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Building Research Park

Testing buildings - whatever the

weather

Prof. David Coley d.a.coley@bath.ac.uk

Mike LawrenceUniversity of Bath

Sep 15, 2012 13:47Scale 1:2500

Wroughton 1:2500

Wroughton Airfield

House

Dairy

1

Cottages

2

Hackpen

Stone Track

Lay-by

FS

TCB

181.4m

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 m

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Building Research Park

1 hectare Secure site Exposed conditions

Building Research Park

The Vision •  Resource for students and academics •  International centre of excellence for research into all

aspects of construction •  Resource for industry to develop and prototype products •  Vehicle for creating impact in the field of construction

•  Low impact materials •  Low impact design •  Influence construction industry •  Influence policy makers •  Contribute to UK CO2 emission targets

Building Research Park

Key facilities •  The HIVE •  16+ experimental ‘pods’ •  Opportunity for long term exposure tests on materials •  Planning all pre-approved •  ‘Plug and play’ facility

•  Utilities •  Communications •  Data loggers •  Supervision •  Maintenance

Flood Cell

Bladder Cell

Hygrothermal Cells

Double-height Cells

Pods

LEC

Large environmental chamber

CIPEco-Innovation•  MarketDevelopmentofabio-basedpre-fabricated

constructionsystem•  Developmentofmanufacturingprocessfor

franchise•  Productionofrobustperformancedatafor

certification,warrantyandmarketing•  CreationofEUwidefranchises

FP7EeBNMP.2013-2Safe,energy-efficientandaffordableneweco-innovativematerialsforbuildingenvelopesand/orpartitionstoprovideahealthierindoorenvironment•  Developmentofmulti-functionalbio-based

insulatingmaterials•  Improvedtemperature&humiditybuffering•  Photocatalyticcoatings•  VOCcapture

•  Developmentofholisticmodellingframework•  Demonstrationofproofofconceptandscalability

towardsindustrialneeds•  ExploitationandDissemination(Firstmarket

replication)

HORIZON2020•  Developmentofnewsustainablecomposites

•  Enhanceddurabilityandperformance•  Newbinders,useofsol-gels

•  Developmentofnewsustainableconstructionproducts

•  Demonstrationofproofofconceptandscalabilitytowardsindustrialneeds

•  ExploitationandDissemination(Firstmarketreplication)

Simpod

Healthy Housing for Refugee Camps in Extreme Climates

www.bath.ac.uk/brp

@hivebrp

building-research-park@bath.ac.uk

Testing buildings - whatever the

weather

Prof. David Coley d.a.coley@bath.ac.uk

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