Articles on IHT
and saving carbon emissions
Britain's 20 Greenest Buildings
Mark Jansen of Property Week has published an inspirational list of Britain's 20 Greenest Buildings on 27 June 2008. From 600,000 sq ft City of London skyscrapers to primary school playgrounds, the future is green. Howe Dell School, Hatfield, appears second on this list because of the installation of Interseasonal Heat Transfer from ICAX.
Turning up the heat in Britain's prisons
Claire Dodd has published an article on 8 June 2008 in BD Building Design on HM Garth Prison in Lancashire. Turning up the heat in Britain's prisons.
A Playground in the Sun
Bill Holdsworth takes a look at a unique building in Hertfordshire that could revolutionise the design of our schools. The article first appeared in the April 2008 edition of Energy in Buildings & Industry which focussed on promoting energy efficiency.
You can bank on Interseasonal Heat Transfer
Edward Thompson explains how Interseasonal Heat Transfer™ allows this exciting new technology to double the Co-efficient of Performance of a standard ground source heat pump by banking solar energy in ThermalBanks™ in advance of the heating season. Banking on IHT appeared in the Spring 2008 edition of Scala News.
Engineers set store by heat recovery
Could a system used to heat buildings change the face of the highways' winter service? Derek Carder of TRL explains a project to recover solar energy from roads in summer to keep those roads free of ice in winter. Report on IHT by TRL appeared in The Surveyor in May 2008.
Pièce de résistance
Esther Walker writes of her discovery of Britain's most eco-friendly building. Pièce de résistance appeared on 10 April 2008 in The Independent.
A Hidden Gem
David Kirkland and Kenneth Fraser found "a hidden gem" at Howe Dell School "which has its fair share of glamorous technologies". The article first appeared in the May 2008 issue of EcoTech in a supplement with Architecture Today.
Too Cool for School?
The Howe Dell School was commissioned by Hertfordshire council in order to test the latest eco-friendly systems, and as Chloë Stothart discovers, its most intriguing feature is its temperature control. Too Cool for School appeared on 20 March in Building Magazine.
Playground powers the heating at Howe Dell School
Edward Stephen, Science Editor of The Epoch Times, reports on the Royal Opening of Howe Dell School on 18 March 2008 by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. Debra Massey, the head teacher, elaborates on Education for Sustainable Development. Playground Power.
An education in design
Helen Raymond, Joint Head of Sustainability, Capita Architecture, wrote An education in design for Sustain Magazine on how architects at Howe Dell managed to marry the environment with creativity by using thermal storage.
Going underground
Amanda Birch has published an article in BD Building Design on Howe Dell School in Hatfield which is the first building in the world to use Interseasonal Heat Transfer to store summer heat in Thermal Banks for use to heat the school in winter. Going underground.
Howe Dell is powered by IHT
Howe Dell School has published an article on the variety of green technology elements used in the construction of this eco-school in Hertfordshire. The Head teacher, Debra Massey, believes strongly in education for sustainable development and the children at Howe Dell are learning in a unique school which is the embodiment of it. Sustainable elements.
ICAX IHT hits the news
On 12 September 2005 the ICAX IHT installation for the Highways Agency at Toddington was featured in a report on BBC London News by Andrew Wynn Stanley.
