Computer-aided energy—conscious design: primary school

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New Local Authority school designs in Britain are required to better the thermal performance criteria laid down by the Department of Education and Science Design [1]. Such rules meet the need for background performance checks, but are unable to respond to design decision-making related to optimising the interaction between the building envelope and the climate, to minimise the use of applied energy. In a recent 240-place primary school development project certain strategic decisions were required concerning the nature of the building fabric—the possible range of choice extended from earth-protected heavyweight to lightweight construction. An interactive thermal prediction computer program BUILD provided an hour by hour simulation of each building model-type over a whole year and the results were used to decide on the most suitable structure to achieve a cost-effective energy-conscious design.

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