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Building regulations need to address overheating in new homes

The Concrete Centre

The newly published Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk from the Climate Change Committee calls for the updating of building regulations to address overheating in new homes. To address this, a number of key actions are identified, which The Concrete Centre fully support.  

Everyman Theatre, Liverpool

The Concrete Centre

The Everyman Theatre is a RIBA North West National Award winner 2014 and was the winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2014.

Horizon House, Bristol

The Concrete Centre

Having a minimal impact on the environment was always going to be a high priority for the Environment Agency’s HQ and with a BREEAM rating of 85%, the best for an office in the UK, this is a truly sustainable building.

Crownhill Crematorium, Milton Keynes

The Concrete Centre

The project brief was for a new and distinctive single chapel crematorium which allowed the function of the building to be seamless as well as to provide a reflective and tranquil place for the community.

Brent Civic Centre, London

The Concrete Centre

The BREEAM Outstanding, Brent Civic Centre has proved itself a sustainable concrete exemplar.

The Exchange Building, Falmouth

The Concrete Centre

The BREEAM 'Excellent' Exchange Building's aesthetic is dominated by the visual concrete for the walls and soffits.

Underhill House, Gloucester

The Concrete Centre

Undrhill House, built beneath a 300-year old derelict barn in the heart of the English Cotswolds became the first certified Passivhaus in England.

99-102 Park Drive, Abingdon

The Concrete Centre

97 Milton Park is a 3,500m2 speculative office development within a well established Oxfordshire business park.

Framed buildings

The Concrete Centre

Concrete’s unique flexibility provides a wide range of framing options, both in-situ and precast, and design/construction solutions to suit the project’s exact needs.

Ribbed and waffle slabs

The Concrete Centre

Ribbed and waffle slabs provide a lighter and stiffer slab than an equivalent flat slab, reducing the amount of concrete needed.