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views through the building to the exterior, with wellness for users at the heart of the design. The intention is to connect building users directly with their environment, while maintaining a level of comfort that supports the Quadram Institute’s best work.
Optimising acoustics
Lighting was another area that made significant gains in energy efficiency. Daylight-linked lighting systems throughout the building are integrated with the acoustic baffles, creating areas that optimise acoustics and lighting – factors that influence staff wellness. In the open-plan write-up areas, the system measures daylight levels inside the building, and adjusts this accordingly. For example, when the work bays are not occupied, or when natural light levels are sufficient, the system switches off the LED lights at the perimeter. This saves energy, while maintaining a high level of comfort within the working environment. The fume exhaust fans are among the high areas of energy consumption within the laboratories. To counter this the design team used wind tunnel testing to help determine minimum safe fume efflux parameters to minimise fan energy consumed. Detailed wind tunnel modelling was carried out to explore different stack heights, locations, and
Maximising the floor-to-ceiling heights helped to increase daylight penetration and create a brighter working environment.
efflux velocities for the range of wind speeds and directions experienced at the site. It was then possible to optimise the design with safety, energy consumption, and aesthetics, in mind.
To reduce the building’s carbon footprint, the team incorporated a 400 kW reversible ground source heat
The Quadram Institute features a number of break-out areas, designed to encourage greater collaboration among the staff.
pump system. The design involved drilling 70 boreholes approximately 100 metres underneath the car park. In winter, the system extracts heat from the ground via heat pumps to provide heating; in summer, cooling is provided by chillers that eject heat to the boreholes. An additional feature of the system is that
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