Case Study - Visitor Centre Commerates the Past with a Construction that Assures our Future
Nuaire has provided the ventilation for one of the most important projects in the Highland Year of Culture – the construction of a brand new £9.4 million visitor centre at the site of the Battle of Culloden.It was at Culloden that the Jacobite army fought to reclaim Britain’s throne from the Hanoverians for a Stuart king. The British army was equally determined to stop this happening.
The National Trust for Scotland discovered that the previous centre was situated on the third Government line of the battlefield so in order to return the battlefield to its 1746 state, the location of the centre was changed.
The new centre opened officially on April 16th 2008 and recreates the battle and examines its subsequent effect on Highland culture during the rest of the 18th century.
The new building maximises the use of natural light and was built out of locally sourced wood and Caithness stone. The external walls are insulated to a higher standard than current building regulations and the windows are double glazed with low emissivity, overhangs above glazing creates shade and prevents overheating in sunny weather. With its green roof, biomass heating (using wood chips, a by-product of the local forestry industry), the centre has a minimal carbon footprint.
Nuaire was appointed by the building services consultant for the project to provide a combination of extract equipment for the building. Nuaire fans are renowned for their high performance combined with quiet operation and as a result the Ecosmart Extractors, Ecosmart Twin fan and Squiff fans were able to meet the accoustic requirements of the project, whereby the noise of ventilation equipment could prove intrusive to the experience of visitors to the centre.
In keeping with the centre’s focus on sustainablility and reduced carbon footprint, Nuaire’s revolutionary Ecosmart technology was used, which varies the ventilation rate to suit the changing occupant level. Ecosmart minimises energy loss by automatically adjusting to the systems demands, not only saving energy and carbon emissions but also prolonging the life to the fan unit.
For further information on the Battle of Culloden please visit www.nts.org.uk.
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