Sustainability and
Environmental Design
As one of the AJ100's top ten sustainable practices, environmental design is high on our agenda. This is facilitated by architects skilled in this area - including a number of qualified BREEAM assessors.
We actively promote these issues with the Government, with clients, and in the press. For instance, we have had representatives on three steering groups at the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Centre for Sustainable Construction, A Sustainability Checklist for Developments, The NHS Environmental Assessment Tool (NEAT) and more recently, its replacement: BREEAM Healthcare, which was published in 2008.
We now have staff trained in BREEAM Healthcare, Education, Higher Education and BREEAM International.
We have signed up to the Designing out Waste and WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) – Halving Waste to Landfill commitment which notes:
“We commit to playing our part in halving the amount of construction, demolition and excavation waste going to landfill by 2012. We will work to adopt and implement standards for good practice in reducing waste, recycling more, and increasing the use of recycled and recovered material.”
See www.wrap.org.uk/designingoutwaste for information.
Seven of the talks from our 2007 Sustainability Conference are available to view online.
Examples of Sustainable Design
Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan is a Local General Hospital providing 96 Inpatient single bedrooms, 11 Mental Health bedrooms and a Mental Health Day Centre, along with Outpatients, Therapy, Radiology, Minor Injuries and Birthing facilities.View case study
The new CEH Laboratory is an extension to NERCS (Natural Environments Research Councils) existing research facility in Wallingford. View case study
Gateway College is a highly-sustainable new-build college campus in Leicester, masterplanned by IBI Nightingale in 2005. View case study
A challenging yet inspiring project, Ysbyty Alltwen near Porthmadog, North Wales is a highly sustainable Community Hospital carefully integrated into its setting on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. View case study
IBI Nightingale was commissioned as Executive Architect to complete the design of the new build Treehouse National Centre for Autism and Training from Stage D+ onwards. View case study
The new 'Golden Jubilee Wing' of the world famous teaching hospital boasts a large ambulatory care centre, complete new women's centre and new medical wards, all designed to fit within a tight urban site. View case study
New £15m teaching & clinical research building for the University of Plymouth which transverses the valley between the Tamar Science Park & Derriford Hospital sites in Plymouth, Devon. View case study
Redcar and Cleveland College is a new state-of-the-art building which has transformed the students’ learning experience, providing industry standard vocational facilities which support employer relations and give individuals the skills they need to kick start their career. View case study
This £1.1m scheme is the product of 11 years of fundraising on the part of staff and is - by exceeding NHS Best practice guidelines - a showcase for sustainable design in the field of healthcare. View case study
New £20m research complex at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. The Campus is being developed as a leading global centre for science and innovation and will become home to some of the world’s most prestigious research facilities. View case study
Further Reading
Catch up with our event held at Gateway College, Leiecester. Includes speaker biographies and presentation material. View event details
An article written by David Rowley for Big Project (Dubai) .pdf file / approx: 250kb. Read article
An article written by David Rowley for Big Project (Dubai) .pdf file / approx: 400kb. Read article
Presentations and speaker biographies from our event at the Liverpool University. View event details
Here you can view a detailed summary of this event - along with presentation materials and speaker biographies. View event details
This article by David Rowley featured in issue 65 of Welsh Housing Quarterly. Read article
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