University of Nottingham

The UK’s first carbon neutral laboratory, housing The University of Nottingham’s Centre for Sustainable Chemistry.

Our work:

Pacegrade was appointed under a CDM contract to design, supply, and install the glazed façade, which also featured areas of timber cladding. The chosen solution was the Raico Therm+ curtain wall system, combining spruce laminated internal sections with larch external cappings. Door and window elements were designed using the Gutmann Mira Composite system to ensure consistency and performance across the envelope.

There was a unique requirement to incorporate a blast louvre into the curtain wall within the laboratories in case of an explosion, and this was incorporated into the curtain wall system without any loss of visual consistency. Pacegrade also developed a detail to incorporate Photovoltaic Panels within the timber roof lights manufactured using the Raico Therm+ System.

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