Vanity Warehouse Technologies

Urban Spatial & Experimentation

U.S.E

TECHNOLOGIES 5.1 SUBMISSION

Manchester School of Architecture

Atiqah Nabilah Aidi Rosli

13158903 | Year 5 MArch

PROJECT INTRODUCTION ALBERT SHED (Site) The warehouse is located along the River Irwell at the corner of Water Street and Quay Street.

The typology of this building has been a recurring theme along the river and contains a huge potential in regards to future development

THE VANITY WAREHOUSE Approaches a research on the beauty industry in our modern day. The word ‘beauty’ itself comes in various subjective forms; namely, in every work of art. The lust of beauty has manifested itself as a stagnation of a singular perspective towards perfection.

Cosmetic surgery in architecture is viewed somewhat similar to how our own bodies ‘live’ and react towards the changes that have been made. In this case, these changes in space are perceived as ‘mutations’ of space. Calibrating our atelier’s stance on vacant spaces, the site itself offers opportunities for me to create a duality impression on architecture (abandoned spacess and polished, artificial spaces). The Vanity Warehouse proposed a dichotomy of how we see cosmetics and nature and this project proposed the mortality of a building and our body – both will eventually decay

APPLICATION OF & AWARNESS Understanding the Implementation and realization of regulations to apply

CONTENTS EXTENSIONS MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE AND WORK ON CONTROLLED FITTINGS AND SERVICES COMMISSIONING OF FIXED BUILDING SERVICES THE PROVISION OF THERMAL ELEMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS

1. EXTENSIONS Under regulation 28 of the Building Regulations, the construction of an extension triggers the requirement for consequential improvements in buildings with a total useful floor area greater than 1000m2. In such cases, the guidance in Section 6 should be followed in addition to the following specific guidance.

Albert Shed was given to us as a site for us to rethink and reuse the building.

It was initially a warehouse with many historical backgrounds, which has now been left abandoned. Overall, there are no extensions proposed in the exterior fabric.

Therefore the consideration of fabric standard method - ( windows/panel doors no more than 15% ) isn’t applicable.

The overall structure was left asit is, with no major changes of the exterior fabric. Therefore openings remained un-enclosed, only the interior (floor slabs , new spaces) were dissected - in accordance to the proposed design scheme

Remains unchanged

Co-existing body

The components installed in the shed were two spaces which are understood as pods; chamfered edges, amplifying the vast different of look to the existing body. These 2 pods were carefully inserted right through the floor slab of the first floor

Area-weighted U-value method It is no greater than that of an extension of the same size as it only complies to the INTERIOR changes of the building.

Therefore, it is required to dicuss about consequential improvements (which will be stated in the latter part)

The scheme was to initiate the definition of contrast, in the existing body and the new proposed body from a different element altogether. Therefore, the juxtaposition of the two different manner will be highlighted if the old remains untouched and only the interior were tweaked

Development Scheme

Therefore in my case, there were no appropriate stated standards as the proposed design, only involving alternative approaches that allow some elements of the design to be relaxed through compensating measures elsewhere.

Construction Component

Window panels must be changed due to the purpose of the building in order to recreate a space that requires privacy and glazing in order to apply thermal insulation

2. MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE & CHANGE OF ENERGY STATUS ‘Vanity Warehouse’ was initially derived for a place of beauty as a commodity.

Therefore the change change of use of this warehouse for the proposed design is to provide services for users to actually make changes to their aesthetics - in this case, cosmetic surgery.

In accordance to the regulation of L2B where consideration must follow under the Material Change of Use, Under the the paragraph of 4.15(c) which stated: c. the building is used as a public building, where previously it was not; Therefore this shall be carried of for a total change of use of building and has to be altered to be used seperately.

