Case Study - Nuaire in a Class of their Own
Lambeth is the first council in London to start constructing new schools as part of its Building Schools for the Future programme. The £30m school in West Norwood is breaking new ground as the first partnership between an education authority and a parents group funded through the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.The parents group (Parent Promoters Foundation (PPF) was set up in response to an appeal by Lambeth Council for parents to come forward to work with the council to establish a new school to improve the number of secondary school places in the borough. The new school is not only the first parent promoted school in the country but will also be the first local authority school to be built in the borough in over 40 years. Lambeth Council will transfer the interest in the site and buildings to the PPF (who will have 5 foundation members on the Governing Body) as long as the school is open, as it is a voluntary controlled school.
Lambeth Building Schools for the Future selected the architectural team of Scott Brownrigg and David Adjaye Associates to design the new school on Elmcourt Road. The innovative design has been developed to provide a safe and functional environment for creativity and self-confidence to flourish.
With nine hundred x 11-16 places (including a thirty place Hearing Impaired Unit) and a two hundred place sixth form the school will operate on an interim site until 2009 when it will move into a permanent building. Nuaire is providing a combination of extract and heat recovery systems to the interim building.
Nuaire was first approached by contractors, Elmec (Southern) Ltd to utilise their wealth of experience in ventilating schools. Once specified to design the ventilation for the interim school, Nuaire worked closely with Elmec (Southern) Ltd throughout the development process. With issues concerning indoor air quality within schools becoming increasingly important, it was necessary to create fresh, healthy and comfortable learning environments for both teachers and pupils.
Nuaire’s specialist in-house Application Engineers designed the best solution for the building, combining advanced high performance air handling systems, XS wall and window extract units and the SqurboXbox heat recovery system to provide the most energy efficient solution possible. In line with the project requirements the heat recovery range was expanded in order to meet the desired performance criteria.
Due to the sporadic occupancy of areas such as classrooms, Ecosmart controls were provided which automatically adjust the systems to allow varying fan speeds, matching the output of the systems to the demand to minimise energy usage. Specific controls were also modified to suit the on site conditions, working closely with the customer and the controls contractor to interface the equipment.
The flagship secondary school, which has been operating on its interim site from September 2007 aims to have 1,100 pupils by 2013 and has been heralded as a ‘model for the future’ by Tony Blair.
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