The Concrete Centre
Overheating
The Concrete Centre
Overheating
The Concrete Centre
The Concrete Centre
Tom de Saulles, Building Physicist, The Concrete Centre discusses the new planning tool to inform planners about early considerations for overheating.
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Ribbed slabs have started to be more popular again after many years when they were somewhat out of fashion. About fifteen years ago, I was working on a PFI hospital project where we, as the structural engineers, had proposed a ribbed slab.
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An increasingly important benefit of concrete and masonry buildings is the inherent resilience they provide to a range of environmental risks, particularly flooding and overheating.
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Twinwall, crosswall and tunnelform all offer significant advantages including systemised construction, minimal need for infill panels, less requirement for follow-on trades due to high quality wall finishes and cost-savings due to repetition of the elements.
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This free software tool helps demonstrate the passive design principals of buildings to non-specialists, and enables key design variables such as orientation, ventilation and thermal mass to be more easily understood.
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The Concrete Centre showcases exemplars of concrete and masonry construction. Projects include schools, offices, public buildings and many more. Projects highlight visual concrete, material efficiency, thermal mass and tall buildings. Projects include award-winners including Stirling Prize winners and those with BREEAM Outstanding and BREEAM Excellent certification.
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Case studies and articles include: New Forest House by Perring Architecture and Design; Sean O'Casey Centre by O'Donnell and Tuomey; Cheltenham Ladies College Parabola Arts Centre by Foster Wilson Architects; Greenfields Community Housing office by Richard Partington Architects; 1960s Olympic Stadium by Pier Luigi Nervi; Hilton Liverpool by Aedas Architects; Thermal mass is key to zero carbon buildings.