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The University College of Estates Management has received a BREEAM Excellent rating for its commitment to sustainability<\/h2>\n

The BREEAM<\/a> Excellent rating has been awarded to the University College of Estates Management<\/a> (UCEM).<\/p>\n

UCEM provides supported online learning for built environment professionals. The rating was awarded due to its commitment to sustainable construction during the refurbishment of its new premises. This enabled the university college to achieve one of the highest scores recorded under the dedicated Refurbishment and Fit-Out Scheme in the UK.<\/p>\n

As part of the refurbishment, UCEM moved to new premises in the town centre after more than four decades operating from the University of Reading\u2019s Whiteknights campus.<\/p>\n

UCEM Principal Ashley Wheaton said: \u201cAfter more than 40 years of occupation at Whiteknights we saw the move as a significant milestone in our history, reflecting our independence as an academic institution with our own degree awarding powers and progression to full university status.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ensuring sustainability was one of the key criteria for the refurbishment of the new headquarters\u2014a three storey building built in the 1980s and located on Queens Road in Reading.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was part of our culture,\u201d Wheaton said. \u201cIf we were going to include environmental sustainability in our core curriculum, then we had to \u2018walk the walk\u2019 in our own ethos and operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though we were up against deadlines we wanted to achieve the best in sustainable design and technology, so we looked at BREEAM accreditation as a model for achieving our goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next step was assembling a team that would bring all of the elements together, from sourcing materials to applying energy efficient technologies and recyclability,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Fit-out specialists Overbury came on board to help with the refurbishment. Project manager Joe Croft said: \u201cWith a total area of 2,118m2 the\u00a0 project was aimed to be one of few certified to BREEAM\u2019s Refurbishment and Fit Out Scheme<\/a> 2014 including new aspects such as direct recycling of waste from site, back to manufacturer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe client wanted to demonstrate international excellence in sustainable refurbishment to both students and academia with the aim of influencing future best practice in industry, but we were also in no doubt that it was a difficult 1980s building to achieve high performance standards to get to BREEAM Excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overbury were joined on the project by property programme managers Taurus<\/a>; environmental consultants and BREEAM assessors Hilson Moran<\/a>; and advisor Anna Scally, of GVA Acuity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new building comprises of a number of sustainable features, including refrigerant flow air conditioning, photovoltaic panels, insulated cavity walls, time controlled LEDs, and numerous energy saving devices.<\/p>\n

Croft said: \u201cThe deadlines certainly made us and the contractors think. We even looked at pre-assessment of materials before tendering, which gave us a distinct time advantage. But it was the client\u2019s enthusiasm that drove the entire process right down to weekly reporting meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n

UCEM moved into the new premises in July this year and is already seeing benefits of the sustainability measures implemented. Thirty-eight photovoltaic panels have been sold back to the grid and cloud computing software has cut down on computer usage.<\/p>\n

Anna Scally, of GVA Acuity said: \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve worked on such an ambitious project, especially where reporting and assessing was an ongoing process. But without the BREEAM methodology, I think the whole process would have fallen apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

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