| GREEN BUILDINGS IN SUFFOLK - OPEN
DAYS
9 - 12
September 2010
The Suffolk Green Buildings Network is
providing Green Buildings Open Days as part of English
Heritage's Open Days. The open days offer guided, informative tours of
energy-efficient properties and projects between 9 - 12 September
2010.
The
Suffolk Green Buildings Network is a collaboration between the Creating the Greenest County Delivery
Partnership, UCS and many other partners. We now have a growing number of green buildings that are
cheaper to heat, cheaper to light, have less environmental impact and are better adapted to climate
change. The purpose of the network is to raise the profile of these fantastic buildings, inspiring others
to commission similar projects.
Among the eleven properties featured for 2010 are a
contemporary family home designed with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality, a
Tudor public building dating from about 1500, new build and retrofit village halls and buildings built from straw
bales.
The
buildings opening for tours in 2010 are:
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Assington Mill, Nr
Sudbury: Buildings at the Mill have been restored using local craftsmen and materials. The new tractor shed, story telling hut and Owl Tower have been
built from straw bales and rendered with clay or traditional lime plaster. Other traditional or eco technologies for viewing are: locally made bricks; ground
source heat pumps; under floor heating; wood burning stove; sunpipes and a newly installed water wheel which will generate electricity for
the buildings.
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Bruisyard
Village Hall, Nr Framlingham: New build rural village built to the highest energy
conservation standards with very high levels of thermal and acoustic insulation, solar panels
for water heating and an under floor heating
system using an air-source heat pump.
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Flint
Cottage, Nr Bury St Edmunds: 19th Century flint knapped cottage with a retrofit ground
source heat pump supplying conventional radiators. A retrofit system reducing heating
bills by impressive amounts.
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Village Hall,
Great Barton: Retrofit and new build installation of a ground source heat
pump and photo voltaic panels in a 1950s village
hall bringing benefits to the community by reducing costs and cutting the carbon
footprint.
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Tudor Public
Building, Wyverstone: See an air
source heat pump, solar thermal panels, whole house heat recovery and high standards of insulation
in a sixteenth century Guildhall , reputedly the smallest of
its type in the country, recently restored to its original glory and linked renovated
barn .
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Mill Green
Brewery, Edwardstone: A new commercial building using traditional building , green insulation and heating methods such as locally
made bricks using on site clay, lime plaster, wooden weather boarding, lambs
wool insulation low energy lighting, a solar hot water heating system and biomass
boiler.
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New Build
Hemp House and award winning office conversion near Sudbury: Both house and office are
models of zero carbon buildings with efficient natural insulation materials, lime based
construction, biomass boilers, solar water heating, rainwater recycling, food grown on site for
self reliant lifestyle, own livestock reared for meat and manure
production
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Reg Driver
Centre, Christchurch Park, Ipswich: The Centre, designed to fit into and make the most of the surrounding landscape and to
be as eco friendly as possible contains several eco features namely: insulation and glazing to make the most of natural light and
heat, a woodchip boiler with under floor zoned heating, green roof , sun pipes for lighting , rainwater harvester, solar, photovoltaic
panels so lots to see all in one place. Tours of
backroom facilities are being offered during Heritage Open Days.
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Sproughton
Tithe Barn: 17th Century community owned barn where costs and carbon have
been dramatically reduced through insulation which has achieved a 39% heat saving per person
using the barn.
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The Arc Nr
Boxford: A contemporary family home designed to achieve carbon neutrality from the
handling of the excavated soil in the construction process to the orientation of the building,
its design and construction. Everything has been designed to capture the maximum of natural
heat and light whilst retaining all possible heat within the building. Space heating is by
passive solar, combined with the high thermal mass of the building. Backup heating is by
low-power under floor electric cables Further backup is supplied by a wood-burning stove in the
main living area but rarely used.
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UCS
Waterfront Building: This iconic sustainable building has a sloping sedum roof,
high performance glazing, a concrete structure designed to act as ‘thermal battery’, an
extensive heat recovery system including a heat wheel using fresh air circulation i.e. no air
conditioning, water saving systems and contingencies for climate adaptation - there is a
flood mitigation system with no electrical systems
within 900mm of ground level and walls and floors designed to withstand flood damage. A
building management system controls variable-speed ventilation and heating systems and there is
no incandescent lighting (except in the lifts!). Lighting controlled by occupancy sensors in many
areas.
Booking is essential for most
of the tours. Bookings can be made online
through the Suffolk Green Buildings Network website: http://www.greensuffolk.org/green_buildings/events .The attached leaflet is only available
electronically, so please download or print off for further
information.
Further information about most of
these buildings can also be found on the website.
If you are unable to book online please call
Hilary Stearn on 01473 264780 or email: sgbn@suffolk.gov.uk
Directions to each property will be sent on booking. Please note that tour
numbers for some buildings
is limited so early booking is
recommended
Please circulate this email and attachments to friends and
colleagues.
Kind regards,
Suffolk Green Buildings
Network
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