John Taylor Free School

One of the first schools to be designed and constructed to meet and exceed the Department for Education’s (DfE) net zero carbon and sustainability standard.

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行业领域

中小学校

地点

Rugeley, United Kingdom

客户

ENGIE

Equans

Department for Education (DfE)

建筑设计

Glancy Nicholls Architects

服务类别

建筑服务工程

Civil Engineering

结构工程

Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental

Fire Engineering

可持续发展

声学

Vertical Transportation

John Taylor Free School is a low carbon school built on the site of a former power station and sitting at the heart of a new sustainable community re-development. The school will accommodate over 1,400 pupils, a nursery, and sports facilities including a community 3G pitch with floodlighting.

The project has been designed to the DfE’s sustainability design guide, which outlines how schools should be designed to align with the UK’s zero carbon trajectory. This requires designs to achieve stringent energy in-use targets, combined with maximising renewable energy generation on-site.

Peter Hazzard, Associate Director, commented, "The design utilises an innovative heat recovery system of very low temperature heating pipework embedded in the concrete slab (TABS). By linking this to an air-source and heat scavenging heat pump system the overall energy input required for heating and hot water production is reduced to very low levels."

Key fact

A large PV array covers the roof of the development to maximise renewable energy generation and results in a theoretical net zero carbon in operation (NZCiO) building.

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Key fact

Excess energy generated is stored in a series of batteries to be utilised during periods of high demand.

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