build. This also proved very economical in operating costs. The internal environment of the structure is light and airy, with good daylighting, coupled with energy saving daylight controlled lighting. Due to exposed concrete soffits, all cabling and pipework is concealed below a fully flexible 300mm deep timber raised floor. Many complexities in controls were purposely stripped back – making systems easier to understand and defaulting to robust and comfortable internal conditions. Manual override facilities are provided on the simple BMS and the building is also regularly monitored remotely. These factors help to enable the fine tuning of controls settings as the building stands through the seasons. Some spaces such as conference rooms do have comfort cooling, however, the use of thermal mass and natural ventilation is still provided in these rooms to limit its use to the hottest days. Some of
the less densely occupied meeting rooms use the natural cooling effect of the below floor concrete, with simple low energy fans, triggered by PIR, drawing air direct from the floor void. The internal temperatures of the finished build have been proven to be comfortable – on the hottest day in 2015 when it reached 34.5 oC externally in Rugby, the internal temperature peaked at 28.5 oC. The building incorporates the main IT infrastructure for Brethertons, however, despite the relatively significant loads from the IT servers, a high ‘B’ EPC Rating has been achieved, meeting the shared objective of a low energy building with reduced complex maintenance issues.
FOCUS MONTAGUE HOUSE SURPASSED THE BRIEF IN TERMS OF PRODUCING A MODERN, CLEAN, BRIGHT AND AIRY BUILDING WHICH IS ECONOMICAL TO RUN AND MINIMISES ITS CARBON FOOTPRINT. THE BUILDING IS SHORTLISTED FOR THE CELEBRATING CONSTRUCTION AWARDS UNDER THE VALUE AND SUSTAINABILITY CATEGORIES. GLEN IRWIN CHAIRS THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT HUB ENERGY EFFICIENCY FORUM.
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