Derek Quilter from B&NES Council highlights the sustainability features of the Keynsham Civic Centre.

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Keynsham Regeneration Project
Sustainability

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Keynsham Town Hall
Scope of the Project
» Offices for 680 of B&NES and Partner staff
» Library and One Stop Shop
» Circa 20,000ft2 of retail
» Enhanced public realm
» Highway improvements
» Chance to provide community leadership in cutting carbon
emissions

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BREEAM or DEC
BREEAM Assessment
» 10 Sections within the overall assessment
» Only 1 section relates to Energy
» Of this section maximum score is 35 yet only 15 relate to CO2 reduction
» Points for Bat Boxes, Wildflower meadows, Consultation strategy etc
» Experience of Very Good rated building using more energy than Victorian Buildings
Display Energy Certificate (DEC)
» From the 1st January 2009, public bodies occupying buildings over 1,000m2 are
required to exhibit a DEC
» The DEC is based on the measured energy use, where the actual energy consumed in
the building is compared to a benchmark for similar buildings
» DEC “A” Rating = CO2 emissions 75% less than the benchmark building
» Up to Feb 2010 only 13 out of 3,230 offices certified achieved a rating of A (0.4%)

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Project Aims
Sustainability Aims
• Display energy Certificates (DEC) are based upon the actual energy
usage of the building and all public buildings above 1000m2 require one
• Aim is a DEC “A” Rating = CO2 emissions 75% less than the
benchmark building
• For a general office building the benchmark CO2 emissions figure is
75.1 kgCO2
• DEC “A” Rating = < 18.775 kgCO2

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Sustainability Matrix

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Reducing Energy Use = Less Renewables Required
• Use passive measures to reduce the energy consumption of the
building. Improve insulation & air-tightness, utilise daylight & natural
ventilation whenever possible.
• Use high efficiency, low energy systems and equipment. Variable
speed pumps and fans etc. Recover waste heat off IT servers
• Finally add in renewable energy sources to offset energy use.

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Passive Design
• Building orientation to maximise daylight and
minimise solar gain
• Glazing on North and South elevation,
shading on East and West
• Building height and floor layout designed to allow
fresh air to move freely essential for natural
ventilation
• Airtightness and levels of insulation

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Ventilation
• Natural ventilation avoids large fans and ductwork
• Healthier internal environment
• 50% of the energy of A/C building
Lighting (30% of the building energy use)
• Maximise daylighht so this is adequate for 70% of normal working day
• Low energy light fittings
• Simple local control
Heating / Cooling
• High levels of air tightness (Use of CLT frame solution)
• High levels of insulation
• Use recovered heat from IT servers
• Building orientation, solar controlled glazing and thermal mass

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Ventilation
• It is a general rule that the energy use of a naturally ventilated building should be around
half that of an equivalent air-conditioned building.
Stack Vent

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Acoustic Issues
Acoustic Survey Noise Maps
Restrictions to Natural Ventilation Strategy

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Thermal Comfort
• Thermal mass is required to regulate the building temperature peaks.
• For the thermal mass material to absorb heat it needs to be cooler than the room air in the
day and for it to release heat it needs to be hotter than the room air at night.
• Exposed concrete soffits are generally the best form of thermal mass. Heat rises and so is
best absorbed at high level, the ceiling can be cooled to a lower temperature than the floor
and provide more effective radiant cooling.

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Carbon Assessment
• Heating & HW: 38kWh/m2/yr = 7.54kgCO2/m2
• Electrical Base load: 14kWh/m2/yr = 7.23kgCO2/m2
• IT & Small Power: 41kWh/m2/yr = 21.2kgCO2/m2
• Emissions excess of 17.22kgCO2/m2 above DEC “A” Rating.
• Total CO2 savings required is 113,150 kgCO2.
• Eliminating the Heating & HW load and Electrical Base Load will not provide
the necessary CO2 savings.
• The IT and Small Power load has to be addressed.

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ICT Strategy
• ICT currently accounts for an estimated 59% of the building CO2
emissions.
• Reducing this load is the top priority in order to achieve a DEC “A”
Rating.
Thin Client
• Software, data, and CPU power resides on a network server rather than
on the client computer. Studies have shown a 50% decrease in power
consumption.
•Opportunity to recover heat from main servers to act as a heating source
for the building
•Each desktop devices reduced its power consumption by 90% compared
to a PC

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PV Installation
» 750 solar panels on the main office roof
» Cover an area equivalent to more than 4 tennis courts
» Generate over 230,000 units of electricity each year,
equivalent to the annual energy use of almost 70
homes.
» This will reduce annual CO2 emissions by 125 tonnes.