{"id":660575,"date":"2022-05-11T08:36:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/?p=660575"},"modified":"2022-10-04T08:59:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T07:59:51","slug":"aj-climate-champions-podcast-lessons-from-ahmms-stirling-prize-winning-burntwood-school-building-performance-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/aj-climate-champions-podcast-lessons-from-ahmms-stirling-prize-winning-burntwood-school-building-performance-study","title":{"rendered":"AJ Climate Champions podcast: Lessons from AHMM&#8217;s Stirling Prize-winning Burntwood School building performance study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we continue our focus on building performance; AHMM sustainability lead Craig Robertson shares important lessons from a building performance study of 2015 Stirling Prize-winning Burntwood School in southwest London. It is still much too rare for architects \u2013 and clients \u2013 to transparently share post-occupancy data, especially when it flags up a significant performance gap, so kudos to AHMM for sharing this study with us.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of Burntwood School, heating loads were nine times the design prediction, while electricity loads were four times as much. Shocking as this may sound, it is not unusual. Craig explains why and what we need to do about it. A key premise of the study was to investigate the relationship between energy performance and indoor environmental quality. These must be looked at in tandem. Our conversation with Craig reveals, in practice, the many building performance issues we discussed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/aj-climate-champions-podcast-judit-kimpian-on-why-building-performance-studies-are-crucial-for-net-zero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our last episode with Judit Kimpian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To catch up on all AJ Climate Champions episodes,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/podcasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Find Climate Champions on your favourite podcast app: subscribe via <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1SFHoLtacs5fp1rOgENDl9?si=c0Rl25WCQpGm8tpvobBOdw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/climate-champions-with-hattie-hartman\/id1536913247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2FyY2hpdGVjdHNqb3VybmFsL2ZlZWQueG1s?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjm6pr3sObsAhUUcxoKHUBbBiAQ4aUDegQIARAD&amp;hl=en-CH\">Google Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/us\/show\/1882312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deezer<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/architectsjournal.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podbean<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" title=\"Lessons from AHMM\u2019s Stirling Prize-winning Burntwood School building performance study\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=4mgcq-122216f-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About Craig Robertson<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While working as an architect after completing his Part 3 in 2006, Craig felt the need for a stronger evidence base in environmental design and enrolled in a part-time MSc at the Bartlett where he became fascinated by iterative performance-based design. This led to a PhD at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/bartlett\/energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCL Energy Institute<\/a> where he explored how energy data could inform both the strategic and detail design of buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Craig joined AHMM after completing his PhD in 2014. Since then, he has led the practice\u2019s investment in more sophisticated environmental modelling tools and design processes and now heads a team of five. He has proactively promoted building performance studies across AHMM\u2019s project portfolio, including a detailed study of the practice\u2019s own offices at Morelands and co-authoring a post-occupancy study of AHMM\u2019s Stirling Prize-winning Burntwood School, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/cibse.org\/British-Standard-BS-40101-Building-performance-evaluation-of-occupied-and-operational-buildings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balancing energy and indoor environmental quality in a UK school building<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_33976\" class=\" wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1034px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-33976 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/18062059\/BurntwoodSchool01TimothySoar_10578-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"BurntwoodSchool01TimothySoar_10578\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/18062059\/BurntwoodSchool01TimothySoar_10578-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/18062059\/BurntwoodSchool01TimothySoar_10578-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/18062059\/BurntwoodSchool01TimothySoar_10578-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/18062059\/BurntwoodSchool01TimothySoar_10578-440x330.jpg 440w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/18062059\/BurntwoodSchool01TimothySoar_10578-230x172.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burntwood School. photograph: Timothy Soar<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"inline_image_source\" style=\"max-width: 1034px;\"><p class=\"empty_inline_source\"><\/p><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Show notes: Projects and resources mentioned in this episode<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/buildings\/riba-stirling-prize-2015-finalist-burntwood-school-by-ahmm\">Burntwood School<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AHMM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahmm.co.uk\/profile\/sustainability\/\">Sustainability toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iesve.com\/\">IES<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahmm.co.uk\/drafts\/research\/knowledge-transfer-partnership\/\">Innovate UK: Knowledge Transfer Partnership<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/bartlett\/environmental-design\/research-projects\/2020\/nov\/top-total-performance-low-carbon-buildings-china-and-uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCL Energy Institutute TOP<\/a> (The Total Performance of Low Carbon Buildings in China and the UK, 2016)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/ahmm-to-replace-postmodern-office-in-londons-angel\">Angel Square<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_656971\" class=\" wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1034px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-656971 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/03\/30090321\/angel-collage-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The current Angel Square building (left) and AHMM&#8217;s proposed replacement<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"inline_image_source\" style=\"max-width: 1034px;\"><p class=\"empty_inline_source\"><\/p><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Credits<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Climate Champions is produced in association with ACAN, the Architects\u2019 Climate Action Network<br \/>\nPodcast produced and edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptculture.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Concept Culture<\/a><br \/>\nMusic:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/edmilsondopifano\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edmilson do P\u00edfano<\/a>, Forr\u00f3 de dois Amigos. Interpretation:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tanakadopife\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Felipe Tanaka<\/a>\u00a0e banda Balaio de Bai\u00e3o<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we continue our focus on building performance; AHMM sustainability lead Craig Robertson shares important lessons from a building performance study of 2015 Stirling Prize-winning Burntwood School in southwest London. 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