Wistaston Green Primary School

Wistaston Green Primary School, near Crewe, is a new school project completed in October 2004. The project has been taken forward as the second partnering sustainable school in Cheshire with Willmott Dixon the main partner.

The project includes the principles of sustainable construction with a number of key features. The building has the following elements:

it is highly energy efficient with a central thermal mass with efficiencies greater than building regulations, timber forms an important element of the project with a glulam timber frame and western red cedar part facade, natural ventilation scheme, high levels of natural daylight, a rainwater harvesting scheme with runoff from the roof used for flushing school toilets. Hot water within the school will come from a solar thermal scheme on the south elevation of the roof-this scheme was developed by Solar Twin, based in Chester.

A small wind turbine is to be erected on top of the library column (in photo below) which will provide electricity for equipment in the area below. Pupils will also be able to monitor the wind speed and direction from the equipment and study changes in weather conditions.

The pupils will move into the new school when complete leaving the old school to be demolished. All works are due to be completed in around January 2005.

http://www.wistastongreen.school.cheshire.org.uk

 

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