The Concrete Centre
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.
The Concrete Centre
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.
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An in-situ concrete frame is the structure behind this BREEAM ‘excellent’ rated project.
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Montgomery Primary School is the UK’s first zero carbon school built to the PassivHaus standard.
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University of the Arts in London’s campus for Central Saint Martins at King’s Cross is a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ building and a feat of fair-faced concrete.
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Birmingham City Council’s target for the library to be BREEAM ‘Excellent’ was made possible by ensuring thermal mass was integral to the building’s energy strategy.
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TermoDeck is a system that uses the thermal mass in hollowcore concrete floors to provide low energy heating and cooling.
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