Rhodes Avenue School, Wood Green, London
Project
Rhodes Avenue School, Wood Green, London
Client
London Borough of Haringey
Value
£6m
Start/Completion Date
January 2009 - December 2012
Rhodes Avenue Primary School is undergoing expansion from two form entry to three form entry by refurbishment, extension and a new build foundation stage building. JPA have been commissioned to provide mechanical, electrical, and public health engineering design services and sustainable design advice.
Building services installations will comply with the London Borough of Haringey’s policy for carbon reduction; meaning that 20% of the energy demand of the new foundation stage building is to be sourced from on site renewable technologies. Both the new build and refurbished buildings have been designed to meet BREEAM ‘Very Good’ standard and to achieve an Energy Performance Certificate ‘B’ rating.
Building services systems have been designed so that they are easily managed by the building users. A BMS system will control the boiler plant and heating systems. General lighting will be provided by low energy, high frequency sustainable light fittings with automatic controls and movement detectors. Air source heat pumps will provide heating to the foundation stage building; with an underfloor heating system as it’s ideally suited to the low grade heat produced by the air source heat pump and allows maximisation in the available floor area. The main building will retain the existing boiler plant but the distribution network and heat emitters will be replaced by a combination of LST radiators in the refurbished areas and underfloor heating in the new build areas.
Passive stack ventilation will ensure fresh air for occupants; this uses a combination of user operated and automatically controlled low/high level opening windows and vents to allow the stack effect and wind to drive the ventilation system. Mechanical ventilation will be provided to toilet and hygiene areas and mechanical cooling will be provided to the ICT/server rooms. Other sustainable design measures include rainwater harvesting for toilet flushing.
Building services installations will comply with the London Borough of Haringey’s policy for carbon reduction; meaning that 20% of the energy demand of the new foundation stage building is to be sourced from on site renewable technologies. Both the new build and refurbished buildings have been designed to meet BREEAM ‘Very Good’ standard and to achieve an Energy Performance Certificate ‘B’ rating.
Building services systems have been designed so that they are easily managed by the building users. A BMS system will control the boiler plant and heating systems. General lighting will be provided by low energy, high frequency sustainable light fittings with automatic controls and movement detectors. Air source heat pumps will provide heating to the foundation stage building; with an underfloor heating system as it’s ideally suited to the low grade heat produced by the air source heat pump and allows maximisation in the available floor area. The main building will retain the existing boiler plant but the distribution network and heat emitters will be replaced by a combination of LST radiators in the refurbished areas and underfloor heating in the new build areas.
Passive stack ventilation will ensure fresh air for occupants; this uses a combination of user operated and automatically controlled low/high level opening windows and vents to allow the stack effect and wind to drive the ventilation system. Mechanical ventilation will be provided to toilet and hygiene areas and mechanical cooling will be provided to the ICT/server rooms. Other sustainable design measures include rainwater harvesting for toilet flushing.