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Low energy buildings

Concrete can deliver low energy through embodied CO₂, operational and embodied CO₂ for housing and structural frames.

Joseph Chamberlain College, Birmingham

The main college buildings have a largely exposed fair-faced in-situ concrete frame, providing strong thermal mass capabilities, reducing mechanical heating and air-conditioning requirements.

Overheating and Part O

Overheating

Overheating and Part O

Overheating

Overheating and Part O

Overheating

Masonry Construction Explained

Planning to Tackle Overheating Upfront

Tom de Saulles, Building Physicist, The Concrete Centre discusses the new planning tool to inform planners about early considerations for overheating.

Rib Slab Resurgence

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.

Designing resilient homes

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.

Hotels

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.