2 champhered unit blocks

The components implemented on this building were these 2 pods : One consisting a surgical area and the other is a public/shared space for the users

The fundamentals of consideration and material change of use are: i. Controlled services or fittings ii. Sterilization of spaces (due to the surgical rooms) iii. Elements of thermal insulation in the buildinh iv. Existing opening which shall be proposed to be enclosed (if necessary) in order to seperate insulated spaces or conditioned spaces

Structural components shall not be exposed due to the health and safety of the users of the building

The pods were carefully placed in such way that they do not obstruct the internal circulation of the space. Though the existing is a simple rectangular space, planning the layout isn’t as simple due to the consideration of efficient circulations

3. WORK ON CONTROLLED FITTINGS AND SERVICES In the paragraph of the Approved Document, under the Paragraph of 4.23, I have understood the term of controlled fitting which are window, roof window, rooflight or door refers to a whole unit, i.e. including the frame.

According to the part L standard, if an existing frame was unable to to provide a controlled fitting, such work is will not meet the Part L standards. In addition the same condition applies to a new door in an existing frame.

Therefore these images below were evident in order to show the unavalability of having controlled fitting.

However, the Albert Shed was listed under the grade II building therefore external windows or any existing external fabric are to be kept in order to maintain the external appearance of the facade and to retain the character of the whole building.

Thermal Insulation

In accordance to my scheme, if the windows were to be glazed and are unable to meet the requirements, these fittings to meet a ‘centre-pane’ U-value of 1.2W/(m2.K) Dry Air

Warmth inside the building transfers heat to the 1st panel

Glass Insulated wall Cold air outside the building receives a little heat because the dry air between the panel unable for transferring heat

If a renovation design involves provision of extensions of controlled services, the following services must compliance of these provisions i) heating and hot water systems ii) mechanical ventilation iii) mechanical cooling iv) fixed internal lighting v) renewable energy systems

4. COMMISSIONING OF FIXED BUILDING SERVICES The preparation of a commisioning plan must be prepared in order to meet the provision on building services. This is to identify and test the syste that has to be followed and that every system should be properly sequenced and inspected appropriately towards a reasonable standard and the test results shall confirm whether the performance is reasonably in accordance with the design requirements.

In accordance to my proposed design, translucent concrete is a new material that has been introduced in the design field and must be tested and follow an ebergy regulation. Commisioningshall be carried out in such way where there are zero prejudice compliance towards the application of health and safety requirements.

In addition to that the commissioning must carried out by the person who installs the system. The translucent concrethas always been carried out as a facade treatment or as a finish of an envelope.

In my scheme, I have proposed the almost whole material of the pods to be translucent. Provided, of course excluding the structural connections due to the strength and durability of the structure.

There are 2 fundamental commisioning plan: i. energy efficiency ii. health and safety

criteria

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Translucent concrete structure, Which is consisting of various systems within the material such as thermal insulated blocks, and also masonry units for the corners known as radius blocks

Transparent concrete unit which was redesigned as a whole structure has to be tested in order for it to be properly fixed and suitable for its purpose to be inhabited

5. THE PROVISION OF THERMAL ELEMENTS Under the paragraph of 5.1, the new thermal elemets must comply with the paragraph L1(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the building regulations.

In the Regulation 23, requirements for the renovation or replacement of thermal elements constitutes a major renovation or amount to the renovation for more than 50% of the element’s surface area.

U-Value can be used as a method of calculation in order to obtain the provision of thermal element.

Newly constructed thermal elements, such as to the ones constructed as an extension would have to be able to meet the standard stated in the Approved Document through reasonable provisions.

