Back in the early 1990s, when sustainability was still called energy efficiency, Bennetts Associates built one of a series of what we would now call low-carbon buildings in Edinburgh for John Menzies. Having developed ideas about natural ventilation, solar control and thermal mass at our Powergen project in Coventry, we were keen to understand how local weather conditions would influence the design.

The M&E engineer from Blyth & Blyth said, “Just remember, laddie, this is where the snow falls on the walls, not on the ground!”

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