Testing buildings – whatever the weather
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Mike LawrenceUniversity of Bath
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Building Research Park
1 hectare Secure site Exposed conditions
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Building Research Park
The Vision • Resource for students and academics • International centre of excellence for research into all
aspects of construction • Resource for industry to develop and prototype products • Vehicle for creating impact in the field of construction
• Low impact materials • Low impact design • Influence construction industry • Influence policy makers • Contribute to UK CO2 emission targets
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Building Research Park
Key facilities • The HIVE • 16+ experimental ‘pods’ • Opportunity for long term exposure tests on materials • Planning all pre-approved • ‘Plug and play’ facility
• Utilities • Communications • Data loggers • Supervision • Maintenance
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Flood Cell
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Bladder Cell
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Hygrothermal Cells
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Double-height Cells
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Pods
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LEC
Large environmental chamber
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CIPEco-Innovation• MarketDevelopmentofabio-basedpre-fabricated
constructionsystem• Developmentofmanufacturingprocessfor
franchise• Productionofrobustperformancedatafor
certification,warrantyandmarketing• CreationofEUwidefranchises
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FP7EeBNMP.2013-2Safe,energy-efficientandaffordableneweco-innovativematerialsforbuildingenvelopesand/orpartitionstoprovideahealthierindoorenvironment• Developmentofmulti-functionalbio-based
insulatingmaterials• Improvedtemperature&humiditybuffering• Photocatalyticcoatings• VOCcapture
• Developmentofholisticmodellingframework• Demonstrationofproofofconceptandscalability
towardsindustrialneeds• ExploitationandDissemination(Firstmarket
replication)
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HORIZON2020• Developmentofnewsustainablecomposites
• Enhanceddurabilityandperformance• Newbinders,useofsol-gels
• Developmentofnewsustainableconstructionproducts
• Demonstrationofproofofconceptandscalabilitytowardsindustrialneeds
• ExploitationandDissemination(Firstmarketreplication)
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Simpod
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Healthy Housing for Refugee Camps in Extreme Climates
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www.bath.ac.uk/brp
@hivebrp
Testing buildings - whatever the
weather
Prof. David Coley [email protected]