City Centre Campus at University of Wales in Newport, United Kingdom

BDP has create a new visual identity for Newport region through Glazed volume for University of Wales’s City Centre Campus that located in Newport, United Kingdom. Read more details below: The University of Wales, Newport commissioned a masterplan to create a new campus for the schools of Art, Media, Design, Business and Technology on the waterfront in the heart of Newport. The University’s... 

Tags: Architecture, carbon technologies, Energy conservation, Environmental design, Low-energy building, Sustainability, sustainable building, University of Wales

Sûreté du Québec Mlll District Regional Headquarters in Mascouche, Canada

The Sûreté du Québec Mlll District Regional Headquarters designed by Services intégrés Lemay et associés is located in Mascouche, Canada. The distribution in a cross shape, slightly off-centred, allowed the public entrance to be moved away from the secured entrances. The architects  proposed a compact volumetry, reducing the building’s footprint and envelope, maximising interior / exterior... 

Tags: Architecture, Building engineering, Building envelope, Canada, Construction, Engineering, Environment, Environmental design, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Low-energy building, Mascouche, Québec Mlll District Regional Headquarters, sustainable building, Ventilation

Wales Institute for Sustainable Education in Machynlleth, Wales, United Kingdom

Wales Institute for Sustainable Education that located in Machynlleth, Wales, United Kingdom, was designed by Pat Borer and David Lea. The WISE building is constructed of materials with low embodied energy: glulam timber frame, hemcrete walls, rammed earth, lime renders, slate, cork, home-grown timber flooring and finishes of natural paints and stains. It is well insulated and airtight with heat recovery... 

Tags: Architectural theory, Architecture, CAT, Centre for Alternative Technology, David Lea, Education, Glued laminated timber, heat recovery systems, Human Interest, low embodied energy, Low-energy building, Machynlleth, Pat Borer, Rammed earth, Sustainable Architecture, sustainable building, sustainable design, Sustainable development, United Kingdom, Wales, Wales Institute, Wales Institute for Sustainable Education, WISE building

Corby Cube New Civic Hub in Corby, United Kingdom

The Corby Cube New Civic Hub designed by Hawkins/Brown is located in Corby, United Kingdom. HawkinsBrown’s innovative response combined these two briefs into a single building. This proposal provided multiple benefits in terms of sharing facilities and infrastructure to realise savings in capital and running costs, fostering synergetic relationships between users and the creation of a site for... 

Tags: Architecture, BREEAM, Brief, Chief Executive, Corby, Environmental design, Low-energy building, Mac OS X, Spaces, sustainable building, United Kingdom

Johnson Controls, Inc. in Glendale, Wisconsin, United States

Designed by Gensler, Johnson Controls, Inc is located in Glendale, Wisconsin, United States. The entire JCI campus achieved LEED Platinum status; the highest number of LEED Platinum buildings in one location. To do that, every LEED point had to be addressed, including daylighting and landscaping. Restored 13 acres of native prairie on the site and created 32,000 sq ft of rain gardens that will cleanse... 

Tags: Building engineering, Construction, Daylighting, Department of Energy, Energy in the United States, energy usage, Environment, Environment of the United States, Glendale, JCI campus, JOHNSON CONTROLS INC., Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Low-energy building, sustainable building, United States, Wisconsin

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