{"id":349,"date":"2013-07-25T15:32:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T15:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/designbuybuild.co.uk\/?p=349"},"modified":"2013-07-26T08:30:41","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T08:30:41","slug":"349","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designbuybuild.co.uk\/349\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Sindall Professional Services attains \u2018outstanding\u2019 recognition for \u2018green\u2019 school design"},"content":{"rendered":"
Consultancy achieves BREEAM outstanding status for Carnegie Primary\u00a0School<\/strong><\/p>\n The multidisciplinary design consultancy Morgan Sindall\u00a0Professional Services and Archial, the international architectural\u00a0practice, have designed a primary school that makes maximum use of\u00a0natural light, wind and water to become the first of its kind in the UK\u00a0to achieve the highest official recognition for its green credentials.<\/p>\n The Carnegie Primary School in Fife was certified as \u2018outstanding\u2019 in an\u00a0official BREEAM assessment \u2013 the recognised standard for innovation in\u00a0sustainable building design \u2013 after Morgan Sindall Professional Services\u00a0and Archial maximised an open brief to propose a design that was not\u00a0only \u2018green\u2019 in its ambition, but was also sympathetic to its\u00a0surroundings and practical for everyday school and where appropriate,\u00a0community use.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Outstanding\u2019 buildings make up less than one percent of all new\u00a0construction, because the design has to go further than best practice;\u00a0in order to achieve this recognition innovative design must bring new\u00a0and impactful examples to sustainable architecture. Carnegie\u2019s gym and\u00a0dining hall, for example, are two rooms separated by a folding\u00a0partition. Whether the room is divided or used as one space, it is\u00a0naturally ventilated and delivers high daylight factors of five percent.\u00a0Rainwater, collected in a 45,000-litre underground storage tank, is used\u00a0to flush school toilets, which reduces the fresh water demand by 50\u00a0percent. A 15kW wind turbine is included as an additional power source,\u00a0helping to reduce operating costs, carbon emissions and even to generate\u00a0income for the school through the Feed in Tariff government scheme.\u00a0Dynamic simulation software was used to position windows to maximise\u00a0natural light and reduce lighting needs by up to 90 percent.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From the outset, Morgan Sindall Professional Services considered every\u00a0aspect of the school\u2019s energy and engineering requirements with\u00a0sustainability in mind. Its ambition was matched by the local council\u2019s\u00a0own aspiration to become the greenest council in Scotland.<\/p>\n Robbie Mckillop, public sector director for Morgan Sindall Professional\u00a0Services, believes that the bar has now been raised: \u201cThis \u2018outstanding\u2019\u00a0certification shows what can be achieved even with comparatively modest\u00a0budgets,\u201d he says. \u201cWe look forward to using the experience and skills\u00a0that we now have in other innovative design projects within the public\u00a0sector where demand for \u2018sustainability\u2019 is increasingly a priority.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The school, which was built within its \u00a38 million budget, was commended\u00a0for its design in the 2012 Scottish Design Awards and was a regional\u00a0finalist in the Civic Trust 2013 awards.<\/p>\n