Howe Dell School
An exemplar eco school aiming for zero carbon
Howe Dell School, a 4,000 square metre building, has been developed with an ICAX IHT™ system that integrates a playground solar collector, a Thermal Bank beneath the building as a hot store and a separate cold store. The scheme also uses the playground solar collector to pre-heat hot water for the school.
The IHT™ technology complements a building design strategy for very low energy use to provide heating and cooling for the school.
The IHT™ installation has been commissioned by the Carbon Trust, as part of the Government’s drive for implementing renewable energy technology. The school is commissioned by Hertfordshire County Council as an exemplar Eco School.
Howe Dell School has produced Sustainable elements to list the sustainable technologies employed at the school in its bid to become the first zero carbon school in the UK.
Helen Raymond, Joint Head of Sustainability, Capita Architecture, has published an article in Sustain Magazine on how architects at Howe Dell managed to marry the environment with creativity: An education in design.
Howe Dell School is powered by Interseasonal Heat Transfer Press Release.
Howe Dell School is powered by Interseasonal Heat Transfer
When Mark Jansen of Property Week published an inspirational list of Britain's 20 Greenest Buildings in June 2008, he included Howe Dell School as the second building on this list because of the inclusion of Interseasonal Heat Transfer from ICAX.