Shropshire Council, Read Construction Holdings Ltd and PSG (Shropshire Council’s Property Services Group) have won a national award for its carbon neutral teaching hub at Meole Brace School.
The project, designed by PSG and awarded to Read Construction Holdings Ltd, is a two-storey building that will form the RE teaching ‘hub’ for the school, with five classrooms, a small group meeting room, a staff room, toilets, and storage.
The building has been designed to be achieve the Passivhaus standard and picked up the Net Zero award in the Constructing Excellence West Midlands Awards 2022.
This award looks at those projects that seek to limit impact on the natural environment and demonstrate whole life sustainability.
Ian Nellins, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for climate change, natural assets, and the green economy, said: “I am absolutely delighted that we’ve won the Net Zero category for the Constructing Excellence West Midlands Awards 2022 This is one of two awards we’ve won in the past week that contribute to supporting our Climate Change strategy.
“The Meole-Brace Vanguard Building represents record-breaking levels of sustainability for Shropshire Council delivering a future-proofed education facility that stands out from the crowd as a “first of a kind” in achieving Net Zero operational carbon.
“Winning this award truly demonstrates the benefits of working in partnership and utilising the right expertise and skills of all those involve. It also inspires us to even higher expectation of sustainability in the future and provide us the opportunity to really stand out from the crowd.”
Alex Read, Director at Read Construction, said: “The Net Zero agenda is the biggest challenge facing the construction industry in recent years. As we all strive to deliver more and more sustainable solutions, it is no surprise that the Net Zero award category at this years CE Midlands awards was such a coveted accolade. Our project shone through as a beacon of what can be achieved when all parties work together to maximise sustainable outcomes.
“We look forward to taking the lessons learned throughout this project to inform other schemes and continue driving our Zero Carbon developments.”