Insulated Timber roof construction

Insulated concrete floor slab

The Albert Shed has an existing roof that is structurally exposed, therefore it needs to be insulated properly in order to instill health, safety precautions and also to avoid water leakage, heat loss that could affect the energy efficiency of the building (in this case, my proposed scheme does not make any changes of design to the roof) 5.8 Renovation of Thermal Elements

5.12 Retained Thermal Elements

Since the design is considered as major renovation, where more than 25% of the surface area of the building envelope undergoes renovation.It is required to renivate the existing fabric. The performance of thermal elements should be improved by achieving the relevant U-value set in the document

None of the thermal elements are present in the existing fabric as it was not designed to has thermal elements in the building. The warehouse was not initially a space to reside

Insulated panel of Translucent Concrete

Existing window replaced by insulated glass

6. CONSEQUENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS Building Regulations undet the Regulation 28 suggests that additional work is required to be undertaken and to make an existing building more energy efficient when a particular scheme of building works are proposed Window and fire door replacements are to be included in the extension of this design scheme. Therefore, window replacement work would satisfy the requirement for consequential improvements, provided the cost was at least 10 per cent of the cost of the extension.

6.6 Consequential improvements on extending a building

The First Floor, however, undergo series of alteration and extension of the floor, inserting new spaces, and systems. Thus making the consequential improvement being replacement of fixed building services

Since the design of this scheme does not have any exterior extensions surrounding the site, though it is still considered as an extesion due to the interior extension that has been altered (1st Floor Area). These measures are to be taken as per follows : LIGHTING SYSTEM THERMAL ELEMENTS ZERO CARBON ENERGY OPERATING SYSTEM HEATING SYSTEMS COOLING SYSTEMS ENERGY METRE

IMPROVEMENTS MEASURE

The ground floor of Albert Shed remains unchanged thus the consequential improvement of it is the first installation of fixed building services

AWARENESS OF BREEAM ASSESMENT Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assesment Method (BREEAM) is the world’s first sustainability rating scheme for the built environment and has contributed much to the strong focus in the UK on sustainability in building design, construction and use.

Assesment Credits

BREEAM is now an international standard that is locally adapted, operated and applied through a network of international operators, assessors and industry professionals.

Through its application and use BREEAM helps clients measure and reduce the environmental impacts of their buildings and in doing so create higher value, lower risk assets.

A new construction project of the overall performance is assessed through BREEAM and through a few elementswhich are the BREEAM rating level benchmarks, the minimum BREEAM standards, the enviromental section weightings and the BREEAM assesment issues and credits.

Health and Wellbeing Energy Transport Water Materials Land Use and Ecology

Single Score

Management

Issue Category Scores Environmental Weightings

Factors governing BREEAM ratings for buildings

Pollution Source: BRE Environmental Assesment

PASS

BREEAM criteria are not chieved. Design improvement must be done to achieve a better BREEAM standard

GOOD

Achieved BREEAM criteria at pass level. Credits achieved from the assesment might be in between 20% tp 50% from the total credits available

VERY GOOD EXCELLENT

Achieved BREEAM criteria at very good level. Credit achieved from the assesment might be in between 60% to 100% from the total credits available

CONTENTS MANAGEMENT HEALTH AND WELLBEING ENERGY EFFICIENCY TRANSPORT WATER MATERIAL WASTE LAND USE AND ECOLOGY

MANAGEMENT

LIFE CYCLE COST AND SERVICE LIFE PLANNING This project scheme encourages the life cycle costing throught he concept. By understanding the duality of elements of the space, amalgamating the old and new raises and awareness to understand that materials have it’s wear and tear but it shall not be resulted to be left abandoned and not contributing to generate the current economic context and in an urban development.

RESPONSIBLE CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES In order to demonstrate sound environmental management practices and consideration for neighbours across their activities on site, it shall be appointed by the principle contractor. In this case, this particular project may collaborate with the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (one of it) in order to ensure deisgn provisions for surgeons are met.

COMMISIONING AND HANDOVER In this context, the use of a newly explored material (Translucent concrete) has been introduces and implemented as a structure as well. Thus the commissioning have been scheduled including optimal timescale and appropriate testing and all building sevices systems and building fabric in line with the best practice.

This project concept was obtained from the current standing according to the context. The beauty industry, challenged the absurd amount of demands of beauty industry.

