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The Toolkit Simple Rules Checklist The Schools
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The Toolkit
RMJM and Kier have created a School design toolkit. A compendium of exemplars, building studies, press articles and adopted best practice. For ongoing use by existing, new partners, South Lanarkshire Council and Head Teachers.
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projects for primary school environments, aimed at inspiring staff, pupils and parents. It is designed to help your school take an inclusive approach towards rebuilding, refurbishing and upgrading premises.
PRIMARY IDEAS projects to enhance primary school environments
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Primary Ideas is a toolkit of design principles, creative ideas and
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INFORMATION PAPER
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THE PRICE OF SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS How much does it cost to achieve BREEAM Schools ratings?
Anna Surgenor,
BRE
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One of the principal barriers to the wider adoption of more sustainable design and construction solutions is the perception that they incur substantial additional costs. Evidence collected by BRE and Faithful+Gould contradicts this assumption. This Information Paper identifies the additional capital costs associated with a range of sustainable and low- or zero-carbon solutions for a primary and secondary school. It demonstrates that significant improvements in the sustainability performance of a building can be achieved at little additional cost. These data will inform the industry about how to achieve the current Government requirements and also indicate what is required to enable the design and construction of low- and zero-carbon schools. The full results of this study undertaken by BRE and Faithful+Gould for the BRE Trust are published in a new report, ‘Putting a price on sustainable schools’ (see page 5 for details).
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BRE is committed to providing impartial and authoritative information on all aspects of the built environment for clients, designers, contractors, engineers, manufacturers and owners. We make every effort to ensure the accuracy and quality of information and guidance when it is published. However, we can take no responsibility for the subsequent use of this information, nor for any errors or omissions it may contain. BRE is the UK’s leading centre of expertise on the built environment, construction, energy use in buildings, fire prevention and control, and risk management. BRE, Garston, Watford WD25 9XX Tel: 01923 664000 Email: enquiries@bre.co.uk www.bre.co.uk
The cost of achieving BREEAM Schools ratings and low- or zero-carbon performance was investigated for a primary school and a secondary school. Case study schools were chosen to represent typical industry projects. BREEAM Schools was used to determine the benchmark environmental performance for each case study. BREEAM was selected based on the current requirements set by the Government and because it provides an internationally recognisable standard for objectively assessing the environmental performance of
Information Papers summarise recent BRE research findings, and give advice on how to apply this information in practice. Digests, Information Papers, Good Building Guides and Good Repair Guides are available on subscription in hard copy and online through BRE Connect. Details at www.breconnect.com BRE publications are available from www.ihsbrepress.com, or IHS BRE Press, Willoughby Road, Bracknell RG12 8FB Tel: 01344 328038; Fax: 01344 328005; Email: brepress@ihs.com Requests to copy any part of this publication should be made to: IHS BRE Press, Garston, Watford WD25 9XX Tel: 01923 664761 Email: brepress@ihs.com IP 1/08 www.ihsbrepress.com © BRE 2008 January 2008 Printed on paper sourced from ISBN 978-1-84806-018-0 responsibly managed forests
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buildings. Credits are awarded for complying with a broad range of environmental standards. The capital cost for each design or specification adjustment was assessed and compared with a Building Regulation compliant base case study school building. The case study school buildings are based on information collated from outline design specifications, plans and the Bills of Quantities for a real primary and secondary school approaching completion. The costs given reflect the additional capital cost over and above the specification standard requirements, this is then converted to represent best value in terms of cost per BREEAM credit. The most cost-effective options were favoured in relation to the number of BREEAM Schools credits that were achieved. The whole life costs were not assessed in this study because specific information about the site, maintenance
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There must be a sense of belonging and place Learning environments should be flexible A new school should be the heart of the community Designed to show a clear response to the movement of its users A new school environment should have natural daylight and ventilation A tangible learning resource for young people
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Vision Architectural Quality Functionality Internal Environment Landscape Cost / Maintenance / Sustainability
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1. St Blane’s Primary School 2. St Anne’s Primary School 3. Townhill Primary School 4. St Paul’s Primary School 5. Loch Primary School 6. St Anthony’s Primary School 7. St Joseph’s Primary School 8. Auchinraith Primary School 9. Maxwellton Primary School 10. St Charles Primary School 11. Hunter Primary School 12. Cairns Primary School 13. Woodhead Primary School
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St Blane’s DATE Completed 2008 SIZE 10 classrooms over 2 storeys 2,828m2 gross floor area COST £3.4 million construction cost FACTS Naturally ventilated / Tandem build
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Designing dynamic environments to support both learning and the curriculum for excellence
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RMJM has a detailed understanding of the flexible classroom and how access to break out and external classroom areas can radically help learning and provide teachers with real curriculum programming options, both formal and informal. Most people don’t know but ‘door’ stands for ‘dreaming of open-plan room’.
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St Anne’s DATE Completed 2008 SIZE 8 classrooms split over 3 half levels 2,450m2 gross floor area COST £4.1 million construction cost FACTS Naturally ventilated
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Promoting well located and accessible schools to benefit the entire community
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Townhill DATE Completed 2010 SIZE 14 classrooms split over 4 half levels 3,047 m2 gross floor area COST ÂŁ6.2 million construction cost FACTS CHP / Naturally ventilated / Tandem build / BREEAM Very Good
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St Paul’s DATE Completed 2010 SIZE 4 classrooms & nursery 1,201 m2 gross floor area COST £3.3 million construction cost FACTS CHP / Naturally ventilated / Tandem build
Placing the pupil at the centre of the learning experience is at the core of RMJM’s approach to school design
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Open barrier free buildings with no dark corridors! RMJM is creating bright, open and naturally ventilated central shared resource areas in the heart of the school. The central street is broken with objects that contain the resource areas, aid navigation within the school and create a strong identity for the school internal spaces. General purpose areas are provided beyond the brief requirements within these central areas to support the curriculum for excellence. Part of the success of these central spaces is that they are open and barrier free. This is achieved by having a fire engineer involved in the design from the earliest stages to justify having large void areas and the omission of doors. These void areas bring natural daylight into the heart of the building and are also vital for the natural ventilation and smoke strategies. The central objects also provide the opportunity to give every school its own unique internal space by highlighting these objects with bold accent colours and bespoke graphics designed for each school.
