“We assist our Clients in creating and operating successful Buildings through the use of Sustainable Solutions”
H&K are committed to protecting the environment and as a result Sustainability and Renewable Energy is at the forefront of all our designs. H&K strive to adopt a 'holistic' and 'Green Engineering' design approach as we believe this offers best long-term value for our Clients.
Sustainable design and construction is central to our core values. To date we are unique in the industry as being the only consultancy to win two CIBSE Low Energy Awards. We ensure our designs are sustainable whilst also being cost-effective.
Project Title: Rathgael Secure Unit
Client: North & West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust
Project Value: £4.5m
Hulley contact: Andy Bradley
This Project which is due for completion in April 2006, shall provide a purpose built Juvenile Justice Centre in Bangor, Northern Ireland. The Project shall provide:
- Safe, modern and appropriate accommodation and facilities for up to 50 young people (both genders) placed in custody by the courts.
- Modern and appropriate working environment and facilities for young people and staff, which minimise any risk to their physical and psychological well being.
- Accommodation and access provision, which meets statutory requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
- Appropriate accommodation to separately facilitate overnight and weekend visits by families.
Two of the key drivers for the project are to minimise energy consumption and to utilise the building services as learning aids.
With this in mind, Hulley & Kirkwood have developed a design which incorporates both passive and active solutions which will ignite young peoples’ imagination.
- Passive stack chimneys
- Solar control facades
- Photovoltnic integration
- Small scale wind turbine
“Live” energy meters recording “Carbon Saved”
