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The Proving House
101 Sevier Street, Bristol, BS2 9LB.
Company Registration Number - 3499053 (UK)
Torfaen Council Eco Building
Cwmbran
The brief called for a sustainable building that would serve to promote innovation, sustainable building methods; not only through the activities that would take place within once it has been completed, but also through the ways the building itself has been designed.
We have developed a single storey unit, which utilises replicable and simple construction methods. Using prefabricated straw bale panels, for the walls and barrel vaulted roof, the straw bales act as a super insulative material.
Along with this sustainable building approach, a documented audit trail was created, in collaboration with the BRE, to track the demolition materials of the existing building and ensure their reuse. All materials were selected for their locality to the project aiming to reduce the amount of design miles the various components have travelled to the site.
Due to its prefabricated design, the building can be demountable for relocation to alternative sites around the country as a travelling demonstration project.
Since completion, the Torfaen EcoBuilding has become the first official Fairtrade workplace in Wales. To read more about this achievement, click the link below and download the pdf.
Torfaen & fairtrade PDF
