Trees, displacement ventilation and the use of thermal mass all played their part in giving the Green Building of the Year Award to the Ministry of Defence. Ewen Rose gets under the skin of the winning building.
Advanced Fabric Energy Storage allows buildings to maintain a comfortable internal environment whilst incurring a significantly reduced energy consumption and financial cost This paper provides a concise reference of the key design features of advanced Fabric Energy Storage, sharing experience gained from several years of involvement with the first UK projects.
This paper outlines the results and lessons derived from monitoring the Elizabeth Fry Building at the University of East Anglia (UEA) for a period of 18 months in use. The monitoring, carried out as part of the Department of Environment, Transport and the Region's Energy Efficiency Best Practice programme, sought to examine the performance of the building as a whole rather than focusing on one particular element.
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