8. International Building Services and Environmental Engineers We are an international team of building services engineers, environmental designers and lighting designers focused on delivering sustainability in the built environment. We have been designing “green” buildings for 20 years and have evolved a team with the broad range of complementary skills that are essential to the design of high performance buildings of the future. London Glasgow New York New Haven San Francisco Abu Dhabi
14. A pioneering approach TermoDeck activated slab cooling system The Kimberlin Library at Leicester University with Eva Jiricna Architects (1996) was the first UK application of the TermoDeck slab ventilation system combined with adiabatic cooling for exceptionally low heating and cooling demands. Integrating the air supply with the concrete structure increases the “thermal flywheel” effect.
16. A pioneering approach Labyrinths Atelier Ten (re-)invented the idea of thermal labyrinths for modern buildings with this gallery conditioning system at the Earth Centre, UK (2000) with Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects. The Labyrinth eliminated the need for mechanical cooling. Power is generated from the UK’s largetst PV array on a timber structure made from forest thinnings.
17. A pioneering approach Labyrinths Atelier Ten (re-)invented the idea of thermal labyrinths for modern buildings with this gallery conditioning system at the Earth Centre, UK (2000) with Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects. The Labyrinth eliminated the need for mechanical cooling.
18. A pioneering approach Labyrinths Intergenerational thinking for public builidngs- the Labyrinth idea grew into a major installation at Federation Square in Melbourne with LAB Architecture Studio. Here again the labyrinth eliminated the need for mechanical cooling to the main circulation space and reduced emissions by 90% compared to conventional systems. (2002)
19. A pioneering approach Labyrinth Technology Sustainability works at all scales and this 110m2Alpine House at Kew Gardens in London, designed with Wilkinson Eyre Architects, relies on a subterranean labyrinth to keep the plants in the cool and breezy conditions that they need.
20. A pioneering approach Ground Source Heating/CoolingTechnology This Conference centre at Keble College in Oxford (Rick Mather Architects) is heated and cooled by a ground source heat pump connected through a network of pipes to the piles that form the deep basement. The piles act as heat exchangers. Though common in N Europe, this was the first application of this technique in the UK.
21. A pioneering approach Earth Duct Technology Butterfield Office Village (2007) with Hamiltons Architects was the first commercial building in the UK to use Earth Ducts as the sole source of comfort cooling for the summer and pre-heating in the winter. Concrete tubes are buried below the Car Park to couple with the earth around them. The system is exceeding expectations and is beginning to be widely copied.
24. A pioneering approach High Performance Buildings in the US The Kroon Building at Yale University (2009) with Hopkins Architects uses high performance indirect evaporative cooling coupled with exposed thermal mass, a displacement air supply and open loop GSHP to achieve very low carbon conditioning, 70% below the notional ASHRAE 90.1 target. The building achieved a LEED Platinum rating in 2009 and has won 14 Awards.
49. Daylight requirements for Tropical Plants Annual Cumulative frequency of global illuminance. Source – NParks brief and Transsolar
50. GARDENS BY THE BAY, SINGAPORE Modelling Shading Impacts Structural Shading Truss Fin Grid Shell
51. Properties of high performance glass VLT v SHG Alpine House Single Pane Low-Iron Glass Alpine House Single Pane Low-Iron Glass Gardens by the Bay Double Pane Low-E Glass HEAT TRANSMISSION LIGHT TRANSMISSION
52. Modelling Shading Impacts Impact of Shading on Direct Solar Gain Unshaded Facade Allows Internal Light Level of >70kLux
53. Modelling Shading Impacts Impact of Shading on Direct Solar Gain Proportionally Controlled Shades Maintain Internal Light Level at 45kLux Reduce Solar Gain by Approx 33%. Difference to internal solar gain approximately 33% with partial deployment of shading
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