article · 2015

performance in practice

Robert Vale, Margaret Lawton, Fraser Morgan

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recognition and awards for its use of techniques such as triple-bottom-line reporting in its annual report, in an attempt to make sustainability issues more mainstream. When the organisation needed to build a new building for about 90 staff, the decision was made to make the building as sustainable as possible without exceeding the budget for a conventional building. This aim was complicated by the fact that the required building comprised four components: research laboratories; offices; archival collections of insect and fungal specimens and climate-controlled greenhouses The paper describes the outcomes of the design and decision-making processes in terms of the planning of the building on the site and the choice of systems (structural, mechanical, water, etc.) within it. These systems range from the relatively simple – high-mass insulated construction; to the relatively complex – heat recovery from laboratory fume cabinets; and from the conventional – high-efficiency lighting; to the highly unusual – waterless toilets. One of the intentions was that the building would be monitored over time to see if its environmental performance measured up to the designers ’ intentions. In the paper, operational measurements of the building are provided to demonstrate what has been achieved, and how the building’s performance compares with national and international performance

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Vale, R., Lawton, M., & Morgan, F. (2015). performance in practice.

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@article{vale2015performance,
  title = {{performance in practice}},
  author = {Vale, Robert and Lawton, Margaret and Morgan, Fraser},
  year = {2015}
}

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