and air tightness to impr ove heating efffffificiency. • Double skin exter nal facade to allow pre-h eating of fr esh air and r ecover y of heat fr o m extract air • Photovol taics


• Co mbined Heat and Power reco very bu ilt


• Heat major air h andling plan t


• Ext ensive use of high efffffiiciency plant, equ ipment and lighti ng • Glazing sp ecificat ion optimised


i nto all to reduce solar h eat gain


• Extensive sub-metering to sup- port measur ement and targeting of energy user • Wa


Waste r ecycling stations


• Rainwater h arvestin g to facili- tate water re-use i n bui lding • Use of fi


Specificatio n


the Gr een Guide to and


responsible


sourcing of materials Quick turnaround


Quick turnar ound bui lding ,


Apart from being a very green Wellcome-W


the We come-Wo Wolfson


Inst itute was completed in record tim e. BIM played a b ig part in this speed, while ens uring the pr oject was carried out to its exacting speci fications.


ion water


Geberit Mapr ess Stainless Steel was used for low temp erature hot water and ch illed water systems,


said: ter ms of speci fic


fume of


the


cup board Harv ey


“The p roject was time


constraints


and the Map ress press fit system worked wit h the BIM model ling in


getting


completed i n the fastest time. Apart fr om speed of


the pr oject installa-


tio n, we also needed products that would cope with the chal- leng es of the laboratory environ- ment. HDPE in particular proved ideal for transporting laboratory chemical wat er as it is r esistant to high temperatur es and aggresive medi a such as chemicals.


Addi ng to the bu ilding’s sus- tainable cr edentials, Pol yethylene envir onmentally


is friendly and


r ecyclable, with no toxic emis- sions released durin g its process- ing , or in case of The We


Wellcome-W lfson


-Wo fsWo fire.


inst i-


tute demon strates how BIM can be used successfully ffu


to help a bui lding meet its requiremen ts.


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