The centre has been designed and constructed as two, semi-detached units, completed to two levels of finish. The first unit has been constructed to a complete finish mimicking a typical one-bedroom bungalow and complies with Section 7 Platinum Aspect 1 and Gold Aspects 2-8. This allows monitoring of the fabric performance and technologies to provide a greater understanding of their impact on energy performance. It also provides the students with an insight into how these technologies operate which is vitally important as homes become more complex.
The second unit has been constructed to a shell finish. The purpose of this unit is to provide students with hands-on training in the installation, commissioning and maintenance of the above fabric measures and technologies. The flexibility of the shell unit will also allow the training centre to adapt to changing technologies and the changing needs of the construction sector.
MAST headed up a design team which included G3 Consulting Engineers and Carbon Futures.
