also designing a new school for the company in Bahrain. david reynolds, richmond school project manager at
the $53 million school will be the first one in Bahrain with Faithful+gould. as an exemplar, richmond school will serve as
leed accreditation, a carbon rating system for buildings. an environmental and educational standard bearer, not only for
the new school will feature recyclable building materials north yorkshire but for the uk as a whole. as part of this effort,
and there are plans to include photovoltaic panels and Faithful+gould also developed an online carbon calculator to
wind turbines to generate electricity. help deliver a low-carbon solution for schools for the uk’s
“the leed accreditation raises construction costs by department for children, schools and Families.
around five per cent,” says taaleem’s academic development Better planning – with teaching and learning methods,
director, dr sadru damji. “however, in the long term, the carbon and lifecycle costs all taken into account from day one
cost of running the facility will be cut by 25 per cent a year. – should mean the future for richmond, and schools like it all
this makes the decision to build a green school both over the world, will be much brighter.
environmentally friendly and financially viable.”
in the uk, public buildings are one of the biggest sources
of co
2
and the government wants schools to be zero carbon
T

he Task in hand
by 2016. it’s a complex business, compounded by the fact
that, currently, there’s no definition of exactly what zero
carbon means. however, the creation of three sustainability
exemplar schools would demonstrate what could be achieved. 4,000
with a budget of £32 million, the project at richmond
school in north yorkshire combines refurbishment of existing
pupils will study at the
buildings and the construction of new ones. a core objective
atkins-designed taaleem
for atkins and Faithful+gould in the project is a planned
flagship school, dubai.
20 per cent reduction in co
2
emissions.
islamic design keeps the
one of the biggest challenges for many schools is not
20 low-carbon buildings
heating them, but keeping them cool, particularly now that
computers, which produce heat, are widely used in
cool naturally
classrooms. to minimise energy use, richmond’s new buildings
incorporate high levels of insulation, increased thermal mass
and high-efficiency glazing and ventilation.
low energy lighting with automatic switching and
computer technology that moves “hot” processing 20%
components out of the classroom (known as “thin client”
computing) are also part of the equation.
reduction in co
2
emissions
in tandem, richmond will use low-carbon technologies to
– the objective of atkins
produce its own energy: hot water and heating will be
and faithful+gould for
provided by a biomass boiler, while six wind turbines will
the richmond school
contribute to the school’s electricity needs.
project
Learning by example
as well as cutting emissions and energy bills, deploying these
solutions could play an important part in lessons. data on
energy production and consumption will be fed into an
electronic energy management system, which pupils will be 3,500
brighT sparks
able to see through the school computer network – with
the belief that buildings can shape what
important implications for teaching subjects such as physics,
happens within the classroom is reflected in the
state secondary
work of atkins and Faithful+gould across the uk.
maths and even geography.
schools will be
this brightly coloured classroom in the london
“each of the buildings will be metered and monitored so
borough of richmond is a prime example.
refurbished in britain
you can see how much power you’re using – not just once
over the next 15 years
every quarter, but hour-by-hour and minute-by-minute,” says
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