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Greg Keeling, Immediate Past President and Environmental Performance and Technical Standards Manager at Essex County Council gave a brief overview of SCEME members’ views on methods of Engineering Fire Protection in schools.

This was followed by Larry Stokes of Zurich Municipal Property who presented on the insurance industry perspective of sprinkler systems and insurance premiums. The discussion also included the wider consequences of fires in educational establishments, not just in terms of educational disruption but included effects on the wider community.

Lee Bailey of Fire and Rescue in Herts, added his perspectives from the view point of a fire risk assessor, as well from an operational fire fighter of many years standing. Lee’s presentation prompted some lively discussion around the requirements of British Standards and whether some hybrid systems could be designed for use as a first line of defence prior to the arrival of the Fire Services.

Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell and Richard Daniels gave a joint presentation on the application of Risk Assessment and Cost Benefit of Sprinkler System tools as used for compliance with BB100. A worked example showing how to apply the various criteria required for each of the tools was given, and explanations given of how these would impact on the subsequent risk analysis and cost benefit calculations.

The final presentation of the day was Steve Cooper of Cundell who opened his presentation with the question “Are sprinklers the only real solution for schools?” The presentation discussed how designers should also consider other means of fire suppression/prevention, including a range of fire engineering methods such as smoke ventilation, fire compartmentation and designing out weaknesses in order to reduce the incidence of Arson.
The conclusion of Steve’s presentation was that any solution must be
• Cost effective
• Reasonably Practicable
• Not disproportionate

Backgound to the day can be found in two recent articles written by Greg Keeling, SCEME President for SCALAnews SCEME’s views on installing sprinklers in schools.

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The fifth joint study day was held on Friday 3rd June, University of the West of England, Bristol. In the morning there were four presentations:

• What is ‘sustainable’ design and creating the conditions for success from Richard Parnaby, Professor of Architecture, University of the West of England.
• Maximising the potential of our existing buildings from Craig White, Director of White Design and ModCell.
• Capital Review, where we are and the next steps Russell Andrews, Director of Education and Planning, Partnership for Schools.
• Can you afford not to re-imagine your workspace Andrew Wiles, Transformational Workstyle Consultant, Atkins Global

In the afternoon there was a choice of workshops:

• Getting the most from… M&E technology solutions in existing buildings by Bill Wright, ECA Head of Energy Solutions and facilitated by Paul Reeve, ECA Head of Safety and Environment
• Sustainable specification in the public sector by John Gelder Head of content development & sustainability RIBA Enterprises
• SCAPE the benefits of a collaborative approach by Tom Ridley-Thompson, Concept Architect, Scape System Build Ltd
• Retrofit biomass heating supported by the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) by Chris Miles, Director of the Renewable Energy Association (REA)
• Sustainable Refurbishment Project by Barry Le Bailly, Head of Architects, Huntingdonshire District Council
• Financial mechanisms to help encourage the take-up of energy conservation measures in existing buildings by Phil Harris, SCEME Vice President and Chief Engineer, Worcestershire County Council.

There were also two tours of the Faculty building by Matt Tarling, Divisional Director of Stride Treglown’s dedicated education team.
Matt was responsible for the new faculty building at UWE that houses the school of architecture and school of product design. The design achieves a BREEAM Excellent rating and uses recycled chip fat from the University catering operation to power the boilers. Matt led the consultant team through the briefing and design period.

And the day was finished with a presentation on Commissioning, seasonal commissioning, EPCs and DECS by David Bleicher, Head of BSRIA’s publications and training programme.

The day before there was the opportunity to visit two buildings in the area.
Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) is a bespoke community media centre in a disadvantaged neighbourhood. The charity provides access to digital media opportunities for young people and is a hub for regeneration in the area. The centre is the second largest straw bale building in Europe forming the exterior envelope of the building, providing insulation levels 3 times higher than the current building regulations require. Natural ventilation is operated automatically on a building management system (BMS) via full height glazing and rooflights. The building has a biomass boiler, rainwater harvesting system and a sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS).

South Gloucestershire Council offices comprise 100,000sq.ft (net) and accommodate 900 staff, forming a civic ‘gateway’ into Yate sitting alongside the busy A432. Landscaping provides a positive link between internal and external spaces, with high quality external spaces provided for staff, shielded from public view. Minimal maintenance, long life, energy reduction and sustainability were core requirements of the brief, with BREEAM ‘Very Good’ as the minimum, and an aspiration to achieve better, budget permitting. Natural ventilation was the preferred method of cooling the building.

SCALA and SCEME are very grateful for the support of their sponsors for the event ECA, NBS, Atkins, SCAPE, BSRIA and the support of the University of the West of England.

The second presentation was by Nigel Blunt, Group Engineer, in Urban Design at Birmingham City Council who presented Birmingham City Council’s new Maintenance Service Contract Framework.Nigel discussed how Birmingham City Council’s Urban Design have extended its term contract to cover more areas, including the incorporation of SMEs into the term contract supply chain and how, with the new ‘Constructing West Midlands’ framework, they were hoping to offer the contract to other authorities/public bodies to save on procurement costs.

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• Modern Distributed BEMs Systems – Benefits, Costs and Energy Savings
• Birmingham City Council’s new Maintenance Service Contract Framework

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Part L 2010 and The cSBEM Factor are now available to download.

