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Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham

Overview

For more than 35 years G. Christianson Construction has been operating throughout the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon, USA.

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Cement Plant

Located on The University of Nottingham’s award-winning Innovation Park, this carbon neutral laboratory building provides unrivalled facilities for chemistry. The focus on sustainability is reflected in the building itself, which incorporates the latest technologies to allow it to be carbon neutral over its lifetime.

It is the first Higher Education sector project to target both BREEAM Outstanding and LEED Platinum simultaneously, with the goal of achieving carbon neutral status after 25 years.

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Challenge

The timber-framed laboratory is built from natural materials, and the energy required to run it will be met by renewable sources including solar power and sustainable biomass. Excess energy created by the building will provide enough carbon credits over 25 years to pay back the carbon used during construction.

Its distinctive shape is partially informed by orientation, with its south facing pitch clad in photovoltaic cells, and north facing expressed as a sloping green roof, but it's the ventilation strategy that plays a huge role in its composition. Designed to work in a similar way to a plane wing, air accelerates across the roof and draws on the inclined surface to create a greater amount of wind energy which is then distributed evenly into the building.

Early innovative moves exchanged the originally designed clerestory lights, with an open cage, which now maximises natural ventilation. It also contributes to the groundbreaking innovation that sees fume cupboards sharing fans saving both cost and energy.

Our solution

Located on The University of Nottingham’s award-winning Innovation Park, this carbon neutral laboratory building provides unrivalled facilities for chemistry. The focus on sustainability is reflected in the building itself, which incorporates the latest technologies to allow it to be carbon neutral over its lifetime.

It is the first Higher Education sector project to target both BREEAM Outstanding and LEED Platinum simultaneously, with the goal of achieving carbon neutral status after 25 years.

The building embraces renewable technologies and integrates photovoltaic panels into its roof structure to generate an estimated output of in excess of 200,00kWh per annum, offsetting potentially over 100 tonnes of carbon per year – a 70% reduction in embodied carbon compared to a conventional new build laboratory.

Results:

Cost Savings
The material and attendance features have helped them save 4% on their overall project cost. Today, they have organized records on labor and vendor attendance and material expenditures, providing clear visibility of payables and receivables.

Project Visibility
The entire team gets visibility on the progress of various projects; it has solved the problem of project delays by saving us almost 506 days.

Cross-Communication
Task and chat features let the team members communicate with one click. People can be held accountable easily, and it increases transparency across teams.

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Chief Operating Officer Ambuja Cements Limited, ACC Limited, Adani Corporate House
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