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Alpine Close, Maidenhead

2 Storey & 3 Storey 1 Bed FlatsPicture Solar Century ©

Client:
Maidenhead and District Housing Association

Summary of Project:
 This sustainable development consists of 27 Houses and Flats built on a brownfield site within 5 minutes walk for a mainline rail station and 10 minutes from a large town centre, and probably demonstrates the best of current sustainable design.

Digital Model of DevelopmentFrom the very beginning, sustainable rationale was applied commencing with the demolition of the existing redundant garages (how fitting) and crushing them to provide a hardcore material for later use, thereby negating the waste of removing material from site and adding to land fill.

 

 


Description Project:
 6 No. 2 Bed Houses
2 No. 3 Bed Houses
19 No. 1 Bed Flats

The 2 & 3 Bed houses have a dedicated home office workspace within one of the bedrooms, although working is easily facilitated from any room within the dwelling, due to the provision of data, telecoms and power outlets.

To the South-East facing elevation of the houses a Lifestyle enhancing Solar Space is provided off the living room. Being a two storey glazed space, it provides a thermal buffer during the winter and assists in the thermal air movement of the Passive Stack ventilation system during the summer.

2 Bed HousesThe scheme generates up to 20kW of electricity from Photovoltaic panels located on the Solar Upstand at the top of the green roof. Surplus electricity will be sold back to the grid.

Each house will be capable of generating free solar electricity to run a PC for up to 6 hours a day, or a small TV and 5 low-energy light bulbs for up to 5 hours a day.

The hot water supply for the houses is provided by the roof mounted Solar Water panels

 

Baroness Dean officially opening the Bree Day Partnership housing development at Alpine Close, MaidenheadAlpine Close, Greenfields, Maidenhead was officially opened by Baroness Dean of Thornton-Le-Fylde (nee Brenda Dean) Chair of the Housing Corporation. Theresa May MP attended the opening ceremony along with the Mayor of Maidenhead - September 2001

 

 

 

 

Awards:

2005: Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead 2004 Design Awards

2003: The Civic Trust Awards

2001: National HomeBuilder Design Awards

2001: Master Foods

2001: Britain in Bloom

2000: National HomeBuilder Design Awards

 
Development Team:
Integer Architects Bree Day Partnership

Client

Contractor

St. Engineer

Quantity Surveyor

IT Consultant

M&E Consultants

Maidenhead & District Housing Association

Bickerton Construction Ltd

Anthony Ward Partnership

The Andrews Partnership

i&i Ltd

Faber Maunsell (Oscar Faber)

 

**** References to further information on this project ****

 

Summary of Sustainable, Construction and Intelligent Features

 

Maidenhead & District Housing Association's web site on Alpine Close

Energy Saving Trust publication (Dec 2003). "This case study covers the development of Alpine Close in Maidenhead as a good example of innovative social housing. This brief booklet details the key features of the scheme, its costs and the learning gained. Aimed at housing associations, local authorities and designers, this case study is inspirational in its aims and encouraging in the resultant benefits for the occupants". Download the casestudy here. [Adobe pdf]

RIBA Sustainable Architecture showcase of 'exemplar projects', and information about the institute's Sustainable Futures here.

SEEDA (South East England Development Authority) have chosen to reference the development in several of their case studies on their Sustainability Checklist web site.

BRE (Building Research Establishment) Sustainable Strategies Reference File supported by the DTI (Department of Trade & Industry)

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have published their Report: "Building Sustainably: how to plan and construct new housing for the 21st century. October 2003. A Sustainable Housing Forum report. [Adobe pdf]

Sustainable Homes have undertaken a case study of this development, which can be found here.

ESRU (Energy Systems Research Unit) Solar Case studies Small Scale Applications

TV Energy (Thames Valley Energy) case study

Solar Century case study [Adobe pdf]

The Guardian on-line

 

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