The £3.3 million Bramall Learning Centre at the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Harlow Carr gardens will provide free education facilities to more than 10,000 children each year. The building has been designed to reflect environmental sustainability and biodiversity in every element and has already achieved the highest BREEAM score ever awarded for a public bespoke building.
As a popular visitor attraction, the Bramall Learning Centre’s energy demands for power and heating are high and a key objective is to meet all energy needs from a range of renewable sources including a ground source heat pump.
As part of this new build project, Kimpton was appointed to provide the heating, passive cooling, ventilation and plumbing services.
The ground source heat pump installed by Kimpton will provide the low grade heat to cater for the thermal comfort requirements of the occupants delivered via an underfloor heating system.
Such is the groundbreaking use of renewable energy built in to the building’s design, including the ground source heat pump installed by Kimpton, all of its energy needs will be met from renewable sources and it is also expected to feed power back into the national grid, saving the production of 75 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
Commented a spokesperson from the Bramhall Learning Centre: “Indications to date are that the equipment installed by Kimpton will rise to the challenge and help the building to achieve carbon neutral status with all of the energy coming from renewable sources.
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