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Loch DATE Completed 2009 SIZE 6 classrooms & nursery over 2 storeys 1,974 m2 gross floors area COST £4.5 million construction cost FACTS St Anthony’s (mirrored sister building) Completed 2010 / Loch - non-denominational / St Anthony’s – Roman Catholic / Naturally ventilated
We have extensively studied different school plans and are always eager to share this experience with client groups
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Our school architecture can be simple and respectful. For example, in a sensitive historic context or beautiful landscape we would advise on a more sympathetic approach to design. Sometimes a demanding budget will dictate a very rational approach where just the colour of the school animates it. We believe rational does not necessarily mean dull, however. What is always true working with RMJM is that we will always try to optimise the potential of the project to achieve the most inspired solution.
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St Anthony’s DATE Complete February 2010 SIZE 6 classrooms & nursery over 2 storeys 2260 m2 gross floors area COST £5.75 million construction cost
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Ensuring new schools respond imaginatively to their unique site and natural context.
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St Joseph’s Primary School DATE On site - completion 2010 SIZE 12 classrooms & nursery split over 2 storeys 3,109 m2 gross floor area COST £8.1 Million construction cost FACTS CHP / Naturally ventilated / Tandem build
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RMJM’s goal was to design a school with a clear architectural diagram, combining necessary internal relationships with clear wayfinding and flexible teaching environments, whilst giving the external envelope a playful yet strong sense of identity and a distinct presence in the community.
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RMJM’s Schools BREEAM assessors: ‘The BREEAM process critically appraises the sustainability of our school design proposals holistically. From the physical location of a school to the embedded energy and mechanical systems that heat and power the school, RMJM has strategies to assist our clients achieve a BREEAM excellent rating.’
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Auchinraith Primary School DATE Complete 2010 SIZE 10 classrooms & 2 ASN classrooms over 3 storeys 3,130 m2 gross floors area COST ÂŁ6.9 million construction cost FACTS Biomass / Naturally ventilated / Tandem build
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Development of School Logo Taking the existing School logo, keeping the round emblem and a child reading, we made the lines heavier so to be more easily represented in print and changing the character to feel more fun and youthful.
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Website To us the virtual school environment has the potential to be as fun and interactive as the building itself, mirroring the internal manifistaions and easy navigation.
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Maxwellton / Greenburn DATE Planning 2009, On site 2012 SIZE 10 classrooms & 2 ASN classrooms over 3 storeys 4,073 m2 gross floors area COST ÂŁ9.2 million construction cost FACTS Biomass / Naturally ventilated Tandem build
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St Charles DATE On site - completion 2011 SIZE 10 classrooms 2,705 m2 gross floors area COST ÂŁ4.75 million construction cost FACTS CHP / Naturally ventilated
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CO2 Emissions / Renewable Technologies / Sustainability Two recently completed schools and most of the schools on site have enhanced U-values over the requirements of the Scottish technical standards. In addition to this, these schools have CHP or Biomass boiler systems to reduce carbon emissions. These improvements will reduce the lifecycle costs of the buildings and we are currently also targeting an airtightness of 5 on St Charles’ which has just gone on site. All the sites incorporate Site Waste Management Planning for reducing construction waste and we are also using LEAN construction which will, amongst other benefits, reduce waste and reduce the construction period. Our three new schools due to go on site in the next year (Hunter, Cairns and Woodhead) are being constructed to meet or better the requirements of the 2010 Building (Scotland) regulations which are anticipated to come into force in October 2010. These schools take into account the carbon dioxide emission improvement over 2007 levels cited in the draft guidance of 30%. This is achieved in part by improving the envelope U-vales and the remainder of the improvement will be achieved through the use of renewable technology. We have also achieved a very good BREEAM rating for Townhill which has become our template for the future schools.
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Hunter DATE On site 2011 SIZE 10 classrooms & 2 ASN classrooms over 3 storeys 2,678 m2 gross floors area COST ÂŁ7.2 million construction cost FACTS Biomass / Naturally ventilated / Tandem build
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Each school can be specifically tailored for its community, and we can draw on our range of experience in school design to develop the optimum forms, spaces and relationships between activities for the ethos of the school and conditions of the site.
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Cairns DATE Site start end 2010 SIZE 10 classrooms & 2 ASN classrooms over 3 Storeys 3,350 m2 gross floors area COST ÂŁ7.5 million construction cost FACTS Biomass / Naturally ventilated / Tandem build
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Woodhead DATE On site 2011 SIZE 12 + 9 classrooms and nursery over 3 storeys 4,500 m2 gross floors area COST ÂŁ6.9 million construction cost FACTS Biomass / Naturally ventilated / Tandem build / Decant TBC
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RMJM’s contemporary school design supports and recognises the Governments’ curriculum for excellence agenda which encourages an ambitious student centred approach to learning. For example, the imaginative use of space to encourage flexible classroom arrangements can have a very significant benefit for a pupil experience and in supporting the teaching team.
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Connecting our new schools with the surrounding landscape to encourage even greater learning opportunity
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