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University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus.
The Sir Colin Campbell Building — named after the University’s Vice-Chancellor from 1988-2008 — provides a gateway between the Jubilee Campus and the new Innovation Park. Designed by MAKE architects and built by Rok SOL, it accommodates the University’s Technology Transfer Office, exhibition and meeting rooms and an innovation centre providing high quality space with flexible growing space for small companies and start-ups.
The building features high-performance, highly-insulated facades which are less than 50 per cent glazed and oriented to ensure good levels of natural lighting while avoiding excessive solar gain. Instead of conventional fossil fuel powered chillers and boilers, all heating and cooling is delivered by a renewable energy source using heat exchangers in on-site lakes. The predicted carbon emissions are 55 per cent less than current building regulation requirements. Construction involved installing a 40-tonne steel bridge over Triumph Road to link the two sides of the building.
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