Due to the market growth of the industry the site context, it also demands not just in the market but also as a social demand. This project will aim to continue the potential of the site to ‘live’ beyond its attraction on only a certain group of users of different kind – since it shall also provide an authentic experience of the abandoned by new mutation of spaces and technology.

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

Management category encourages the adoption of sustainable management practices in connection with design, construction, commisioning, handover and aftercare activities to ensure that robust sustainability objectives are set and followed through into the operation of the building. Focus should be set based on the issues in order to embed sustainability eactions through the key stages of design, procurement and initial occupaton from the initial project brief stage to the appropriate provision of aftercare.

Material Implementation

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

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In order to enhance the quality of life in the building, the design must consider to increase comfort, health and safety of building occupant. It is necessary to address a few issues in BREEAM manual and they are: Visual comfort, Indoor Air Quality, Safe Containment in laboratories, Thermal Comfort, Acoustic Performance and Safety and Security

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Thermal Comfort

Safe Containment in Laboratories

In these 2 pods, there are a few programmes that has been separated between public and private spaces. In this case, the private spaces includes: ie, surgical areas, sterilization area and doctor’s room. These spaces has to be ensured that any form of waste or chemicals disposed has to be controlled within the area and will not affect the public to ensure health and safety

Indoor Air Quality

This design scheme of the Vanity Warehouse is very straighforward, due to its spaces within a space, the thermal strategy is carried out through the temperature comfort within the pods. Therefore the walls that are being used applies a new material by LUCCOTERM* where the wall blocks have insulation properties. THis criteria isn’t Private Pods well obtained due to the exterior fabric walls temperature that are Programmatic Approach not being controlled

Based from the BREEAM manual, it suggested that minimising the source of air pollution should me thought carefully in the design specification and planning. This is to improve the quality of indoor air quality.This design has unable to achieve this criteria as the building itself is designed as an open space whereas the space inside is enclosed, therefore the scheme is a space within a space. Hence the indoor air quality isn’t strategized very well due to the different atmospheres of space.

Acoustic Performance and Safety and Security The acoustic performances of the building only ticks off one criteria which is the indoor ambient noise level. This is due to a different space within. Thus,BREEAM standard isn’t achieved Visual Comfort

There are a few design elements that needs to be identified and fullfill the criteria. In this particular project, visual comfort is subjective, depending on the user’s interpretation. Therefore the criterias such as daylighting is met, due to the openings of the structure itself. However, in the ground floor, no amount of daylight is encouraged. due to the awarness of duality of space.

Fashion

TRANSPORT

Prestigious Designer’s Stores

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SALE

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Independent Stores

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Castlefield

Central Gateway

In order to ensure accessibility of public transportation on the site, car journeys transportation towards the site needs to be reduced in order to minimize congestions and CO2 emissions over the life of the building.

According to the analysis, my response to the existing public transportation and scheme to introduce in order to improve the accessibility of the site

NORTHERN ER` RKET DEANS- MA EET QUART STR GATE

Spinningfields

PICCADILLY

CHINATOWN

SPINNINGFIELDS

CASTLEFIELD PETERS FIELD

MARRIOT HOTEL

High Street

SPINNINGFIELDS

PROXIMITY TO AMENITIES

The site was initially a studio warehouse closely associated with Granada Studios . In order to rethink of the future developments of the area, the warehouse is somehow a vehicle of realisation to the public where the building shall not be forgotten and also to accomodate the contextual needs for the public.

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants

Manchester Conference Hall Cultural & Oriental

CITY’S ZONING COMPONENT

MAXIMUM CAR PARKING

Traffic congested - minimal public Traffic does not eliminate however, it has use. Traffic has the potential to be been expanded,alongside with public extended use for shared usage

HOTEL CARPARK

OLD GRANADA STUDIOS

Public Transport Accessibility

The design scheme is to achieve sustainability in terms of transportation as well as the public. Initially, the first stage of the design scheme was to propose an open connectivity for the warehouse. Tapping onto several potential towards the site, sidewalks and pedestrian routes were improved in order to maximize circulation of entering the warehouse.

Sidewalks,roads and pedestrian routes were maximed and widen by combining their roles.

Before

After

There are apparently no carparks available for this design scheme. This is due to the usage the shed before, it was only meant for a storage warehouse therefore there were no parkings allocated for users to reside the building. Resulting to that, BREEAM standards are not achieved in terms of it’s parking capacity.

WATER

Water consumption needs to be reduced over time during the lifespan of the building in order to minimize water loss. This could also happen through leakage and highlight the issues in order to encourage sustainable water use operation of the building and the site According to the BREEAM assesment, these are the following categories for the sustainable water in use for this design: Water Efficient Equipment In order to meet the efficient equipment for the regulation, identifying a building’s total unregulated water demand and mitigate or reduce consumption through systems and/or processes.

Therefore these 2 pods within the warehouse are specially designed for water fittings to be distributed to the main rooms that need water distribution

Water Leak Detection Water leak detection system is suggested to be provided due avoid major leak detection.

Flow control device needs to be regulated through the supply of water to each fittinfs and facility to reduce wastage

Water Consumption

Water Monitoring

On the ground floor of the building is the forgotten space where no movement or ciculation is needed.

Therefore, there will be no water distribution or any other systems and such needed. Although, water will channeled from the lower ground towards the pod above the first floor slab. There are no water recycling syster nor there are rainwater collection provided due to the standalone design scheme.

Thus BREEAM assesment is not achieved.

Since the building uses minimal consumption of water (only on the main areas and rooms), prevention of inefficiency of leakage is highly achievable. It could also be monitored to reduce their impacts.

Therefore, each individual unit is distributed individually into categories such as; toilets, surgical rooms and pantry.

MATERIALS

This section aims to reduce the impacts of construction materials through design, construction, maintanance and repair. This section focus on issues that obtains materials sourcing in a responsible manner. It should also have a low embodied impact on life including extraction, processing and manufacture recycling.

Life Cycle Impacts Due to the fact that the Albert Shed was left as it is to decay, I have decided to conserve and not demolish the structure as a whole. Although changes need to be made in terms of fittings and such, in order for safety measures, the life cycle of materials in the warehouse remains unchanged. Hence the reductions in the buildings’s environmental life cycle impacts through assessment of the main building elements - is therefore, apparent.

Hard Landscaping and Boundary Protect

Insulation

The Albert Shed boundary line of the building only offsets around itself, there were no carparks nor any other land space within the site. Therefore, the reductions in the environmental life cycle impacts through assessment of the hard landscaping and boundary protection elements are achieved due to the design scheme I have implemented. No interventions were made to the existing fabric in order to retain the existing landscape.

The thermal use insulation has been considered as the material blocks applies an intergrated thermal insulation within the material. Therefore it shall have an embodied environmental impacr relative to its thermal properties.

Responsible Sourcing of Materials Designing for Durability and Resilience

Optical Fibres

Wire mesh

Vulcan sand

Viscosity modifier

superplasticizer

Timber

Steel

Concrete

Bricks

Boundary of existing fabric - retained

Cement

There are measures taken to tweak the scheme of this building in order to retain it’s material elements, due to the fact that the building is already decaying. Although some elements in the scheme isn’t applying to measure and limit material degradation due to environmental factors. BREEAM credits are not obtained.

Fly ash

Materials were sourced in accordance with a sustainable procurement plan through the process of knowing every materials used and sourcing the exact method used by the manufacturer. Due to the fact that translucent concrete is a newly introduced material.

The materials being used were sourced using local elements that could be obtained locally.

Material Efficiency The opportunities taken to be identified is to actually implement a new type of material, and minimizing the typologies of materials being used in the site. Hence, this measure will be optimised through the logistics and material sourcing costs.

WASTE MANAGEMENT This section should encourage management (and reuse where feasible) of construction, operational waste and waste through future maintenance and repairs associated with the building structure. Reducing waste will be the aim in order to reduce waste arising from construction.

Construction Waste Management

Functional Adaptability

The new materials applied in this building are prefabricated materials. Therefore, it has reduce the construction waste during in-situ construction. Construction took place off-site to redusce cost and safety precautions

Initially the design scheme was to approach into flexibility in space, but after a series of development through the concept, flexibility will not be implemental on such a critical and “permanent� space such as (surgical rooms).

Hence, further changes of usage of the space could be a challenge.

Panels are transported on trailer

Panels are lifted carefully

Fix in to position with clamp plates and bolts

Pre-fabricated concrete : Advantages + Excellent quality control + Rapid constructiom on site +Controlled conditions in the factory +Easily done on pre-stressing in order to reduce the size and number of the structural members

Completion

Manufacture

Deliver

Constructed

Hierarchy of construction

Attached with a lifting gear

Transferred to location

Install panel by panel

Lifting Phase Placement Phase Installation Phase

Adaptation to Climate Change Implementation of climate change has been thought carefully in order to adapt to the transitional seasonal weather. The materials used in an enclosed space is easily controlled in terms of the temperature. Therefore the adaptability is apparent in order to improve the lifespan of the structure

Development Scheme

LAND USE AND ECOLOGY Sustainable land use, habitat protection and creation, and improvement of long term biodiversity for the building’s site and surrounding land should be encouraged. Issues in this section relate to the reuse of brownfield sites or those of low ecological value, mitigation and enhancement of ecology and long term biodiversity management.

Site Selection The site that we have been given is already an existing building, historically standing alongside with the existing features.

Therefore in order for remediation to be taken place is for it to be a vacant land, and if it is not, the whole building envelope should me demolished and excavated.

In this case, to reuse the building as a different usage should be remediated in a different scheme, and it is not apparent in the BREEAM assesment.

Minimising impact on existing site ecology The intervention that has been done in within this project was fairly minimal, but leaves a strong impact on the society. Th steps taken to avoid those impacts was only to dissect a little amount of floor area in the building. Other minor changes were made in order for users to inhabit the building safely and comfortably.

Before

Long term impact on biodiversity The steps taken in order to create a long term landscape and habitat management around the building were apparent during the initial stages of design. It will be developed further over- time in future.

The steps taken were to improve physical movements surrounding the site, it could also improve the current landscape parallel to the site due to the fact that it is a vacant land and should be implemented with nature and manicured in such way to encourage biodiversity .

POLLUTION It is fundamental to ensure the external building fabrics are not contributed to pollution.

Although fittings could emit certain chemicals that could contribute to it, it needs to be addressed and all measures shall be taken in order to control pollutants that is present.

This is to ensure the ecology of the environment.

The BREEAM assesment category should be able to address the design criteria to assist reducing the pollutants that has been produced by the design Impact of Refrigerants Due to the design of the cosmetic surgery, consisting operation theaters and medical rooms, which is somewhat that shares the same element as a healthcare, certain storage of chemicals and medicinal purposes are needed.

Although not widely used, the need of realising the awareness has to be addressed in order to avoid leakage.

Surface Water Run Off Remove heat using evaporator coils encased in the chamber walls

It becomes an advantage that the site is strategically located along a river.

River Irwell could naturally control the flooding system. Although a design must be considered to provide a good run off system as it determines the pollution prevention rate.

Water Run off

INNOVATION This section shall provide opportunities for exemplary performance and innovation to be recognised that are not included within, or go beyond the requirements of the credit criteria. The cost-saving benefits of innovation are fostered and facilitated by helping encourage, drive and publicise accelerated uptake of innovative measures.

