Sustainability
Where the embodied is buried
Upcoming changes to both Breeam and the building regulations are placing the embodied carbon of different structural solutions under the spotlight
School pavilion Allenmoos II by Boltshauser Architekten
Handcrafted, natural materials and refined construction techniques are combined to create a quiet sensitivity
Oasis Children’s Venture by Matt Atkins and Ben Barfield Marks
A playspace and office by architecture students is an exercise in reuse and resourcefulness
Olympic Sailing Village by HTA Architects
HTA’s athletes’ village in Dorset mixes traditional materials with an up-to-date approach to energy generation
B35 apartments by AGPS Architecture
Hansjürg Leibundgut’s Zurich home is also a ground-breaking research project into energy use
Sulgrave Gardens by Cartwright Pickard
This £5.5m scheme will be the first mixed-tenure PassivHaus development in London and the architect’s first attempt at this type of sustainable design
New research will help architects maximise low-carbon design
Target Zero guidance on achieving low-carbon buildings has been launched by the BCSA and Tata Steel. Here are three steel-framed projects featured in the research.
Ecobuild promises a greener future
This year’s conference is bigger than ever and with a new focus on architecture.
Welsh group targets Passivhaus window market
A consortium of Welsh joinery firms is making a new high-performance timber window.
Environmental Resource Centre, Ebbw Vale, Wales
A site that was once Europe’s largest steelworks is reclaimed by nature in Design Research Unit Wales’s innovative scheme.
BRE’s Victorian Terrace Retrofit project
PRP Architects’ refurbished stable block will be used to demonstrate how sustainable building and insulation products can be used for upgrading the UK’s existing housing stock
Open House in Hamburg by Onix Architekten
This Passivhaus for communal living produces more energy than it uses.
SBEC sustainability centre finds ways to push the envelope
The Sustainable Building Envelope Centre has been established to harness the building fabric to generate energy. Here is a look at its ambitions and some of the key technologies under development
Boyarsky Murphy's anaerobic digestion plant
Innovative facility in Cambridgeshire will turn food waste into energy
Gamlingay Eco Hub community centre by Civic Architects
Civic Architects’ remodelling of a Cambridgeshire village community centre uses sustainable materials and three different passive heat and power technologies.
Oak Meadow Primary School by Architype
Passivhaus technology is creating an efficient, well-ventilated learning environment at Oak Meadow Primary School in Wolverhampton.
Simon Conder Associates’ Eastcliff houses
Two houses on the windswept Cornish coast rely on traditional passive solutions
Kentish Town Sports Centre
Max Fordham Engineers has turn Victorian technology to good use in the refurbishment of one of London’s oldest pools.
Insulation solutions for Flimwell workshops by The Architecture Ensemble
Wood fibre and sheep’s wool insulation have been specified for a set of eight sustainable timber workshops that are being constructed in 20ha of ancient woodland in East Sussex.
John Christophers’ Zero Carbon House
A home in Birmingham’s Balsall Heath is the first retrofit project to achieve level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes
