Students at a school led the design and planning of a new eco-friendly classroom building project. They researched sustainability and construction methods. The students interviewed different local construction companies to find one to build their classroom, focusing on criteria like cost, sustainability, and supporting the local economy. One company was selected that was passionate about the students' goals and committed to working collaboratively with the students throughout the project.

1. “Kids? Humph!
Who do they think they are?”

2. we go to great measures to put barriers between
construction and education
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3. making education
construction projects
education projects
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4. A school building is not
just about design....
(...actually there’s lots to do before, during and after!)
What would happen if
young people took
charge of an entire
school building project?

6. Student led design
Student led procurement
Student led collaboration

10. “The focus of the scheme on
building an ecological
sustainable building ...is
reflected in existing
National and Regional
Planning Policy and in
emerging Local Policy.
The outcome of the
department's involvement in
the scheme has been
extremely positive.
We would actively look to
encourage the involvement
of school children and the
wider community in the
development process,
raising awareness of the
planning process, its impact
on society, shaping local
communities and built
environment. “ Submission of plans to
Hyndburn Council Planning
Hazel Fox, Planning Officer Department
Hyndburn Borough Council

11. “We need to think how much
our classroom will cost to
build and how much it will
cost to run, and how we can
support our local
economy. Local projects
should help local people
and that makes business
sense. We aim to source all
building and landscape
supplies from within a 50
mile radius of our school
thereby helping to support
and sustain those local
businesses.
We want it to be really green
with no carbons. We don’t
want it to cost the Earth, so
we’re careful about what we
use, how we use it and
where - and who - it comes
from.” Meet us in the middle
Daniel, age 13
Accrington Academy

12. Zero carbon
explained …
@ROOTSCOYO

13. do the right thing
“We have taken time to design our
classroom the right way, all of us working
together, sustainably …
… we can not allow the construction to
take place in the usual ugly way with
waste and problems”
Callum Slinger, Roots
Age 14

14. Construction Commitments
The way we will build our eco classroom
Interviews
Contractors pitch to be involved
PQQ
60% Written/Scored by Roots
JCT CE 09
Overarching principle = student led collaboration
Collaboration
Clusters, Open Book, Last Planner
Material Procurement
Recycled, Sustainable, Acc Brick, Earth Exchange, Builderscrap
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15. PQQ
Part One: Organisation Details Financial Standing Insurance etc
Pass/Fail + 10% scored by Classofyourown
Part Two: Experience, understanding and commitment
30% scored by Classofyourown
Part Three: Roots Construction Commitments
60% scored by Roots
Issued 16th Nov
Return 9th Dec
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16. clic with us for the journey
continuous learning and improvement club
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17. Accrington Academy ROOTS Eco Classroom
Student feedback from Contractor Presentations, 5th November 2010
XYZ SERVICES LIMITED
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO? WHAT DO WE LIKE? WHAT WE’D LIKE TO KNOW HOW DO THEY WANT TO HELP US?
MORE ABOUT...
Traditional thinking – innovative thinking. Local. Want to reach carbon target. Thinking of CDM Lower costs. Manage the project. Commitments.
Construction consultancy. Give something the future of our classroom and the world.
back to the local community. Experience using products we are interested in.
Accrington based. They look at reducing Everyone knows what’s going on? Built lots of CDM co-ordination. Why they Want to give something back to the town. Give us
costs. Have project managers so it is built different things. They walked here to help are different to other companies their knowledge. Other opinions on construction
on time. Help the planet. Make things are sustainability. Their goal is sustainability. Fit and what will they do differently. and help us with construction.
basic but helps. Lots of research on straw Glulam beams a lot. Professional in their
bale insulation. approach.
Accrington based. 30+ years of experience. Together we can achieve it. Innovative thinking. CDM co-ordinator Community, sustainability, knowledge. Lower costs
Associate office in New York. Traditional Social. Local. Sustainability is their goal. for materials. Want to be part of the change.
skills. CDM co-ordination. Like opportunity Passionate. Knowledge & experience/teamwork Locality. Professional approach. Accessible to
to learn and improve young people to know = success. whole project team. Primary goal in mind. Pass on
about the construction industry. knowledge. Spread the word.
Based in Accrington. Going concern for 30 They cover a lot of areas in construction. They What are your policies on They want to make sure it is run properly. Want to
years. Many associate centres. They want think innovatively. They are very local and seem equality? help us because they are part of the community and
to pass on their knowledge to us. Want to passionate about our zero carbon emission. Main What other sustainable projects want to give something back.
help us spread the word. elements are cost, quality, health and safety. have you worked on?
They have used many sustainable sources. They
have made commitments to us.

18. “I really enjoyed yesterday’s
challenge. It’s amazing to
see how much the students
have already learnt about
sustainable construction
(and branding!) from the Eco
Classroom project and I’m
really looking forward to
being part of the journey
that will see their ideas
being built.
“With all the doom and
gloom in construction, it’s
fantastic to be involved in
something so positive and
which might make a real
impact on the future of the
industry”
Development of ideas
Mary Cross
Glovers Project Services
with professional people

19. The Eight
Doorways

20. Doorway Programme
9.00am 9.30am 11.00am
Students are introduced to the Working in small doorway Armed with notepad, camera
day, to basics of sustainability groups, students conduct a desk and recorder doorway groups
and eight doorways from the top research exercise. undertake field exercise.
Sustainable School Agenda.
Helped and facilitated by class Students indentify whats good,
Students choose one of the of your own, research is put into bad and ugly around the school
doorway from a short “whats context of the school, student relative to their doorway.
important to you” exercise experiences & ambitions
1.00pm 2.00pm 2.45 pm
After lunch the doorway groups Doorway groups present their Students invited to visit
start to develop their findings to the whole group. summary slides posted around
presentations with text and Each group has 1 minute per the hall adding comments on
pictures. slide, creating a buzz and post-its added onto the slides.
energy.
Each group will be allowed 4 Summary slides can form the The day concludes with a
slides with one common format basis of a blog item as a record question & answers session and
summary slide of the day and further action summary

21. safe guarding

22. advocate for improvement and innovation in the built environment
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