TRANSLUCENT CONCRETE WALL SYSTEM

Designing for Durability and Resilience The main idea for using this particular material is to enhance duality into the building where it amalgamated the ‘old’ and ‘new’ within the same compound but the new has been innovated and altered.

Therefore each pods consisting of very highly durable concrete - which has been pre-fabricated off-situ. For the connections such as the corners and structure, concrete blocks and mortar are being used in order to support the whole system.

1. i Beam Bracket in

2. TC Panels are installed within the

order to fully support the concrete walls of the Pre-fab structure floating structure

I beam Bracket detail

Mounting example of TC Panels

3. Exploded components

Fibre optic installation in the TC Panel

ANNUAL ENERGY AND CO2 ASSESMENT Buildings occupy a key place in our lives and society as a whole. Yet, the energy performance of our buildings is generally so poor that the levels of energy consumed in buildings place the sector among the most significant CO2 emission

While new buildings can be constructed with high performance levels, it is the older buildings, representing the vast majority of the building stock, which are predominantly of low energy performance and subsequently in need of renovation work. With their potential to deliver high energy and CO2 savings as well as many societal benefits, energy efficient buildings can have a pivotal role in a sustainable future.

ANNUAL ENERGY AND CO2 ASSESMENT Joules (J) is the unit of measured for energy. Usually 4200 J are needed to raise 1g of water by 1oC. The rate of transfer of energy is Power . It is measured in Watts (W) Thus 1 Watt = 1 Joules/sec Heat loss is calculated through temperature differential U value - is measured on how effective the material is of an isulator. The lower the U-Value, the better it is acting as an isulator

Electricity consumption is at it’s highest peak in consumption is during summer. It is measured at 4000kWh

Dry Air

Warmth inside the building transfers heat to the 1st panel

Example of glazed window

double-

Glass Insulated wall Cold air outside the building receives a little heat because the dry air between the panel unable for transferring heat

Lighting energy consumption gradually lowers down in summer due to the less need of artificial lighting

It is apparent that walls has the highest number of of conduction gain is due to the higher in U-value.

Bricks are of the weakest insulator

ANNUAL ENERGY AND CO2 ASSESMENT

There will be a tremendous amount of heat loss if the openings of the warehouse were to be kept as it is. Therefore, large double glazed panels should be considered

Heat loss graph above stated in accordance to the gradual changes of season. When the air is less colder, the lesser the heat loss will be

The higher the cooling demands occur during summer, therefore making it a peak demand

Using brick as a material for the exterior wall would not actually help as an isulation towards the building exterior. Brick wall has higher U value Graph above locates the context of the warehouse and state the annual rainfall of Manchester

ANNUAL ENERGY AND CO2 ASSESMENT

These are the controls and measures need to be taken in order to know the efficiency of energy in the building. A very helpful tool for designers to take the elements to measure sustainibility and achieve it at it’s highest level possible.

In this case, the lighting on the ground floor is already poorly lit, although that became the whole purpose of this design scheme as the ground floor is left unhibited.

Sefaira has been a very helpful tool in order to visualize Daylighting data in the warehouse.

As daylight is a passive methof to heat the space visually and physically, it is helpful to create a better internal and external fabric for the building.

CONCLUSION After a careful thought process into producing this booklet, I have came to a realisation that energy consumption and the efficiency in a building is the most fundamental aspect in terms of creating space towards sustainable architecture. WHY sustain? I ask myself.

A little measure that is taken as a vehicle towards achieving sustainability could go a long way.

Such strategies that are taken for measure such as efficient heat fittings, coolings, ventilating could actually impact on the cost effectiveness of the whole system.

Traditionally, if a building is generated through a low effienciency of energy approach, it could affect towards the long term and may implicate the building sustainability such as wear and tear of materials, and also the cost-effectiveness. Therefore, a sustainable approach is vital towards a better design in the urban fabric. A sustainable design equals to a better environment, bettering our ecology.

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