Client: Department for Education
Winner - BCSE Awards 2011 - 'Excellence in Design for Teaching and Learning' category
Sponsored by JCB, this new academy has been created to focus on engineering and business and will eventually accommodate 540 pupils from the Staffordshire and Derbyshire local authorities.
Hoare Lea acted as MEP consulting engineers and also provided specialist Acoustic and BREEAM Assessor services.
The project comprised the refurbishment of a Grade II listed Arkwright mill dating from 1781, a new three-storey teaching block, sports hall, multi-use games area, and powerhouse, which accommodates the boiler plant, sprinkler tanks and turbine controls.
The academy has been equipped with more than £1 million worth of modern engineering equipment and state-of-the-art facilities. Renewable technologies include a 47KW Archimedes screw water turbine which will generate approximately 60 per cent of the academy’s power; solar hot water generation; pellet biomass boiler plant; and a rainwater harvesting system.
The project has been subject to a bespoke BREEAM assessment with a pending very good rating
Client: Haringey LEA
The project comprised the creation of additional teaching accommodation within an existing school. This included a sixth-form facility and music and drama, ICT, and science teaching buildings.
New technology, including the provision of ground coupling systems to the ICT rooms, was incorporated to maximise energy efficiency. Ground coupling uses the relatively constant temperature of the ground below the surface compared to ambient air conditions to provide a heat source or sink as required. Further energy efficient features include natural ventilation within the general teaching areas, photovoltaic cells, rainwater harvesting and automatic lighting controls.
Client: London Town
Golden Lane is a 14 million new build, low energy primary school campus development for the London Borough of Islington. The scheme makes extensive use of natural ventilation and exposed thermal mass to provide internal environmental conditions which surpass the requirements of BB 101.
The design of the school adopts passive design techniques to minimise the buildings heating and cooling loads. The school also features a hydrotherapy/spa pool for treatment of pupils within the school environment.
Client: Blaenau Gwent County Council
The scheme comprises a new primary school accommodating 300 pupils, the refurbishment of a Miners Institute, and six new business units.
Special attention was paid to the classroom design so that good levels of daylight enter without overheating the spaces. This was achieved by careful façade design and the interface of opening windows and stack ventilation.
Liaising with the architect, Hoare Lea ensured that passive control was achieved by integrating the building and services design. Full security and ICT systems were also provided to address the needs of modern schools.
Client: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Solihull Schools BSF (Building Schools for the Future) comprises four new schools, three of which are large high schools together with a specialist needs SEN school. The project aimed to renew existing aged building stock with new state of the art schools.
Several of the schools on this project have required particular attention to ventilation design as opening windows and natural ventilation have not been possible.
The project has a value of 70 million. We have undertaken key strategic engineering design, dynamic simulation to review DFES Building Bulletin compliance, Part L building regulation analysis and fire engineering. This work enabled the passive building design to be defined from an early stage.
Client: BAM / Lendlease
Hoare Lea has been appointed by BAM to provide mechanical, electrical and public health services to assist with the completion of the design and construction of the £32 million Chobham Academy in Stratford.
Designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris architects, the 15,000m2 Chobham Academy is located within the Athletes Village, which lies adjacent to the Olympic Park. During the Olympic and Paralympic Games it will be used to provide space for support facilities.
After the Games, Chobham Academy will be used as an education campus for children from three to eighteen years. The Academy will specialise in literature and the performing arts. Community music and drama facilities will also be located on the new public square.
The project is targeting a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating. Key features include natural ventilation, site-wide energy integration and earth ducts.
Client: Department for Education
Winner - BCSE Awards 2011 - 'Excellence in Design for Teaching and Learning' category
Sponsored by JCB, this new academy has been created to focus on engineering and business and will eventually accommodate 540 pupils from the Staffordshire and Derbyshire local authorities.
Hoare Lea acted as MEP consulting engineers and also provided specialist Acoustic and BREEAM Assessor services.
The project comprised the refurbishment of a Grade II listed Arkwright mill dating from 1781, a new three-storey teaching block, sports hall, multi-use games area, and powerhouse, which accommodates the boiler plant, sprinkler tanks and turbine controls.
The academy has been equipped with more than £1 million worth of modern engineering equipment and state-of-the-art facilities. Renewable technologies include a 47KW Archimedes screw water turbine which will generate approximately 60 per cent of the academy’s power; solar hot water generation; pellet biomass boiler plant; and a rainwater harvesting system.
The project has been subject to a bespoke BREEAM assessment with a pending very good rating
