• Home
  • All News
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit an article
We Are South Devon
Advertisement
  • Home
  • All News
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit an article
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • All News
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit an article
No Result
View All Result
We Are South Devon
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • All News
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit an article

UK’s first Passivhaus leisure centre opens in Exeter

WASD by WASD
May 1, 2022
in Business News
UK’s first Passivhaus leisure centre opens in Exeter

The UK’s first leisure centre to meet stringent Passivhaus standards has opened in Exeter – the culmination of a 20-year collaboration between global engineering and consulting firm Arup and leading architects S&P.

St Sidwell’s Point is one of only three Passivhaus leisure centres in the world and the most energy-efficient in the UK. It uses seventy per cent less energy than a conventional centre, with an estimated payback period of only eight to nine years.

RelatedPosts

Delivering quality floorcare at the UK’s first energy-efficient Passivhaus leisure centre

Cornwall-based Wildanet announces major move into Devon for its Full Fibre gigabit broadband network

Devon-based Lightfoot launches Lightfoot Vision

Exeter City Council

S&P were lead designers on the project, in partnership with Arup as mechanical and electrical services consultants and civil and structural engineers.

Passivhaus buildings have a very low heating requirement, achieved mainly through passive measures – excellent insulation, triple-glazed windows, airtight spaces, no thermal bridges and heat recovery. The Passivhaus Institute will use this project to inform the UK’s standards for future such schemes.

Exeter City Council

The centre – which is owned and operated by Exeter City Council – is designed to last eighty years, taking into account predicted changes in weather patterns over the coming decades, based on data developed by experts at Exeter University.

Nic Bryant, Associate Director at S&P, said: “St Sidwell’s Point demonstrates that a low-carbon, healthy environment for sport and fitness can be developed within high-quality, contemporary design. We hope this serves as an example of what is possible in meeting the highest standards of sustainability in a wide range of public buildings.”

Stephen Platt, Building Services Lead at Arup, said: “Working with S&P, we have created a highly-sustainable community asset which demonstrates our commitment to creating spaces that make a contribution to local places and support health and wellbeing. We believe this new centre will serve its community for generations.”

Exeter City Council

The project is part of Exeter City Council’s wider efforts towards its target of reaching net zero by 2030, as well as providing state-of-the-art new swimming and fitness facilities for the local community.

It also features a microfiltration system which uses the latest technology to provide the highest water quality and is one of the major contributors towards the project’s 50 per cent water reduction target.

Whilst you’re here:
Did you know we rely on local businesses and the community to help keep us online? Our community website is an alternative to the mainstream media – For the people, by the people. You can help us stay online by becoming a supporter on Facebook. In return, you will have access to exclusive content. Click here for information.

You can join us on our social media pages, follow us on Facebook or Twitter and keep up to date with whats going on in South Devon.

Got a news story, blog or press release that you’d like to share or want to advertise with us? Contact us

Related Posts

Business News

Delivering quality floorcare at the UK’s first energy-efficient Passivhaus leisure centre

May 30, 2023
Cornwall-based Wildanet announces major move into Devon for its Full Fibre gigabit broadband network
Business News

Cornwall-based Wildanet announces major move into Devon for its Full Fibre gigabit broadband network

May 18, 2023
Devon-based Lightfoot launches Lightfoot Vision
Business News

Devon-based Lightfoot launches Lightfoot Vision

May 16, 2023
Apply now for housebuilder apprenticeship scheme
Business News

Apply now for housebuilder apprenticeship scheme

May 15, 2023
South West Water targets blockage hotspots in the fight against fats, oils and greases
Business News

South West Water targets blockage hotspots in the fight against fats, oils and greases

May 15, 2023
UK economy boosted by £1.4 billion as longer lorries roll out on UK roads
Business News

UK economy boosted by £1.4 billion as longer lorries roll out on UK roads

May 10, 2023
  • Home
  • All News
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit an article

© 2023 We Are South Devon Brought to you by Griffiths Networking

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • All News
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit an article

© 2023 We Are South Devon Brought to you by Griffiths Networking