Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | InnUK/102474/01 | |
| Title | Solid Cork Building Envelope | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given MPH Architects |
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| Award Type | Collaborative Research & Development | |
| Funding Source | Innovate-UK | |
| Start Date | 01 October 2015 | |
| End Date | 31 March 2018 | |
| Duration | 30 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £108,733 | |
| Industrial Sectors | ||
| Region | London | |
| Programme | Competition Call: 1502_CRD2_BUIL_BWLP - Building whole-life performance. Activity Building whole-life performance | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , MPH Architects (66.711%) |
| Other Investigator | Project Contact , Amorim UK Limited (19.532%) Project Contact , Ty-Mawr Lime Limited (13.757%) |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Chemical Engineering, University of Bath (0.000%) Project Contact , University College London (0.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | Driven by simplicity and sustainability, the project aims to research and develop the viability of a single-layer high-performance building envelope system for use across the construction sector, and for housing development and primary education projects in particular. As a radically simple alternative to the complexity of multi-layered forms of construction, the proposed low-impact building system will be made almost entirely from a solid, load-bearing bio-renewable material. Developed as a prefabricated dry-joint construction kit, the system would facilitate simple on-site assembly as well as disassembly for re-use or reycling at the end of the building life. The project will incorporate material laboratory tests, environmental monitoring of a trial structure, and post-occupancy evaluation of a prototype house constructed to UK Building Regulations. The dissemination of these outputs will include articles, seminars, workshops and presentations at relevant trade fairs such as Ecobuild. A market appraisal will assess the proposed system in relation to routes to market, with a view to accessing the market with a new widely-applicable carbon-negative building system.Driven by simplicity and sustainability, the project aims to research and develop the viability of a single-layer high-performance building envelope system for use across the construction sector, and for housing development and primary education projects in particular. As a radically simple alternative to the complexity of multi-layered forms of construction, the proposed low-impact building system will be made almost entirely from a solid, load-bearing bio-renewable material. Developed as a prefabricated dry-joint construction kit, the system would facilitate simple on-site assembly as well as disassembly for re-use or reycling at the end of the building life. The project will incorporate material laboratory tests, environmental monitoring of a trial structure, and post-occupancy evaluation of a prototype house constructed to UK Building Regulations. The dissemination of these outputs will include articles, seminars, workshops and presentations at relevant trade fairs such as Ecobuild. A market appraisal will assess the proposed system in relation to routes to market, with a view to accessing the market with a new widely-applicable carbon-negative building system.Driven by simplicity and sustainability, the project aims to research and develop the viability of a single-layer high-performance building envelope system for use across the construction sector, and for housing development and primary education projects in particular. As a radically simple alternative to the complexity of multi-layered forms of construction, the proposed low-impact building system will be made almost entirely from a solid, load-bearing bio-renewable material. Developed as a prefabricated dry-joint construction kit, the system would facilitate simple on-site assembly as well as disassembly for re-use or reycling at the end of the building life. The project will incorporate material laboratory tests, environmental monitoring of a trial structure, and post-occupancy evaluation of a prototype house constructed to UK Building Regulations. The dissemination of these outputs will include articles, seminars, workshops and presentations at relevant trade fairs such as Ecobuild. A market appraisal will assess the proposed system in relation to routes to market, with a view to accessing the market with a new widely-applicable carbon-negative building system.Driven by simplicity and sustainability, the project aims to research and develop the viability of a single-layer high-performance building envelope system for use across the construction sector, and for housing development and primary education projects in particular. As a radically simple alternative to the complexity of multi-layered forms of construction, the proposed low-impact building system will be made almost entirely from a solid, load-bearing bio-renewable material. Developed as a prefabricated dry-joint construction kit, the system would facilitate simple on-site assembly as well as disassembly for re-use or reycling at the end of the building life. The project will incorporate material laboratory tests, environmental monitoring of a trial structure, and post-occupancy evaluation of a prototype house constructed to UK Building Regulations. The dissemination of these outputs will include articles, seminars, workshops and presentations at relevant trade fairs such as Ecobuild. A market appraisal will assess the proposed system in relation to routes to market, with a view to accessing the market with a new widely-applicable carbon-negative building system.Driven by simplicity and sustainability, the project aims to research and develop the viability of a single-layer high-performance building envelope system for use across the construction sector, and for housing development and primary education projects in particular. As a radically simple alternative to the complexity of multi-layered forms of construction, the proposed low-impact building system will be made almost entirely from a solid, load-bearing bio-renewable material. Developed as a prefabricated dry-joint construction kit, the system would facilitate simple on-site assembly as well as disassembly for re-use or reycling at the end of the building life. The project will incorporate material laboratory tests, environmental monitoring of a trial structure, and post-occupancy evaluation of a prototype house constructed to UK Building Regulations. The dissemination of these outputs will include articles, seminars, workshops and presentations at relevant trade fairs such as Ecobuild. A market appraisal will assess the proposed system in relation to routes to market, with a view to accessing the market with a new widely-applicable carbon-negative building system. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 09/02/18 | |
