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Future buildings.

Author(s) : BOONSTRA C., VOLLEBREGT R., ROORDA R., TWINN C., BROWN F.

Type of article: Article

Summary

A trans-European energy efficiency demonstration project, EC 2000, is funding the design development of 8 non-domestic buildings in the United Kingdom, France, Greece, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands. The energy target is to reduce energy consumption by 50% compared with traditional buildings, and consumption of carbon dioxide by 50-70%. The 4300 m2, five storey extension to the existing tax office now under construction in The Netherlands is most applicable to UK practice. One of the main aims of the tax office project was to avoid mechanical cooling. With the new parliamentary building, the exceptional summer weather of 1995 confirmed that openable windows are not a prerequisite for passive cooling in very hot weather. Besides, as the importance of heavyweight thermal structures in maintaining comfortable internal temperatures becomes clear designers are now devising novel ways of using thermal mass to get the most out of it. New office buildings are given as an example. The University of Lincolnshire will be the first totally new university in the United Kingdom for over 30 years. The building could set the standard for future university buildings with its special mode of servicing strategy and integration of services with the structure.

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  • Original title: Future buildings.
  • Record ID : 1996-3671
  • Languages: English
  • Source: J. chart. Inst. Build. Serv. - vol. 18 - n. 3
  • Publication date: 1996/03
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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