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The fourth joint study day was held on Friday 11th June, Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, mid Wales In the morning there were five presentations:

• Keynote Address - Jane Davidson A.M. Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Welsh Assembly Government
• Zero Carbon Britain 2030 – How we can sustainably meet our energy, building, transport and food requirements in a resource constrained world – Paul Allen, CAT
• A resume of the Governments energy performance commitments that are planned to come into effect in the decade to 2020 – Ted King,OBE CEng FCIBSE
• Facing the challenge of energy conservation, energy efficiency, micro generation and combating fuel poverty in the next decade – Andy Bray, British Gas
• If sustainability and its cost is inevitable, what do today’s architects and engineershave to do to future proof our environment within a restricted budget– Brian Mark, Fulcrum

In the afternoon there was a choice of workshops:

• A perspective on sustainability from within the supply chain– Paul Reeve, ECA
• Low energy retrofitting of existing stock-design and conservation implications – Jean-Pierre Wack, Eight Associates
• Ensure compliance, achieve BREEAM targets and specify sustainable buildings in an ever changing regulatory environment – Bill Clark, NBS
• Early Streamer Emission Lightning Protection – efficient systems of protection– Vincent Crevenant, ABB
• Creating inspirational environments for lifelong learning – John Rawlinson, Morgan Sindall
• Biomass Heating – market and policy development – Chris Miles – Chris Miles, Econergy

The day before there was the opportunity to visit “Canolfan Hyddgen”, a post-16 training and education centre. The £1.2million new building was officially opened in March last year and has been awarded BREEAM Excellent standard. It is also the first public sector building in the UK to be certified by the Passivhaus Institute. Passivhaus principles – high levels of insulation, solar gain and efficient heat recovery systems ensure low energy use – are more commonly used in continental Europe.

After this the delegates visited the Wales Institute for Sustainable Education (WISE) at the Centre for Alternative Technology to take part in the closing stages of the official opening of the WISE building and listen to a presentation by Pat Borer, the architect for the project, who gave delegates a presentation on the design and construction of the new building.

SCALA, SCEME and CLAW are very grateful for the support of their sponsores for the event - British Gas, ECA, NBS, Morgan Sindall and Plastics in Construction.

Steve Wylie, Service Birmingham – Corporate Development (Birmingham City Council/Capita Joint Venture), gave the posponed presentation on the development work being undertaken in Birmingham which looks to maximise the return on investment which has been made in deploying a totally integrated city wide network, which inter-connects 2,164 sites. He outlined how technological advances and the universal adoption of communication standards are now making it technically viable for the network to support a new family of applications beyond traditional transactional and office systems. The applications included CCTV, access control, plant monitoring, intruder/fire alarms, energy management and lift systems. He will touch on the future impact that an integrated application approach could have on delivering green and sustainable buildings, as well as projected savings which can be realised. The presentation Converged IP Solutions is now available to download.

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Due to illness, the presentation by Gus McGill, Service Birmingham – Corporate Development (Birmingham City Council/Capita Joint Venture)’ on Integrated IT System for Birmingham City Council’ was postponed. It is hoped that it will be possible to have the presentation at a subsequent meeting.

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• cost-effectiveness of renewable energy technologies, led by Phil Harris, Worcestershire County Council. This was originally given at the SCALA/SCEME/CLAW Study Day held in May 2009
• hearing impairment and the importance of acoustics in schools, led by Greg Keeling, Essex County Council,  and
• solar hot water heating and the use of a pre heat cylinder linked to legionella risk, led by Jack Fairbrother, Essex County Council.

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The third joint study day was held on 15th May 2009 at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff. In the morning there were five presentations:

• Keynote Address, Jane Davidson A.M. Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Welsh Assembly Government
• A research led construction industry for a low carbon future, Professor Phil Jones, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture
• Working collaboratively to achieve a low carbon environment, Milica Kitson, Chief Executive of Constructing Excellence Wales
• Update on the DCSF’s Zero Carbon Taskforce, Robin Nicholson, Senior Director of Edward Cullinan Architects, joint Deputy Chairman of CABE and Chairman of DCSF Zero Carbon Taskforce
• Research through design Wayne Forster, Deputy Head of the Welsh School of Architecture.

In the afternoon there was a choice of workshops or the opportunity to Tour CRiBE’s Environmental Laboratory (Wind Tunnel, artificial sky and Heliodon and visit to the Design Research Unit). The workshops were:

• Achieving Low Impact Educational Buildings – An Illustrative approach, Richard Dinsdale, Regional Director of Design, Capita Symonds
• Passivhaus – a route to carbon neutral, case study, David Bradley, Construction Procurement & Premises Manager, Powys County Council
• Zero Carbon School – Devon County Council, David Coley, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Energy and the Environment University of Exeter
• The cost effectiveness of Renewables – Practical Experiences, Phil Harris, Chief Engineer, Worcestershire County Council. Phil has also included the renewable energy lifetime co2 predictor spreadsheet used in his presentation, which calculates the predicted lifetime cost of carbon savings for various renewable energy technologies
• Award winning Eco Building (used for environmental seminars/workshops), Edward Evans, Head of Property & Engineering, Torfaen Borough Council.
• Meeting the challenges of low carbon refurbishment, Karen Griffiths and Anna Halcro-Johnston, Account Managers, Carbon Trust Wales.

Finally there was a Summing up session from George Martin, Head of Sustainability, Willmot Dixon and Craig White, Director, White Design.