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A £2.2m development comprising
Animal Care, Horticulture and general teaching accommodation, for
a tertiary education college specialising in land-based studies.
The form of the building is a central glass drum, with a wing of
teaching accommodation to the east and a wing of animal care rooms
to the west. Animal care includes training for veterinary nurses,
dog grooming and the care of domestic animals. |
The college brief was to produce
a building that explores a number of green technologies, and to use
these as a teaching and demonstration aid in the area of rural diversification.
The building is primarily constructed from materials scoring A in the BRE Green Guide, and is partially clad in oak grown on the college estate. |
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Energy conservation systems include photovoltaic panels, wind turbine generator, ground source heat pump and biomass boiler. The college intend to produce their own fuel by growing short rotation willow coppice and Miscanthus crops, and with the waste products of their forestry courses. Read-out displays provide real-time demonstration of energy production and use. |
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