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Passivhaus building for Leicester
Designed to be several times more energy efficient than a conventional building, the new Centre for Medicine building at the University of Leicester has won both Best Commercial Project and Best Public Sector Project in the recent KNX UK Awards.
Home to the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology departments, and covering nearly 13,000 m2, it is said to be the UK’s largest non-residential project built to the Passivhaus energy efficiency standard.
To reach Passivhaus levels, the building’s heating and lighting control, solar radiation, carbon dioxide and natural ventilation all need to be controlled in relation to one another. KNX technology allowed every element of the building control to be integrated, building-wide control decisions to be taken, and local control decisions to be made that focus on maximum energy efficiency gains.
News Item details
Journal title: Energy World
Subjects: Architecture, Energy efficiency, Energy consumption, Heat, Solar power, Innovation, Carbon dioxide
