Technical specifications for Bygrove Primary School

  • The key innovative and low impact design features of the building has been designed to incorporate the use of solar panels on the roof along with a green roof. This will be able to be viewed by the children using a camera that will be mounted on the roof and linked to the schools IT systems
  • Basic Building cost - £1264/m2  
  • Services costs - £272/m2
  • External works - £351/m2
  • Gross floor area - 221m2
  • Total area of site –0.4084 hectares
  • BREEAM Excellent design stage certified with a score of 73.73%
  • Function areas and their size - Multi-Purpose room, 41.7m2
  • Areas of circulation - 59.1m2
  • Areas of storage - 4.2m2
  • Percentage area of grounds to be used by the community - 4.4%
  • Percentage area of building to be used by the community - 48.4%
  • Steps taken during construction process to reduce environmental impacts (innovative construction management techniques)
  • This will be added by the contractor once they have been appointed
  • A list of any social or economically sustainable measures achieved
  • Solar panels and the green roof are the sustainable measures that have been used in this building. The green roof will be able to be viewed by neighbours and students as it is a single storey building and through the camera placed on the roof for students
  • Predicted electricity consumption - 70 kWh/m2 (this is based on the use of the school as it stands now).
  • Predicted fossil fuels consumption - 278 kWh/m2
  • Predicted renewable energy generation - 14.68 kWh/m2
  • Predicted water use - 5.7 kWh/m2
  • Percentage predicted water use to be provided by rainwater or grey water - 0%