Eco Friendly Learning

For today, for tomorrow, for

the future

Location

• The location is the derelict building of Ladywell’s old, unused police station.

• We decided to build here so we did not have to knock down any functional buildings or clear an area of trees for our foundation.

The design

• Two separate buildings

• Both joined

• A glass tube going across from one building to the other

• Sitting area on top of both buildings

• Two lifts, one on each side.

The MORE you take, the MORE you leave Behind.

• The answer is footsteps but in our case carbon footprints.

• The more fossil fuels we take and use, the more greenhouse gases we leave behind.

• Therefore we must reduce the greenhouse gas output overall.

Eco-friendly lighting

• The energy-saving bulbs last up to 12 times longer and can save about £9 a year each in electricity, and 38kg of CO2.

• There are energy-saving dichroic halogen lamps by Osram and Philips that provide 50-60 watts of light for 35 watts of energy, and they will also give a life of 5,000 hours, roughly twice the life of standard dichroic lamps.

• By replacing three 60-watt incandescent bulbs with cf bulbs it is the equivalent of taking 3.5 million cars off of the road to stop pollution.

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Insulation

• The material we are going to use to insulate our school is house wrap.

• We have chosen this because it will filter pollutants and insulate the school as well.

Energy Resources

• The following few slides will display some of our chosen energy sources.

Solar Panels

• Solar panels will be placed on the roof of the main entrance and on the protruding windows throughout the school.

• These will absorb the sun’s energy and convert it into electricity to power the school.

Water Resources

• The rain water is collected, purified and later used for flushing toilets and drinking water.

• The rain water will be held in a reservoir until ready for use

Wind Turbines

• Our wind turbines will be situated on the roofs of the lifts.

• In total we will have four wind turbines, which will also produce electricity for the school

Exterior Designs

• Our exterior designs consist of:• Quiet Area• Tennis Court• Playground• Garden• Back Yard

Roof

• On top of our two side buildings there will be accessible roof gardens with seats and plants.

• Under the solar panels of the main entrance roof there will be an eco-friendly ‘living’ roof.