Suffolk chooses
Interseasonal Heat Transfer
for Suffolk One
to beat The Merton Rule and deliver
On Site Renewable Energy
Suffolk CC chooses Interseasonal Heat Transfer™ from ICAX™
Interseasonal Heat Transfer has been chosen as the sustainable heating source for the exciting new 16 to 19 centre of learning being built on a 12 acre site on the outskirts of Ipswich: Suffolk One.
Bob Dool, the SWISS Partnership Director, says that Suffolk County Council has planned the new £65 million Suffolk One Sixth Form College as a state-of-the-art learning environment which will provide for learners from 14 institutions, including eight high schools.
Alan Whittaker, the newly appointed head of Suffolk One said: “I feel proud and privileged to be chosen to lead the new college and become part of this exciting collaborative development.”
Suffolk One College opens its doors in September 2010 to provide academic and applied learning for more than 2,000 teenagers from schools like Chantry High School, Claydon High School, East Bergholt High School, Hadleigh High School, Otley College and Westbourne Sports College.
Design of Suffolk One
Suffolk One will be a landmark development providing modern and flexible teaching when it opens in September 2010. The 20,200 m2 building – funded by the Learning and Skills Council – will accommodate 2,200 students from Ipswich and South Suffolk.
The vocational block to the north and teaching clusters to the south surround a central atrium. All teaching areas will be flexible work spaces with generous provision of sky-lights to maximise natural daylight.
The ground floor of the central space includes a canteen and informal breakout areas for students to work on wireless-enabled laptops and computers. A double height drama and performance space has also been provided together with a six court sports hall and Multi Use Games Area with access for the local community.
Due to the close proximity of the A1214 dual carriageway, natural ventilation would not have been possible to teaching spaces and as such John Packer Associates, the M&E Consultants, engineered solutions "using low energy and sustainable technologies wherever possible to reduce energy consumption across the site whilst maintaining comfortable internal conditions". JPA choose Interseasonal Heat Transfer from ICAX to meet these criteria.
Sustainable Space Heating Design
The ICAX design for IHT will collect heat from asphalt solar collectors in the bus turning areas in summer, store the heat in ThermalBanks in the ground, and release heat to Suffolk One in winter using ground source heat pumps.
Solar Thermal Collector for Interseasonal Heat Transfer
The ICAX skid mounted equipment will also capture surplus heat from the roof mounted solar thermal collectors, whose primary function is to provide hot water, so that the heat generated from thermal panels in the long summer holidays is not wasted (and the life of the panels will be prolonged).
Suffolk One will be the first Sixth Form College to benefit from Interseasonal Heat Transfer and demonstrates Suffolk County Council's commitment to renewable energy and education for sustainable development.
Renewable Heat Incentive
Suffolk One is expected to benefit from a cashback of 5.5 pence per kilowatt hour of renewable heat used from the Renewable Heat Incentive.
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