Sustainable Building Showcase is Energy Efficiency Gold Winner
 A £9million flagship building and catalyst for the regeneration of
Lowestoft 's waterfront has received an International Green Apple
'Gold Winner' award for Energy Efficiency. OrbisEnergy started on
site in spring 2007, was completed on the 12 September and will be
opened officially on 7 November 2008.
Multi-disciplinary practice Pick Everard was appointed under the
Suffolk County Council 'Capital Works Property Partnering Framework
Agreement' for detailed design work to carry forward the
Feilden+Mawson concept design for OrbisEnergy. The building
contractor was Wates Construction, also appointed under the Suffolk
Framework.
Located 100m south of Ness Point - the most easterly point in the
UK. The new building provides approximately 30,000 sq. ft of managed
office space with conference and exhibition facilities for small to
medium 'start up' businesses in the renewable energy industry.
Designed with a striking glass atrium over its reception, the
five-storey structure is built on stilts providing secure undercroft
car parking. Pick Everard applied its significant expertise in
designing sustainable structures, using the latest Building
Management Systems technology, to reduce energy use and carbon
impact. Permeable rain-screen cladding and brise-soleil have been
designed to guard against harsh seashore conditions and shade
occupants from bright coastal sunshine. With ventilation/heat
recovery, comfort cooling, wind-catchers for natural ventilation,
solar thermal 'tracker' hot water heating and exposed internal
concrete structure, year round temperature fluctuations are reduced,
making the building energy efficient and self-regulating. Heating
comes from a locally sourced woodchip biomass boiler and the
building is designed to meet BREEAM (Building Research Establishment
Environment Assessment Method) standards, reflecting its low
environmental impact. Provision for future rainwater harvesting has
also been included.
Pick Everard Architect Chris Gerrard comments, "We're thrilled to
see OrbisEnergy completed. At Pick Everard, we're very focussed on
designing new structures so that they will have much less impact on
the environment in the future and at OrbisEnergy - from start to
finish - sustainability has been high on our agenda."
Pick Everard is the only external consultant appointed under Suffolk
County Council's five-year consultant framework agreement, covering
the whole spectrum of the Council's capital building programme works
budget. The programme for 2009, currently awaiting confirmation,
will include schools projects and an interesting mix of other local
authority capital works and buildings.
Email
helenwillson@mezzo-consultancy.co.uk
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