An institute for sustainability research has to lead by example, and Edward Cullinan Architects’ design for the Thames Gateway Institute for Sustainability is expected to do just that by achieving a Breeam Outstanding rating.
The sustainability consultant is Hoare Lea.
The building, located in Dagenham, east London, will house research into innovative green technologies. It will consist of two distinct parts joined by an internal street, a
9m high research space that must avoid direct sunlight and a two-storey office and gallery space with high levels of daylight.
The structure will have cross-laminated timber panels insulated with Hemcrete, a mix of hemp fibre and lime-based binder. This has a negative embodied CO2 and a thermal inertia that compensates for the lower thermal mass of the timber.
On the south elevation, a solar wall will collect solar energy for use in the building. The roof has been designed to accommodate the installation of different photovoltaics as a potential research project.
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