We are delighted to report that we won the prestigious LAMA award for
this design for The Best Eco-Friendly Building. See our award here.
Timber structure of five storeys
Passive solar heating; strategic orientation / shading
Passive cooling ventilation: high thermal mass
undercroft
Passive ventilation by Solar
Chimney
Rainwater management system
Baubiologie building fabric, of clay timber cellulose
etc
Interior Planting for air quality
management
Deciduous shading on pergola trellis work on SE and
SW
Gas driven heat pumps / condensing
boilers
Sedum and intensive grass roofs
Interior passive natural ventilation: cellular and
open planwhile preserving acoustic
privacy
Synergy with community-driven self-help
organisation
Building Energy Management System controlling PV
solar-powered servos on many windows, vents, pumps, dampers, fans to optimise
performance; fine-tuning of software in the light of several years of
monitoring.
Active solar thermal hot water
system
Engineered solution to fire safety and
evacuation
Long design life approach to exterior and rain screen
elements of a building from organic materials, while minimising embodied energy; the
trade off required
