A unique centre which will develop and demonstrate ultimate low-carbon, low-energy sustainable construction technologies was opened on 31st March 2011 by the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones.
The Centre is a result of a collaboration between the Welsh Assembly Government, the Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI) and Tata Steel.
The Sustainable Building Envelope Centre (SBEC), based at Tata Steel’s site at Shotton in North Wales, will be a showcase for sustainable products and used to test and monitor new integrated heating, energy and ventilation systems on the fabric of the building. At SBEC, a team of researchers and technologists will create building façades – the walls and roofs – capable of transforming buildings from being energy consumers into energy generators.
SBEC was designed by the Welsh School of Architecture (WSA) in partnership with Tata Steel.
http://www.sustainablegov.co.uk/central-government/built-environment/a-building-to-demonstrate-a-sustainable-future
