This document summarizes the experience and credentials of Architype and BDP in delivering net zero carbon and Passivhaus projects over the past 10 years. It provides examples of successful projects such as the Passivhaus-certified Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia and the MassivHaus-designed Harris Sutton Academy. It also outlines their approach to achieving net zero operational energy through high-performance building envelopes and low-carbon construction methods to minimize embodied carbon.
Architype and BDP Directors Discuss Net Zero Projects
1. Ben Humphries - Architype Director & James Hepburn - BDP Principal
2. Architype and BDP
• 10 years experience of successful project delivery
• The Enterprise Centre - PassivHaus
• Harris Sutton Academy - MassivHaus
• Cambridge Institure of Sustainable Leadership – EnerPHit
• Route to Net Zero Carbon
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The Enterprise Centre Elizabeth Fry Zicer Julian centre TPSC
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TEC figures are conservative here as assume no PV exported
17. Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia – POE
18. User Engagement
The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia
The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia – Soft Landings
19. The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia
The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia – Soft Landings
20. BUS Survey & Overall
Variables
“Comfortable, well designed, well
lit”
“Fantastic, uplifting, inspirational”
“Bright, energetic, creative”
“Internally it is very calm and
peaceful”
“Enjoy use of natural light and
views from every window”
“The offices are well laid out and
suitably spacious”
“I have got fitter, feel more positive
and have a better quality of living”
The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia – Soft Landings / POE
21. BUS Survey – comfort overall, health (perceived) and productivity (perceived)
The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia – Soft Landings / POE
34. Boilerflue
Gasriseshere
Chiller
Measure typical window dimensions on each floor.
Thermal bridge
Complex plant and
duct system installed and
difficult to retrofit insulation
Dormer: very difficult
to retrofit
Complex roof structure
to retrofit
Thermal bridge
Internal insulation – problematic areas
41. • Typically cited as ~8% uplift now, 4% in future
– Due to economy of scale
– Costing uncertainty
• Architype and BDP has experience of…
What does
it cost?
42. • Passivhaus, BREEAM Outstanding, Low Carbon Construction
• £2,800/sqm – equal to the median of last 10 UEA projects