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Willmott Dixon<\/a> has been contracted to an \u00a311m Passivhaus project from University of Oxford<\/a>\u2019s St Peter\u2019s College to deliver a new student accommodation building<\/h2>\n

The two new Passivhaus buildings will each be four storeys and provide 54 bedrooms for the college\u2019s students.<\/p>\n

As well as meeting the ultra-low carbon<\/a> Passivhaus Low Energy Building (LEB) standard, the buildings include a podium garden with paved and planted areas, as well as enhancing the existing Canal House garden and links to the main college site.<\/p>\n

To achieve Passivhaus LEB standard, the design will follow a \u2018fabric first\u2019<\/a> approach to achieve extremely low energy consumption and high occupant comfort, with a more relaxed target for space heating and airtightness, providing greater flexibility to the design of the building.<\/p>\n

The St Peter\u2019s College project is the latest to benefit from Willmott Dixon\u2019s extensive Passivhaus knowledge. As well as the Spelthorne contract award earlier this month, the company built the \u00a338m Harris Academy Sutton<\/a>, the UK\u2019s largest Passivhaus accredited secondary school.<\/p>\n

It also delivered Hackbridge Primary School, the UK\u2019s first Passivhaus \u2018Plus\u2019 education facility, which consumes only 75% of the 100% renewable energy<\/a> it generates, selling the remainder back to the grid.<\/p>\n

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A template for future projects<\/h3>\n

Richard Poulter, managing director for Willmott Dixon\u2019s Central South region, said: \u201cFollowing the UN\u2019s report on climate change, and with COP26 looming, we are looking forward to working with St Peter\u2019s College to deliver a low carbon student residential building that will be a template for future projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing our extensive Passivhaus expertise, it will be in keeping with the college\u2019s philosophy of \u2018honouring the past, building for the future\u2019, creating a wonderful environment for students to live in one of the UK\u2019s most sustainable residences as they study at the prestigious college.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Master of the college, Professor Judith Buchanan, added: “St Peter\u2019s is a beautiful college, but it is compact. Being able to offer more accommodation for our students matters crucially.<\/p>\n

\u201cOxford\u2019s private rental market is extremely expensive in ways that hit the poorest hardest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis eco-friendly new development enables us to extend our accommodation offer to undergraduates in ways that are economically so important for them, while making a transformative difference to the feel of our whole estate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Passivhaus project comes just a week after Willmott Dixon was appointed by\u00a0Spelthorne Borough Council<\/a> to deliver a Passivhaus leisure centre.<\/p>\n

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