BREEAM
The College's new development will be aiming to achieve a BREEAM
'excellent' rating. BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is
the leading and most widely used environmental assessment method
for buildings. It sets the standard for best practice in
sustainable design and has become the de facto measure used to
describe a building's environmental performance. You can find more
information about BREEAM on their website.
The following information outlines some of the key statistics
concerning the new development.
| BREEAM Information |
|
| BREEAM Rating and score |
74.1% |
| Basic Building Cost - £/m2 |
2794 |
| Services Cost - £/m2 |
548 |
| External Works - £/m2 |
15.93 |
| Gross Floor Area - m2 |
5193 |
| Total area of site - hectares |
0.635 ha |
| Area of each type of function space (m2) |
|
| - Plant |
538 |
| - Back of house |
1923 |
| - Front of house |
1197 |
| - Theatre |
386 |
| - Concert Hall |
489 |
| - Rehearsal |
838 |
| Area of circulation - m2 |
2551 |
| Area of storage - m2 |
24 |
| Area of site to be used by community - m2 |
523 |
| % area of buildign to be used by community |
10 |
| Predicted electricity consumption - kWh/m2 |
512 |
| Predicted fossil fual consumption - kWh/m2 |
295 |
| Predicted renewable energy generation - kWh/m2 |
1.733 |
| Predicted water use - m3/person/year |
4.8 |
| % predicted water use to be provided by rainwater or grey
water |
Nil |
A basic description of project
The design and construction of a world class, acoustically
excellent 450 capacity, concert hall, a 160 seat courtyard theatre,
four rehearsal rooms, theatre design spaces, teaching facilities
and refurbishment of the existing building reception together with
associated external works and services.
The key innovative and low impact design features of the
building
- Displacement ventilation for both auditorium
- Under floor heating for the main foyer and rehearsal
studios
- High quality U values
- Air tight construction for the auditorium, aiming at 8m3/m2/hr
@ 50Pa
- Heat recovery ventilation system
- Thermal wheel for the two main central auditorium air handling
plants
- Condensing boiler with exceptionally low NOx emission rate and
efficiency of 92%+
- Variable flow system
- Zonal control for different areas, local occupant control
interlink to a central BMS
- Natural ventilation for foyer, arcade and part of the drama
block
- Shading elements to minimise solar radiation