Happy J
Year:
1997
Bibliographic info:
UK, EA Technology, 1997, "Advanced fabric energy storage (Termodeck)", proceedings of a seminar at EA Technology, Capenhurst, Chester, 30th October 1997

This paper outlines the results and lessons derived from monitoring the Elizabeth Fry Building at the University of East Anglia (UEA) for a period of 18 months in use. The monitoring, carried out as part of the Department of Environment, Transport and the Region's Energy Efficiency Best Practice programme, sought to examine the performance of the building as a whole rather than focusing on one particular element. The results of this case study form part of a series of case studies as it is recognized this is only one of a range of equally valid responses to a low energy brief This paper concentrates on describing and discussing the building's performance from the standpoint of delivering a holistic solution to a very low energy requirement. Overall the Elizabeth Fry building demonstrates that it is possible to construct a well sealed building at low cost with high levels of comfort, low energy consumption and low maintenance costs. There are additionally, a number of positive and negative lessons that can be extracted which are given in the paper and summarised in the concluding section "design lessons".