Sustainable construction is now one of the agenda. There is currently the social, political and legislative pressure to ensure that new school buildings are considered "sustainable". It is a part of your disk for an eco-school. This includes any shelters and viewpoints, so that new classrooms.
With so many things to think about everything mainly focused on the budget and on time, how can you ensure that your school building is truly sustainable and causes minimal impact on the manufacturing, construction, life environment; and, at the end of his life, demolition. Our recommendation would be to choose wood for sustainability and the site of manufacture of the budget and the speed of delivery.
Wood is the material of construction only natural, renewable, recyclable in the world: it has been used in the construction of several thousand years. Now with the FSC or PEFC certification you can be confident in its way of sourcing.
To keep the focus on the budget with sustainability, we suggest that you look at off-site manufacturing: buildings that are prepared before delivery to the site, factory and provide large savings on the costs of construction during the periods of build reduced and disruption of the site: systems such as shell's Cabinco MPL buildings. Newspapers are factory of precision designed and then delivered to the site ready for fast and precise, to an individually designed sustainable building construction.
More the proportion of wood in your new school building, most likely a fully recyclable building envelope. Wood does not have to be restricted to just the outer skin which gives the appearance of sustainability, but may extend to interior walls, floors, Windows, doors, roof and same structure the final roofing material through such options as the Cedar shingles. A solution of solid wood.
Checklist for sustainable buildings
MaterialsNoise sustainable supply, odor & dust in the constructionWaste to landfill sites in the course of manufacture and constructionMaintenance and energy required in the use of the buildingRecyclability after the end of life of the building.Global carbon footprintCarbon footprint
Carbon footprint is an assessment of the impact of the building on the school environment. It focuses on all aspects of the processes involved in the delivery of your solution built in detail and includes such things as the energy used in manufacturing, where this energy source, if it is renewable; energy used in the transport of materials, including used fuel; energy of phase of construction and waste; energy service; and, finally, the end of the energy of life - or step in the case of wood that can be reused as fuel.
Research shows that wooden buildings have the lowest carbon footprint of the life of all.
A company with a real focus on providing sustainable buildings will provide all the information on its Web site. Cabinco is the United Kingdom award winning expert in the design and construction of school buildings sustainable and eco-schools everywhere. Visit the Web site for more details.
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I agree that there is a growing Green Influence for many reasons. Green Real Estate will be accepted by the mainstream shortly because of increased awareness about global warming in addition to other influencing factors.
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