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Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is one of the largest and most popular universities in the UK. Nearly 27,000 students study with us across three campuses in Nottingham. The Pavilion, which opened in September and is part of the Heart of the Campus development of the Clifton campus, is a central building for students providing a large IT rich space inside for meeting and working in a relaxing and social environment. It is the first NTU building to be given a carbon-negative Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of A+. The major focus of the build was to incorporate sustainability, both throughout construction and in the optimisation of the energy performance of the building after completion.
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South Lanarkshire College, East Kilbride, constructed the first building in the UK accredited as “Outstanding” BREEAM (2014) for design and construction. The Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education opened this fully operational teaching block in February 2016. It has inspired students and other users to adopt more sustainable behaviours and approaches, reflecting the College’s philosophy to “mainstream sustainability”. In addition to Solar PVs, an energy-efficient external envelope, and a ground source heat pump, innovative features include solar chimneys; recycled paper insulation; re-used cycle racks from the Commonwealth Games and an integrated bicycle repair station. Following thorough consultation with groups of people with varying disabilities, the building demonstrates best practice relating to accessibility for all in its sinks, alarms, access doors, spaces and equipment. This is a step change in design to produce a low-energy, low-carbon, low-resource building, informed by helpful lessons learned from the College’s own award-winning, low-energy, low-carbon house initiative. The project reflects the College’s key strategic aim to “Promote Sustainable Behaviours” in every aspect of its curriculum and operations.
TOP 3 LEARNINGS 1. Highly sustainable - this project gave us confidence that BREEAM Excellent and Carbon Negative are achievable with very little (if any) uplift to the overall budget 2. Satisfaction of key stakeholders - this was a successful project in communications 3. Innovative design & construction - every time NTU commission a project it is healthy to push the boundaries of technology and techniques to advance the assets of the University. 10
TOP 3 LEARNINGS 1. We learned (again) that a wide and thorough consultation with potential users during the design phase generates excellent ideas 2. We learned to test and not just accept “expert advice” regarding some of the engineering design 3. We learned early on that some of the best parts of the project were the ones at risk of being most easily discarded at the “cost-savings” stage.
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