As part of the Clean Growth Grand Challenge within the Government’s Industrial Strategy, a £420m Construction Sector Deal was announced in 2018. A key part of the Sector Deal is an investment by the Government of £170m in the Transforming Construction Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) in line with the Transforming Infrastructure Performance (TIP) Strategy and the Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy (TIES). £10m MMC, Digital and Whole-Life Performance (CR&D) Programme: UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £10m for CR&D projects that go beyond the state-of-the-art in improving productivity, quality and performance of the UK construction sector. £26m Demonstrator Programme: An investment of up to £26m is available in Demonstrator projects that demonstrate improvements in productivity, quality and performance of the UK construction sector. These will include new validations of business models, digital approaches to design, construction and management, advancements in modern methods of construction and approaches to whole-life performance of a building or assets. The webcast recording is now available: https://youtu.be/VHZfvipnfCs Find out more about the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/iscf

1. Active Building Centre – An Introduction
September 2019
Janet Bell
Operations Director
Active Building Centre
@ActiveBuildingC

2. More than 8
tonnes CO2
emissions per
person per
year in UK
40% from
Buildings

3. VISION
Transform the UK CONSTRUCTION and ENERGY sectors through the
deployment of Active Buildings significantly contributing to both vehicle
electrification and decarbonisation targets.

4. MISSION
Create an independent national centre to convene industry, academia and
government to enable the deployment Active Buildings.

5. ACTIVE BUILDINGS
An Active Building supports the energy network by intelligently integrating renewable
energy technologies for heat, power and transport.

6. DELIVERY PARTNERS
UNIVERSITY PARTNERS

7. 6 Create a sustainable National Centre of Excellence
7 Deliver an ecosystem for Active Buildings
5 Adapt the Active Building Technology
Portfolio to Tackle Existing Stock
4 Aggregate Active Buildings at National Scale
3 Active Buildings as ‘Energy Positive Agent’
2 Smart and Connected Active Buildings Evidence Framework
1 Create a critical mass of buildings
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

8. ENABLING DELIVERABLES
TOOLS
1. Performance specs
2. Design tools
3. Thermal storage solutions
BUSINESS MODELS
1. Energy management
2. Incentivisation models
3. Viability for retro
EVIDENCE
1. Data – we require data from projects
2. Policy recommendations
3. Supply chain & skills gaps
4. Users & performance
ABC Building and
Living Lab Demo Portfolio:
Single & multiple units
Multiple building typologies
A national growing pipeline
DEMONSTRATION
BUILDINGS

9. Buildingfabricandpassivedesign–integrated engineering and architecture designapproachincluding
consideration of orientation and massing,fabric efficiency, natural daylighting and natural
ventilation. Designedfor occupant comfort and low energy by following passivedesign principles
Energyefficient systems- intelligently controlled & energy efficient systems to minimise loads - HVAC, lighting,
vertical transportation. Data capture via inbuilt monitoring & standard naming schemas to enable optimisation
and refinement of predictive control strategies
On-site renewable energy generation - renewable energy generation be incorporated where appropriate.
Renewable technologies should be selected holistically, given site conditions and building load profiles
Energystorage- thermal and electrical storage should be considered to mitigate peak demand, reduce the
requirement to oversize systems, and enable greater control
Electricvehicleintegration- where appropriateActive Buildings integrate electric vehicle charging.As technology
develops, bi-directional charging will allow electric vehicles to deliver energy to buildings as required
Intelligently manage integration with micro-grids & national energy network – in addition to intelligent controls,
Active Buildings manage their interaction with wider energy networks, e.g. demand side response, load shifting
& predictive control methods
PRINCIPLES

10. PROJECTS ACROSS THE UK WITH A VARIETY OF PARTNERS
• Target of 20 developments with full data collection
• Mix of residential, offices, schools
• Public sector procurement led, but scope for other projects
• Creation of a longer term pipeline for wider adoption
Leads and Opportunities
• Various schools and hospitals
• Mixed use schemes – public and private
• Manufacturing
• Housing – energy as a service
• STEM Education Building

11. Transforming Construction through Active Buildings

12. ACTIVE CLASSROOM ENERGY
• Constructed in 2016
• Solar PV, solar thermal, battery
storage, novel resistive heating
system, new form of construction
• Generated 5.5MWh excess electricity
2017–2018 (enough to travel 26,000
miles in a Nissan Leaf)
Location

13. ACTIVE CLASSROOM MMC

14. ACTIVE OFFICE
• Constructed in 2018
• Solar PV (curved profile),
combined solar thermal and
PV (PV-T), battery storage,
thermal store
• Optimised controls

15. CISCO Kinetic Platform – Friday 22nd February 2019
ACTIVE OFFICE

16. • 16 low carbon homes with Pobl
• SPECIFIC and ABC as “innovation partners”
• Fuel poverty reduction a key driver
• Fabric first plus Active Building Technologies
• Significantly lower Energy Bills and Carbon
Footprint Homes that feel homely
• Funded by Welsh Government Housing
Innovation fund & part of BEIS 2050
ACTIVE HOMES

17. ACTIVE HOMES

18. Twitter: @ActiveBuildingC
Website: activebuildingcentre.com
info@activebuildingcentre.com